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before the goal of human perfection is
reached" the President added There
are almost whole continents still
to be reached and large masses of people
everywhere still to be given the ad-
vantages of modern civilization"
Mr.. Coolidge warned his audience
that Americas influence in spreading
its faith abroad will be largely depend
ent upon its conditions at home. THE
light which we shed for others will de-
pend upon the intensity of the flame
which we create for ourselves" he said,
adding that therefore, "the greatest
service which we can perform for the
world is to perfect our own moral
progress. If we can do that, we need
have no fear concerning the helpful in
fluence we shall supply to others"
Youth Training Urged.
In this country, the Chief Executive
saw conditions which require constant
ly increasing efforts for their better
ment. The problem of training the
youth of the Nation" he said, "is one
that is now and will be forever recur-
ring. In spite of our great school sys-
tenn, our secondary institutions, our col
leges and our universities. many of our
young people are still growing up with
the most meagre advantages OF edu-
cation.
There are large settlements of people
in our great centers of populations still
living under foreign conditions. Al
though they are jewellers within our
borders, they have never yet really come
into the United States.
I'VE have provided by our institutions
for a genuine method of Self-govern-
ment, but there are many of our people
who, through indifference or inability,
are not receiving the full benefits of
such system In the midst of a high
productive capacity and constantly ex-
panding material resources there are
yet those who, through ignorance or
misfortune, are not able to participate
to the extent of their deserts in our
economic progress. The forces Of evil
are constantly manifest and their OPP
portunities for activity enlarge with the
increasing complexities of our modern
modes of life"
The Bishop of Chicago, whose sermon
was intended to sound the keynote OF
the convention, then spoke.
Experiment of Free Church.
IN SOunulnS the keyIlOJe OIL Tie COLI
vention, Bishop Anderson stressed the
ideal of "a free church in free state"
which he characterized as "a thrilling
and hazardous experiment" that has
never been fully realized in the older
countries of Christendom and has never
been severely tested in our own"
The church, Bishop Anderson insist
ed, must set up an ideal of freedom
not only in matters of doctrine and of
worship, but "to preach the father
hood of God and the brotherhood of
man in all their far-reaching social
implications" leavening the national
life with the principles Of Christianity.
THE doctrine of free church in a
free state contains within ITSELF" he
said, IAN incurable incompatibility. The
two freedoms can never be reconciled
in theory. 1t can never be more than
a hope that they will work out more
tremendously in practice than on paper.
But there may be times when there
is no other choice for the disciple
of Christ than to follow the example
of Christ and the noble army OF martyrs
and be prepared to save his soul by