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sure, the result viii inevitably be
q loss Of morals.
ct Is beginning at the wrong
end. It is patching up the ma
cfainery Of society which may work
today and break down tomorrow,
instead Of reconstructing the mo
tives Of men.
Bishop Palmerston told the multi
tude that "the church as such does
not know political parties nor eco
nonic theories. They are not the
business Of the church.
The church's business il spiritual,
he declared, citing its duty to be
Ito penetrate the social, industrial
and political order without surren-
same level with them"
"If for any reason the church
failed at this point" he said. 1T
would 90 into moral bankruptcy
and cease to be the executive agency
of the Kingdom Of God. =.
Church and State are distinct in
purpose and power. the venerable
bishop said. but since they overlap
each other and dovetail into each
other, it is to the interest OF both
that mutual friendship and co-opera-
ton should abound.
He urged the church to "rise aigh
above Western civilization or else
keep out Of the East"
Our missionary enterprise may
help or it may hinder the consolida-
ton of the East against Western
Imperialism and commercialism, he
said. Tt depends on making it
quite clear that the gospel of Christ
Is not the same thing as Western
culture at its best.
Liberty Threatened
Many voices are heard saying,
Give US your Christ. but keep your
culture. Give us your missionaries
but keep your factories and machine
guns"
He charged that ''the priceless
possession of religious liberty" is
threatened In our day by "a con-
ception OF nationalism which takes
the form Of an intellectual Inn.
perialism, claiming not only oTnnipo-
tence but omniscisnce, penetrating
the recegses of the mind and brand
Ing constructive criticism as trea-
sonabIe"
1T is threatened" he further
charged, "by a dominating secular
ism which takes offense at being
told that the things which are
seen are temporal and the things
which are unseen are eternal"
BIackIists AssaiIed
at is being threatened by COM
mercial and political interests which
would use the church for their
own ends, but otherwise abuse it."
He asked:
rs there to be q renaissance of
religious intolerance in this land
to which men came for freedom?
Are blacklists to be made of
az, ahead Of their time? God for
IT plead for free and ceur-
ageous pulpit" he exclaimed. mot
a pulpit which invades territories
which do not belong to it or that
exploits personal opinions and
prejudices under the aegis Of the
sanctuary; but q pulpit of brave
and stalwart ambassadors Of Christ,
who viii not shun to declare the
teach and preach Jesus Christ IN
those many spheres Of life where
He Is still q stranger"
and lay delegates to the conven-
ton, he explained that the main
task Of the church is not to pro-
vide so many million dollars for
the budget, but to awaken fresh
zeal for. the conversion of souls.
Bars Controversies
"Our chief task is not to per-
petuate the controversies of the
sixteenth century" he continued,
"but 20 meet some of the pressing
problems Of the twentieth century.
Our work is not to settle the con
troversy between fundamentalisn
and modernism. which exhibits more
fear than faith on both sides, but
to engender such personal devotion
to Jesus Christ as would force this
controversy into the background.
Becularization Of the home, OF ths
Church, of business and of polite:
are the questions which oeset the
thinking clergy Of today, he tolt
them.
People are not kept out Of tbs
Church by its creeds so much 81
by it, lack Of deeds, he said.
Officials ef the convention explais