Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16


dressed two themes at the two meet
ings. DR.. Jones, who is the pastor Of
Central woodward Christian Church,
in Detroit, discussed the subject, Chris
tan Unity After a Century" and DR..
Bader, who is secretary of evangelism
and home missions Of the United
Christian Missionary Society delivered
an address on 'Pentecost, Climax and
a Beginning"
The subject Of christian Unity was
the theme of Mr.. Armstrong; address
at Constitution Hall. and at the same
meeting Mr.. Scoville, who Is general
evangelist of the brotherhood, discussed
the meaning of PentecoSt MIR. Arm
strong is secretary of the Association
for the Promotion of Christian unity
and DR.. Jones, who developed the SUD-
ject at the Auditorium meeting, Is
chairman Of the Joint Committee which
has been acting for the brotherhood
of the Disciples OF Christ and the
Northern Baptist Church in the various
discussions Of the matter OF atnllating.
Necessity for Unity Acknowledged.
Dr Jones told his audience that no
fair-minded critic would dispute the
fact that the Disciples have 10 tneH
credit century of protest agalnsS tne
evil of divided Christendom. WINE
not the first to plead for unity" ne
said Eve bore the distinction OF belng
the only Christian body originating IN
a passion and plea for a reunlteo
church. the making of that plea BASIS
and ever keeping it in the foreground.
The necessity for Christian unity u
widely acknowledged today, ne aaoeo;
The Disciples will never De satsneo
with "nerely UNCONVENTIONAL success"
he said.
."There should be room enough among
the Disciples" he stated "for the most
stalwart defender of his conviction, be
he of any particular wing, If only the
desire to excommunicate be put 10
death and the spirit of partisansnip
be transformed into the spirit r,,,c q
easier to talk about than to practice"
" Asserting that the only price too
costly to nav for Christian unity Is
the price of liberty. Dr. Jones declared
that 1.-The greatest need OF the hour IS
for more prophets OF Christian unity
within our own ranks"
Birthday of Church.
DR.. Bader emphasized that Pentecost
was not only a climax. but beginning.
at was holy spirit era in the church,
the birthday of the church." he said'
adding that it marked the beginning
of the era in missions, OF Christian
fellowship, of evangelism and OF CO.
operation. The 1900th Pentecost. which
the brotherhood observed on Sunday,
June last was climax, DR.. Bader SAID,
with certain definite results.
1.-The Pentecost anniversary brought
a new unity within our brotherhood,
he said. Those who have been asso-
ciated closely with the life and leader
ship of our movement for the last %
years can appreciate the changed s4tua-
ton Heretofore there have been un-
Christian bitter things both said ana
written, party cries and shibboleths have
been heard, and it has all been any
thing but a demonstration of the unity
we have preached. But 1t is hard to
quarrel in the atmosphere of Pentecost.
There is less division i'll feeling, dissen-
sion and dissatisfaction now than Tor
many years"
zone of the best things that have
come out of the whole anniversary
observance" DIR. Bader emphasized,
''has been the deflniteness with which
churches and religious bodies expect to-
make Pentecost their climaXes each
year from new on instead of Easter.
To city churches. especially, the church
calendar win be heightened for so days.
Heretofore in many churches the cli-
max has been on Easter. From now
on the climax Is to be placed on. Pente-
cost by all the leading religious bodies"
Must Mean New Beginning.
'Pentecost for us must mean the
beginning of a new era" DR.. Bader
said. with new CONSIDERATIONS new de-
examinations and new loyaltieS. We
are in the first year of new century
of the church." he said, 1890 years
are past"
A large congregation heard Mr..
Armstrong and Mr.. Scoville in Con-
stitution Hail. They we're presented to
the audience by Cleveland Kleihauser,
vice president of the convention, who
presided Hampton Adams was chaplain
of the meeting and Harrel Biard was
the song leader. The theme of the
meeting was suggested by the con-
gregational singing of "The Church's
One Foundation" and the musical
selections of the quartet of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church.
At the meeting in the Auditorium,
DR.. r. A. Long, president of the
brotherhood and presiding officer of the
was in charge Archie B.
Bedford was chaplain and w. e.
Braithwaite was the song leader.