The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-15

DR. P. H. j. Lerrigo of New York
will deliver the main address at
the Young Peoples Banquet at the
Central Y. M. G. A. tonight at 8
o'clock which will formally bring
the annual three-day convention OF
the Connecticut First Baptist to q
close. His subject will be POST
poning the Funeral" Rev John
Elliott will also speak on "Can
Business Be Christian"
Last evening he traced the his
tory of the evolution and revolu-
ton, stating that such things have
been and are nothing new in the
worlds history. He claimed that
God direct and works all these
processes and brings good things
that apparently seem bad.
ut is our destiny to live at the
end of an epoch which, from one
angle, began with the Renaissance
and Reformation and, flbm an
other viewpoint. began at the very
beginning of human history" de-
clared Francis A. Henson, econo-
mist of the National Religion and
Labor Foundation in his address
last night before the State Conven-
ton of the Baptist Churches. Mr.
Henson pointed out the significance
of the economy of plenty which he
said poses the problem of distri-
button. "The question now is. how
can we distribute adequately that
which our machine civilization can
produce In increasingly greater
quantities.. The question raised by
the economy of scarcity, which ex-
listed from the beginning Of hu.
man history until this century, was
how could man produce enough
even to satisfy the persons on the
top of the human pyramid. This
new question demands new ans
wer", asserted the speaker.
1t is Mr. Henson's judgment that
the answer is a fundamental
change in the social order. 1--WE
must organize our collective life,
according to a plan, to meet the
pre- undetermined needs of all people
1t is true that this will be world
socialist order, in time. We must
get rid of the fear of socialism. 1t
is intelligence applied to our col
lective life. 1t is our only hope, II
we wish to avert chaos" After des-
cribing how mankind has also come
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ly and internationally as we'll as
culturally, the speaker continued"
God Is at work in the world pro-
cess as a movement toward COOP
Grafton and Indignation and we need
to relate ourselves Adequately TO
him here and now or take the con-
sequences. While incoming OH IN
the skies for him we have stumbled
over the handles of the plow and
the shovel which also reveal him.
This does not mean that we can
ever build perfect society. It does
mean that we must build - and
build speedily society much
more conducive to the growth OF
Christian values than the present.
Until more ministers concern them
selves with this whole gospel, most
Of the work of the churches Will be
merely of q rescue mission sort.
Stretcher bearers are needed II we
are determined to have war but,
when for the first time In history 1t
Is possible, why should we not build
o. world in which economic warfare
which is capitalism, as well as In
ternational warfare will be not
only technically outlawed but actu-
ally abolished? To accomplish such
goal in full, q socialized world
order is a minimum necessity" Mr.
Henson closed his address by sug-
costing specific projects in the
field Of religion and labor that the
churches might undertake.
DR. Bernard c. Clausen Of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y. delivered the principal
address yesterday afternoon out
lining the pray It Through" move
ment which was started at the
Northern Baptist convention this
wear in San Francisco.