The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-15
CHURCH MUST
RULE WORLD.
FARLEY TOLD
English Leader of Disciples
of Christ Speaks at
Convention.
DECRY RACE HATRED
City Woman Urges Work to
Put Down Prejudice
and UnfairnesS.

Followers of Christ dare not be
satisfied with anything less than
world domination" said John w.
Black of Leicester, England, presi-
dent of the world convention of
Disciples Of Christ, today at the
Disciples international convention
in Cadle tabernacle.
Black, militant leader of the Eng
lish Christian church, asserted that
"Christ's ultimate objective is uni
versal conquest. His church must
have world vision, world plans and
world sympathies"
THE world is watching for leader
ship from America" he said. Her
contribution is of supreme impor-
tance. Her responsibility is ire
mendous because of her opportunity
to lead"
Mrs. William F. Rothenberger,
wife of the pastor of the Third
Christian church, f1ayed good peo-
pie who, through sheer ignorance,
continue to fan the flames of race
prejudice and unfairness."
DR.. George A. Buttrick, pastor of
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
church of New York, was principal
speaker at the Friday night ses-
sion. He was the second repre-
sentative of another faith to Ad-
dress the conclave.
Urges Creeds to Unite
1.-The church has come into be-
ing" he said, because man is an
upward looking creature"
He pleaded for unification of
the various creeds.
My own training gives me an in
sight into this need" he said. Il
was born of a Methodist minister
father, and Congregational moth
err was graduated from a theolog-
ical school of still another faith.
hold a Presbyterian pastorate, and
tonight I speak before a convention
of Disciples"
Preceding Dr. Buttrick on the
program, the. Rev. c. M. Yocum,
chairman of the department of
foreign missions, United Christian
Missionary society, declared that
the Orient is experiencing a vigor-
Gus shake-up, and many things are
falling"
Among the things which are
changing, he said, are the Orient's
isolation, its submissiveneSs, and its
old PHILOSOPHERS and religion.
Next Farley to Pittsburgh
Christianity has not solved the
problems of the orient" he said.
but it is set unalterably against
the evils there. The oriental re-
ligions are of no value before the
three great social problems, race
prejudice, economic injustice and
war
Pittsburgh was selected as the
1888 international convention city.
Speakers at the morning session
today, besides Mrs. Rothenberger,
were the Rev. w. H. Pinkerton
of Washington, D. c.; j. G. Warren
of Los Angeles Cal; Edwin r. Err
rett of Cincinnati, o., editor of
Christian Standard, and John w.
Black of Leicester.
Harold E. Fey of indianapolis,
editor of World Call and the Rev.
Marvin o. Sansbury of Seattle.
Wash, will be the speakers this
afternoon.
Convention Ends Sunday
Young people will hold the CEN
ter of attention tonight. A play,
The Dream Courageous, will be
presented by the Third Masque
Players of Third Christian church
as a climax to Youth night. Miss
Maxine Mckay will direct the pre-
Sentation.
Speakers will be the Rev. H. o.
Wilson of Longview, Wash, and
alexander Paul, oriental secretary
United Christian Missionary So
ciety.
Opening Sundays program will be
a sunrise prayer service at $50 on
Monument circle. Delegates will at
tend various indianapolis churches
Sunday morning and at 3, COM
munion viii be held in Cadle.
The convention will close Sunday
night with speeches by the Rev.
James Falconer of jackson, Miss,
the Rev Fred Gown of Ann Arbor,
Mich, and Graham Frank of Dallas.
Tex