The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-07
REV. DOUCHERTY
TO GIVE ADDRESS
AT SAINT MARY'S
SPEAKER WILL DEFINE WHAT
FAITH is DURING SERMON
TO BE DELIVERED HERE
THIS EVENING
(Communieated)

Father F. Z. Dougherty will
speak tonight at st. Mary's church
on "Tragic Condition of World
Traced to Loss of Faith" and
"Ideal of Humanism Called Fail
ure."
The situation of the world pre-
sents break in the continuity of
History, absolutely revolutionary
in character, and we are witness
ing the end of the Renaissance.
with all its fair promise of
achievement.
The Ideals presented by Hum
anism and the Renaissance have
failed of realization. The grad
ual substitution of faith in man
and the "autonimous forces which
were his strength" for the me-
dieval ideal of God as the center
of the universe, and of mans de-
pendence on Him, has eliminated
in the tragic situation which con-
fronts the world today.
The tragedy of the world war
made us pause temporarily in the
mad rush of the material well be-
ing. "A new idealism dominated
at least for a time the thinking
of our people. A "War to end
War;" ''war to make the world
safe for democracy" "give till it
hurts" were slogans that motivat-
ed us into action and to sacrifice.
But, because a world war could
not cure evils which made such a
conflict possible, materialism, and
imperialism and the quantitive
standard, our country gradually
drifted into a situation incom-
parably worse than the world war,
with all it entailed.
The recent results of Prof.
Belts questionable of Northwest
ern university on "The Rise of
Modernism in the Churches" the
report of the dean of comparative
religion of Chicago University. the
difficulties of faith of the various
denominations in their last annual
conventions, show the sad situa-
tion of faith even in the pulpits
of the churches of today.
1t is encouraging on the other
hand to read Prof. sCompton's
conversion of science to God, and
also the Towards Dean of men
reporting that the students are
turning their minds to the fun
damentals of Christianity.
The belief in unbelief is the
strongest intellectual phenomena
in life today. The lamentable
disregard for the achievements of
others in psychology and theology,
of so called scholars is a mystery
more difficult of solution than the
mysteries of the scriptures.
Father Dougherty will define
what faith is--then he will review
the essentials of Christianity and
let each one apply the definition
to his or her knowledge of the es-
sentials and let each one rate
himself or herself in their belief
in Jesus Christ.
Are you an average Christian?
Are you slipping in your rating?
Would you give yourself a pass
ing, condition or failure note?
Would you be satisfied with your
standing in any other line? Would
you be contented with your child
as failure in school? Would you
be pleased if your employers were
failures in their work for you?
Why treat God so?
Is the body worth more than
the soul? Is this life longer than
the life hereafter? Do these
words mean nothing to you?-
What doth it profit a man il he
gain the whole world and lose his
or her soul? What evaluates your
soul here? Faith? What do you
rate in such an evolution that
means so much for you? Is it log
ical and good common sense to
deny something that you cannot
with any reason or experience
deny? Why take a chance on
losing out for all eternity on ae-
count of your arrogance, ignor-
ance. pride or prejudice? All are
cordially invited to attend the
service which will be closed with