Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-03
1900 HEAR HULL
PLEAD FOR PEACE
Speakers at Religious Rally
Emphasize Spiritual Need
as War Looms.
ny LANES WALDO FAWCETT.

Jewish leaders plead Tor new Drotn-
erhood of peace and religious progress.
Sponsored by the Committee on Re-
ligious Life in the Nations Capital,
the gathering was the first of its kind
ever held in the United States. 1t
marked the beginning of country
wide campaign in the interest of
greater participation in worship, serv-
ice and religious practice.
The audience, assembled under the
threat Of world conflict, broke into
applause when Mr.. Hull and other
speakers urged individual loyalty to
the humane principles taught by all
the prophets and teachers of old.
Church and State, the Secretary said,
must labor together to prevent a repe-
tition of the ''unforgetable horrors"
OF l914-19l8 and every man, woman
and child, he declared, can and should
share in the crusade
Calls War Barbarous.
Mr.. Hull was introduced by Right
Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of
Washington and chairman of the
1nterdenominatioial Committee. Dis
cussing the perils threatening civil
ization, the Secretary said:
In spite of all the dreams and
hopes of humanity for more peace
full world, there is still the we'll
grounded fear that the nations have
not turned away from war as means
Of settling their disputes.
They discard the teachings of the
church as well as the lessons of ex-
perience. They threaten the destruc-
ton of life and property and the
substitution of comparative barbarism
for the system of civilization that has
been so laboriously built up through
the generations, when. arming to an
unprecedented extent, they seem to
regard war as the inevitable method
of composing their controversies.
{ The church is a sponsor and advo-
cate Of peace, and I know that you
will agree with me that at this mo-
ment, when there is a menace of war
/, that may not be confined to any two
nations, there is weighty obligation
resting on the church to exert itself in
: every conceivable manner to impress
the people with hatred of war and
! q love of peace
Right Rev. Ryan Sends Message.
! Mr.. Hull's appeal was supported by
a letter from Right Rev. James Hugh
Ryan, rector of Catholic University
and bishop-designate of Omaha, who
. was prevented by illness from attend
: ing. His message was read by Rev
DR.. Maurice 8. Sheehy. Arguing
the need for spiritual as we'll as po-
litical democracy as q bulwark for
humane ideals of life. the bishop
wrote:
: Religion worthy of the name must
! not only be the texture of the soul. it
must quicken all human activity, So
? cial as we'll as individual. And unless
f.. love Of God and our fellowmen-sln-
s eere and sacrificial Intermediates
$ the human heart, the social changes
! OF the past few years may become the
I chains to !: fetter generations yet
! unborn" 81
! Dr. Abram Simon, rabbi of the
/. Washington Hebrew Congregation
elected thunder of approval when
he sketched a world in which men
were so nobly civilized that worship
2 err in church, mosque and synagogue
: might clasp hands as brothers, the
; children Of one universal Creator
Z Taking for his text Isaiahs dream OF
a highway connecting Egypt, Assyria
and Judea, he called for a highway
Of the spirit over which all races, all
creeds, all individuals might travel to
. peace and freedom.
Objectives Outlined.
a The detectives of the meeting were
: outlined by Rev. Dr.. Albert j. Mozart.
ney. pastor of the Covenant First
Presbyterian Church.
: We are here to dramatic three
: things he said, citing church attend
: ence, church service and religious
; solidarity. I'VE believe that this dem
: onstration, wherein Jew and Gentle
, Protestant and Catholic, strike hands
: in a common anxiety for the Kingdom
: Of God, will prove inspiring to our
: whole country
! Bishop Freeman pledged the sup
3, port Of the Episcopal communion. Il
. doubt not" he said, that this unique
: effort grew out of the trying and ex-
: acting conditions that have attended
. the long-continued and disastrous de-
+. preston. 1t is also indicative of the
. new spirit of comradship that Is STIR
:, rlng in the hearts of men who believe
that religion in a democracy is in
dispensable to its permanence and its
J security.
If in these critical days the i'm
pact OF the church of every name is
: to be brought to bear upon our do
{ mestic, social, economic and political
institutions, it must be through such
cooperation as that to which this
fellowship witnesses. The churches of
this country represent a vast con-
stituency of SIS 900. 900 members. True.
7 they are of many and diverse systems
and usages, but despite the variety of
their names and shibboleths, they
constitute a moral force that must
be reckoned with and that is indis-
pensable to our prosperity, peace and
a happiness"
Army Band Plays.
The musical portion of the program
was furnished by the Army Band,
Capt. Robert Darcy conducting: the
A Capella Choir of the First Conere-
sgational Church. directed by Mrs.
Ruby Smith Stahl; the male choir of
St Matthew's Roman Catholic Church
and the quartet of the Hebrew Con-
aggregation. Opening prayers were read
by Rev. DR.. Edward A. Duff, chief OF
sChaplains' Division, United States
yEayy; selections from the Psalms by
Rev. Robert w. Brooks, pastor of the
Lincoln Congregational Temple; an
si1ouncements regarding the work OF