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Mission
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director Of the mission. and DR.. George
w. Truett. one of the known
Southern evangelistic ministers.
The audience of more than q thou
sand young people at q mass meeting
at the National City Christian Church
last night was described by Mrs. Grace
Sloan Overstreet, noted author and
lecturer. as ''the finest youth meeting
I have ever addressed"
$500 at Cathedral.
Nearly 1,5O0 persons filled the great
choir and st. Johns and st. Mary's
chapels at the Cathedral to capacity,
and many thousands more participated
in the sectional meetings held last
night.
DR.. Bader, in his address at the
initial session In Calvary Baptist
Church. explained the purpose Of the
mission, asserting that sit seeks to cul-
tivate the roots Of Christianity" and
to bring God from the edge into the
center of the life Of the individual
and of society"
The mission Is dealing with funda-
mentals," he declared. 1T fosters the
deepening Of the spiritual life by Bible
reading and prayer. and it also asks
Christians to give themselves to the
great social issues. to help youth into
an understanding Of the spiritual con-
tent Of life. to bring into the church
school the large numbers of children
who are on the outside"
Christ "Our Only Hope"
Discussing the divinity Of Jesus,
DR.. Truett said: Christ is the only
adequate hope and help Of our needy
world. It is not difiicult to under
stand why certain false gospels would
have their devotees, but mark the
nature and purpose Of Christ's gospel.
its high and holy requirements and
compare it with all false gospels, with
their appeals to the carnal and selfish
and see how Christ's gospel wins
everywhere"
DR.. Bader also spoke ut q meeting
in Petworth Methodist Episcopal
Church last night, taking as his sub
iect Christ and Bread" He said
Christ is the only way out in this
hour when our civilization around
the world seems to be at the edge Of
a dizzy precipice."
which marked the postwar period
has not been realized because nations,
as well as individuals, seek money,
power and material satisfaction in
stead. it was asserted by DR.. Henry
L. Henriod. general secretary Of the
Universal Christian Council. in a talk
in the Methodist Episcopal Church Of
Rockville. Md.
Money, We say, is scarce. but 1t Is
plentiful for our comforts and pleas
uers and 1t flows into armament
firms" he said. Germany and Rus
sia" still impoverished, can send help
to Spain IN order to further their
political ambitions.
Mrs. Overton urged the young peo-
pie gathered At the National City
Christian Church to mot only preach
spiritual values. but also find a way
to practice them" Communism has
captured the imagination Of the youth
of Russia; fascism has given a ring
ing and commanding challenge to
German and Italian youth and
christianity must challenge our
American youth" she declared.
Holmes Addresses Youth Group
The youth meeting also was ad-
dressed by Harry N. Holmes OF New
York. secretary of the World Alliance
for International Friendship. who
said youth wants a base that Is
steady and sure, a compass to direct
the course Of life that does not vary
with every eddy and breeze. Some
have found it in other lands. In de-
votion to the State as the one su-
preme rock-like reality In a plunging
and confused life. There are increas-
ingly others who are finding per-
spective and balance in the message OF
Christianity and in the personality
of the Founder of Christianity"
Selecting as his topic THE Mag
netic Master" DR.. M. E. Dodd, min
lister of the First Baptist Church at
Shreveport, La, told Q group at the
Fifth Baptist Church that "the uni
versal acceptance of Christ IS Savior
and Lord would settle every problem
of human relationship"
DR.. Willis J. King OF Atlanta, presi-
dent Of Cannon Theological Semi
nary, who spoke at the Asbury Meth
odist Episcopal Church, asserted the
years since the World War have seen
q great reaction against the church;