Evening star., 1936-11-24
MISSION SESSIONS
ENTER THIRD DAY
Christianity Is Held Answer
TO Needs of Sick
World.

The challenge hurled by one of the
foremost interpreters of the Christian
gospel-"to make Christianity a
sweeping. head-on answer to the needs
Of sick world"-was uppermost In
the minds Of ministers and laymen of
the Protestant churches In Washing
ton today as they began the third
days sessions of the National Preach.
ing Mission.
The challenge was set forth yester-
day by DR.. E. Stanley Jones. world
renowned missionary to India, in his
first address to the Washington
Preaching Mission. He spoke to a
distinguished gathering of more than
500 ministers and laymen at the May
flower Hotel. The luncheon was one
Of the high lights Of the days ac-
tiyities.
I'VE live In q world In which three
potent forces are undertaking the re-
construction Of society-communism
fascism and Christianity, but there is
only one-the word OF Jesus Christ
which offers the true answer to the
needs of the world" he said.
Application Of the conception of the
kingdom Of God on earth would bring
an end to poverty. place a divine
justice at the heart of the social order
create brotherhood throughout the
whole world and remake the Inner
self" of every man. he asserted.
"Criticised" by Writer.
"A writer once criticized me as
being 'obsessed with the idea of the
kingdom OF God on earth leaped
at the chance Of being worthy of such
q criticism because Jesus himself was
obsessed with that conception.
Jesus turned religion to the task
Of remaking the world. but these other
forces-communism and fascism-are
working toward the same end, and il
Christianity fails, these two forces
which I reject with all my strength
will rebuild the world in their own
| way"
The speaker said religion does away
with the duality between the material
and spiritual; the duality between the
sacred and secular; the duality be.
tween idealism and realism, and the
distinction between the social and in.
dividual gospels, he said.
There is no answer but that oi
Christ. and we must change ourselves
from nickering into flaming torche,
and devote our lives to this work OF
rebuilding" DR.. Jones declared.
Addresses Youth Meeting,
The speaker also addressed a youth
mass meeting in Calvary Baptist
Church later in the afternoon. In his
talk there. he said the demand OF Jesus
to find ones life by losing it in the
will Of God is the deepest law of re-
lgion, the deepest law of life.
Miss Muriel Lester, noted social
worker and religious leader of Lon
don, England, who arrived with DR.
Jones early yesterday. delivered her
f1rst talk at community meeting in
Calvary Church last night. Discuss
ing Prophets of God" she said:
The prophet annoys people. He
isn't content with the surface of
things. He looks behind appearances
and gets to the facts. II we are to be
OF any use as Christians, we have to
Use every faculty. Imagination, in
tellect and originality to discover the
truth behind phenomena"
Sectional meetings were helt
throughout the city again last night
Large attendance marked those gath
erings rs well Is the sessions held
during the day.
Attendance Set At l2,e0o.
1t was estimated that between H.
900 and $4,000 persons attended yes
terday's sessions. One Of the meet
inss included a group of 40 students
Of Union Theological Seminary a
Richmond.
An unusual angle to the mission
here lies in the fact that one Of the
visiting speakers is man, who, though
not . minister, holds the highest
office in his denomination. He is Her.
bert B. Clark, North Adams (Mass }
banker, president Of the Northern
Baptist Convention.
Clark addressed the ministers and
laymen's luncheon at the Mayfower
on The Appeal of the Church to
the Layman," and last night spoke
at Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
He was to talk ct ministers luncheon
at Calvary Baptist Church at noon
and will make his final address tonight
at the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church, taking as his topic, THE
Onward Ache Of the Gospel Message. +"
Irreligion Wave Seen.
Irreligion is sweeping like q tidal
wave over the Nation in . highly Or
ganized form, and 'in a loose and
chaotic fury. Is inundating us with
paganism," DR.. william H. Foulkes
chairman Of the National Preachina
Mission Committee. told a large grour
at the Petworth Methodist Episcopal
Church last night.
Unless America kindles again its
fires Of Christian faith and courage
1t will 60 the way of all the earth, y
he said. The speaker told of the enor.
nous crowds that have attended the
preaching missions throughout the
country, and asserted many people be-
lieve the Nation Is in the midst of q
spiritual awakening.
Launching Of the seminar classes
was one Of the highlights of yester.
days numerous sessions. The 81,
mission leaders assigned to this &C.
ttvity conducted their opening classe.
at Calvary Baptist Church. Each
one will lea two more seminars, one
today and the third tomorrow, dis.
cussing different phase OF the gen.
eral theme assigned to each particu.
lar seminar.
Seminar Is Held.
DR.. Worth M. Tippy. secretary o.
the department of social service, Fed.
eral Council of Churches, led q semi.
mar on christianity and Social Prob.
lems." At his first class he attacked
the subject from the angle of 9TH,
Kingdom Of God on Earth: What Is I
Like?" The new Christian social or.
der which, he said, Is making its ap.
pearance throughout the world, "i.
not Utopian, but Is intensely prac.
tical and finally will bring peace