Evening star., 1939-10-19
Showing Similarity
Of Religion, Science
Held Necessary
Youth Faces Disaster
Unless Agreement Is
fought, PorIey Told

Inc yOuUn OF America races QlS.
aster unless it can be demonstrated
that sound, scientific thinking points
In the same direction as religious
teaching. DR.. Hornell Hart, profess
sor of social ethics at Duke Uni
versity, today told the United Uni
versalist Convention.
Dr. Hart's address was high light
of the third days sessions of the
conclave, being held at the May
flower Hotel.
UNLESS we can drive this point
home-show youth that scientific
thinking points in the same funda-
mental direction as religious teach
ing-then," said DR.. Hart, we're
going to lose youth from the church
and youth will 60 down in disaster
In the crisis of our civilization"
Youth is right, the speaker added.
IN demanding that life be thrilling
""But what We need to tell them"
he said, lis that life cannot 60 on
being thrilling if they let the struc-
ture of character and family and
community life break down.
Our task in the church, school
and home is to show youth how
they can 60 on living the thrilling
life"
While DR.. Hart discussed the prob
lens confronting youth, another
session took up the subject of adult
education in the church.
Totalitarian Danger Seen.
Df. Max A. Kapp of Rochester.
N. Y, said the United States may
drift into totalitarianism if the
American people fail to remain con-
scious of the need for their CO.
operation in their countrys affairs.
DR.. Kapp disputed the belief its
harder to teach adults than youths.
In emphasizing the need of skillful
program in adult teaching, he quoted
authorities to show that the learn.
Ing ability of adults decreases only
per cent with each year.
Liberals in the field of religion
must shake off their isolation if
'they expect to make any effect on
the current world situat ton, DR.. John
Ray Ewers, Pittsburgh clergyman
and editor, told town meeting ses-
sion of the convention last night.
His remarks were injected into a
lively program of addresses, followed
by questions and answers, in which
he shared the platform with Bishop
Edwin H. Hughes of the Methodist
Church, a Washingtonian and Dean
Clarence Skinner of the Tufts Uni
versity School of Religion.
Exploration of the meetings. sub
ject, Liberal Religion in the Pres
ent World Situation" ranged from
definitions of Christian and Chris
tianity to the immediate issues of
the arms embargo and conscientious
objection to military service.
Ballou Presides.
The moderator was Dr. Frank w.
Ballou, District superintendent of
schools and member of Universalist
National Memorial Church, Six
teenth and S streets NV, which
is host to the church's biennial con-
vention.
DR.. Ewers. minister of Pittsburghs
= East End Christian Church and con-
tributing editor of the Twentieth
Century Quarterly, declared "au
Protestant churches are too soft, and
all are lacking in the conservation
Our Master taught us. The power is
there if we but use it."
War" he continued. "destroys the
flower OF our youth. our health and
our morals and brings economic de-
preston. All are evils that follow
the evil of war.
You will always have wars until
the nations that have things are
willing to share them with those
who have not. Unless you have roots
70 God, you need not expect the
purple clusters.
Liberals are apt to be isolated
and to like it. We have a monopoly
on something, and we are aloof to
those we think are not so INTEL
!ectual We must get away from iso-
lationism."
Bishop Hughes described the re-
union of the three Methodist de-
nominations by representatives of
their 100000 members at Kansas
City last April, merger in which
he played a leading role, as the
greatest religious service 1 had ever
seen" and numerically the greatest
reunion Of Christ's people since the
Savior died on Calvary"
During the forum session that fol-