The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
METHODISTS HEAR
BISHOP E. BLAKE
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united into the membership OF the
church.
1.-The church's greatest opportu-
nifty to go forward today may be
found in its youth, whose impulses
and urges in childhood, the i'm
questionable period, shapes tn e
lives of tomorrow" the speaker
said.
Bishop Blake told a capacity
audience that you can not abolish
war by force, or having a large
army and navy. The hope of abo-
fishing war must begin in tn e
hearts of our young people, who
must be taught the horrors of war.
There is no hope of abolishing wal
if we leave it to adults.
1.-The most tragic thing in the
country today" he said, lis the
fact that fully one half of our
children and youth up to 25 years
of age are not related to any re-
ligious organization whatsoever.
We are confronted with a rising
generation of a church less group,
including the range for the group
between 16 and 20, when most Of
our criminals develop" Bishop
Blake said.
A recent report by Aubrey Will
liams, NYA administrator the
bishop pointed out, has estimated
that more than five millions of
youths between the ages of 16 and
Is are out of school, out of work.
"a great fifth column may de-
velop there" Bishop Blake said,
among the youth who are job
less, wageless. wandering about
the country. Someone may come
along and fire their emotions like
in Germany, Italy, and Russia.
The United States is obligated to
give its youth a fair chance at
life.
Forty three per cent of those
youths now employed considered
themselves to be in dead end jobs.
At this hour more than seven mil
lions of little children are in the
public breadlines in the country"
he said.
Bishop Blake appealed for organ
ization of a crusade to win these
youths to Jesus Christ and remark
ed, at is time for the church to
grid itself anew and accept the
challenge and opportunity of NOV
ing forward through the ranks of
Christian youth"
At the afternoon business ses-
sion Gale K. Burgess, OF Raleigh,
president of the conference board
of temperance, and Bishop Clare
Purcell, of Charlotte, spoke on the
question of temperance. The Rev.
A. l.. Thompson, of Falson, did
not preach as scheduled at 3
o'clock.
Bishop Purcell and Burgess ap-
pealed to conference members to
accept Individual responsibility of
creating sentiment for having the
next session of the general assem-
bly, grant a statewide referendum
on the liquor issue.
Bishop Thomas c. Darst, of the
Diocese of East Carolina of the
Protestant Episcopal church, will
have charge of the devotional SER
vice at 9 o'clock this morning. A
business session Will follow, in the
morning and afternoon.
At 7:30 o'clock tonight the cor
ference will observe the anniver-
sary of the board of temperance.
Gale K. Burgess will preside.
Judge Herriott Clarkson, associate
justice of the supreme court OF
North Carolina, is on the program
for an address.
Approximately 700 delegates had
registered last night for the ses-
sions which will continue through
Sunday evening. Through the cour-
tesy of Lawrence Sprunt, the Orion
plantation will be open to the de-
legates free of charge today. Con-
ference officials last night called
attention to the amplification of the
church and educational building
and the carillonic chimes in the
tower. 3
The Rev. J. F. Herbert, pastor
of Grace Methodist church, last
night announced the list of preach
ers in community churches for
Sunday morning as follows:
Baptist, First, the Rev. B. C..
Reavis; Temple, DR.. F. w. Pas
chall; Calvary, the Rev. E. D.
Weathers; and Tabernacle, the
Rev. John Cline; Christian, First,
the Rev. Leon Crossne; Episcopal.
St. James, DR.. j. M. Culbreth:
and St. Johns the Rev. Forest
Heddin.
Lutheran, st. Paul's the Rev. A.
P. Brantley; Presbyterian, First,
DR.. E. l.. Hillman; St. Andrews,
the Rev. H. B. Porter; Church of
the Covenant, DR.. j. M. Ormond;
Emmanuel, the Rev. E. B. Fisher;
and Winter Park, the Rev. W. M.
Lawrence: Methodist, G a e,
Bishop Edgar Blake; Trinity, the
Rev. H. C. Smith; Epworth, the
Rev. M. o. Stephenson; and Wes-
ley, Memorial, the Rev. Leon Rus
sell.
At the conference session yes
terday morning Bishop Clare Pur-
cell delivered an address on the
outstanding impressions of Jesus
Christ as reflected in the arts, in
theology, in history, and by moral