Evening star., 1941-02-04
Thousands Attend
Night Meetings Of
Christian Mission
Problems of Civilization
In Warning World
Are Discussed

Initial area mass meetings Of the
National Christian Mission drew
thousands of persons to church in
seven sections of the city last night
to hear how the light Of civiliza-
ton may be kept aglow in warning
world
Crowds also filed church halls
all day yesterday for seminars on
various aspects Of religious life.
special meetings for ministers,
luncheons and dinner gatherings.
Addressing a large crowd III the
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church,
DR.. Philip Y. Lee. secretary OF the
Chinese Christian Broadcasting Co,
likened the world Of today to the
Period of the Warning Kingdoms,
an era in which China was split
up into seven small Kingdoms which
battled among themselves for two
centuries.
No Weapons of Might
In the midst of it all lived Con-
fucius, Loatze. Mencius and other
sages who kept the light OF civiliza-
ton glowing and restored peace to
the land" he said. They had no
weapons of might except words of
truth.
To-day, the world needs men and
women who know truth and dare
to live it and proclaim it. In Chris
tianity. We have the truth because
Christ is the revelation of God, who
is the source of all truths Emer-
gencies and exigenCies Of the times
demand that men think and act
watchfully and effectively so as to
restore the old or to bring about
new order of things
Is the church directing the people
or following the crowd-can We offer
to the world something to bring
peace, something more than just
force against force? he asked.
Speaking before the same gather
ing on Satisfying Religion" DR..
Roger T. Nooe, pastor of the Vine
Street Christian Church of Nash
vile, Tenn, said the most hopeful
sign of this generation is a deepen
ing desire of good people for re-
hgion of the spirit
The real function of vital religion,
he asserted, is to create dissatisfac-
ton as well as satisfaction.
Just when we are satisfied with
our attainments,' DR.. Nooe said,
religion discIoses new goals, when
We are contented with the good, it
challenges us with the best
Bishop Sets Forth Needs.
A fivefold statement of the needs
of the present generation for Christ
and His gospel was set forth by
Bishop Paul B. Kern, leader in the
field of religious education. in an
address before a mass meeting in
Emory Methodist Church. Declar-
ing the present world situation
means that we have an even greater
need of God than any previous gen.
Grafton, he said this generation
needs to:
Bring a sense of poise and quiet
ness into our hurried and driven
lives guide into worthy ends our
marvellous engine of power; help us
discover the deeper meanings OF
life; forgive our sins, and, finally,
serve as the goal and pattern to be
looked to. by our divided humanity"
There is only one ultimate basis
for world unity, and that is around
Christie who knows no racial or
national discrimination, but through
whose will and whose principles the
world can again be brought to
peace" Bishop Kern said.
Addressing another mass meeting
in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church, DR.. Harold C. Phillips, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Cleveland, Ohio, pointed to the con-
dition of the world today as proof
that the barriers of intellect, rea-
son and the will are not sufficiently
strong to hold back the flood of
primitive passions which are now
loose in the world
Of all the antidotes to restrain and
direct these emotions, he said, none
is so effective as the Christian
religion.
Final Test of Loyalty.
1T takes an emotion to conquer
an emotion, he declared. Christian
ity reaches down into our feelings
and changes them by another feel
ing which is more worthy, wholesome
and creative" He added, however,
that the final test of loyalty to
Christ "is our willingness to assume
the responsibilities and duties which
inhere In the coming of His king
| dom"
Other mass meetings were ad-
dressed last night by DR.. Norman v.
Peale, pastor of the Marble Colleg-
late Reformed Church of New York
City, who spoke in Foundry Metho-
dist Church; Bishop Thomas G..
Darst, who addressed gathering in
McKendree Methodist Church; DR.,
c. ]. McCombe. pastor of st. Psu's
and st. Andrews Methodist Church