Evening star., 1941-02-09


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Need for Prayer Cited.
"The only way to meet the menace
of this new sort of human being, "
Miss Lester declared is for us to
develop into a new sort of Chris
tian,' Christian who is really fol-
lowing Christ, who is not content
merely to say prayers and attend
church. a new sort of Christian who
Is humble enough to say that he
needs to pray, to practice the pres
ence of God who realizes that 1t
is a horrible conceit, even lnsolence,
to imagine that we can do without
PRAYER when our Lord used to get
up early in the morning and take
hours of it to keep himself fit to
live the sort of life God wanted
him to live
NO wonder the world has gone
wrong" she declared, land that
within the last year or two larger
portion of its surface has been
stained with human blood than
ever before in its history, when we
realize that during these last few
wears numbers of Christians, even
leading Christians. have definitely
and deliberately given up the dis
cipline of prayer"
Lords Prayer Recited.
Answering people who say they
could not take an hour to pray, she
said: But you can take an hour
to listen to the radio or read the
newspapers"
Calling on her audience to incul-
cate the body, mind and spirit
with the eternal, unchanging, i'm
movable spirit of God" the speaker
closed the service by having her
audience recite the Lords Prayer,
not in a loud voice, but softly, al
most in a whisper.
Presiding at the youth mass
meeting at National City Christian
Church was Doris Harlan, the
hymn leader was Carey Young, and
the organist was Mrs. Hester Smith,
who was accompanied on the violin
by Barbara Avelar at the offertory.
Special music was by Miss Daisy
Young.
Program for Social Action.
An eight-point program was rec
commended to the churches of Wash
ington for social action, in a re-
port by the seminar in social re-
lations of the National Christian
Mission. The program approved
continuation of the House commit
tee studying teh migrant problem;
maintenance of the principle of
labor standards under the Wagner
Act and administration by the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board, and
extension of the Social Security
Act to include agricultural work
ers, domestic service and others.
The seminar deplored present
low wages, long hours and disre-
gard of freedom for worship and
recreation on Sunday of persons en-
gagged in domestic service" and
recommended that housewives VOL
unfairly improve wages and condi-
tions of employees along lines of the
Minimum Wage Act. Churches were
urged to interest themselves in
consumer co-operatives, especially
for low-income families. Social
principles" of Christ, it was rec
commended. should be taught in all
grades of the church school, which
should undertake to create social
imagination. social insight. social
sympathy and moral compulsion." ;"
Coonerat finn I-road
United Protestant community
cooperation was urged for spir-
itual care Of the population, "espe-
cially of the depressed areas" and it
was recommended the present social
relations seminar be continued to
work with the Committee on So.
cial Welfare of the Washington
Federation of Churches and the
Church Social Workers League.
Members of the seminar on world
relations found need for "a spiri-
tual readiness to pray for even those
men whom we regard as enemies of
ideas. institutions and ways of life
We hold dear" and expressed a de-
termination to discover the prac-
tical Christian approach to world
problems
They pledged further support to
the program of war victim relief
through the churches, and urged a
start on the solving of world prob
lens at home.
They paid high tribute to DR..
Adolf Keller leader of the seminar,
expressing gratitude for the spirit
with which 'he has supplemented
the clear, intellectual presentation
of the worldwide difficulties"
Health Promotion Favored.
Findings of the seminar on reli-
gion and health included recogni-
ton of the need for church CO.
operation with doctors. nurses, hos
pitfalls and health agencies, in the
promotion of health of mind and
body"
The seminar urged churches to
"re-examine their programs and
services to discover what resources
they control which can be utilized
more fully" in promoting health, and
praised the Social Welfare Depart
ment Of the Washington Federation
of Churches which has bridged
many of the gaps between the
churches and health agencies"
Earlier, a call for united Christian
youth action was sounded by DR..
E. H. Bonsall, director of Young
Peoples Work for the Pennsylvania
State Council of Education.
The young people, converging
after several hours devoted to
seminars, were told that they should
stand together in the community to
do more effective work than they
could singly
Youth Group Admonished.
Can you say Christ is victorious
In your community" demanded DR..
Bonsall. "If not, how much re-
sponsibility do you have for it? And
is Christ victorious in your church
and in your home and in your
life?'
Urging the youth group to live
more constantly with religion. DIR.