Evening star., 1941-02-06
Mission Speaker Sees
Pastors Re-emerging
AsGuidine Counse|ors
Dr.. HoImon Points to
Revival Of Practice
Of Pastoral Visitation
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"are willing to re-think their princi-
plies, they will certainty find a new
stimulus In the gospel to rebuild
the house of liberty and democ-
racy, which today is menaced by
an earthquake"
DR.. Arthur L. Kinsolving, rector
OF Trinity Episcopal Church, Prince
ton, N. j., addressing a Cosmopol-
itan Club luncheon at the Carlton
Hotel, spoke of the international
crisis as at base a spiritual crisis" "
adding;
Our leisurely, good-natured man.
ner Of accepting or neglecting re-
ligion in this past era has been
found wanting. Religion is the only
ultimate foundation of morality and
We have been running short. Re-
ligion conceived as a religion OF
culture has broken down.
Fit Said to Survive.
I'm an hour of dire need we have
q high chance now to rediscover
what primitive Christianity was and
what real Christianity is-a religion
of salvation. Though that term
has been tarnished by our dull
handling, men everywhere are look
ing for redemption and nowhere
short of God can we find great hope
that a bad situation can be trans
lated into a good situation"
DR.. Kinsolving conceded that
there may be no solution to the
worlds problems at the level at
which we are prone to attack them"
but he added: In this universe that
survives which is fit to survive
Therefore the Christian need not
lose courage in the midst of this
wholesale destruction. Man can
only destroy the prints, for God
holds the negatives"
At another luncheon, that of the
Kiwanis Club at the Mayflower
Hotel, Harry N. Holmes, field Sec
retary of the World Alliance on
International Fellowship Through
the Churches, said the message and
concept of this National Christian
Mission was rooted in the basic
documents of American history
the Mayf1ower Past of 1920, the
Declaration of independence and
the Bill of Rights in the Constitu-
ton.
THE spiritual and religious es-
sence," he said. 'is the final signifl-
canoe of American democracy, and
democracy must forever defend and
forever safeguard freedom of
worship, freedom of assembly, free
dom of speech and freedom of press" !"
Praise Given Pastors.
The Right Rev. Thomas c. Darst,
Episcopal Bishop at Wilmington, N.
c., addressing a Women's meeting
at Foundry Methodist Church to-
day, pointed out that God had left
plenty of work for humanity-dam-
ming rivers, heWing forests and
solving the unemployment problem,
for example.
Bishop Darst pictured Washing
ton as full of angels" in unsancti-
fed humanity, and he expressed
the hope that the uplifting influences
of the Christian Mission on the city
might in turn influence the Nation
The mission heard a word of
praise today for church pastors, who
have been criticized by some of the
speakers for making their services
drab and unimaginative and their
sermons dry.
The praise was voiced by DR..
Charles T. Holman, associate pro-
fessor of pastoral duties in the
divinity school of the University of
Chicago, in an address before a large
gathering of ministers in Calvary
Baptist Church.
Calling attention to a great revival
of interest in pastoral visitation
work, DR.. Holman attributed this to
development by pastors of new
appreciation of the significance of
the personal relationship in pastoral
work.
"As a result" he declared, "the
ministers ancient function as guide,
philosopher and friend of his people
is re-emerging.
Pastors themselves weren't wholly
to blame for the loss of interest in
personal visitation work, DR.. Holman
said, explaining:
'"The reasons were twofold. First,
pastoral calling had ceased to have
any such professional significance as
had the visit of the doctor. Sec
ondly, new responsibility made
heavy demands upon the minister's
time. Modern programs of religious
education were emerging and to put
these programs into effect required
much time and effort"
1t was quite inevitable, he said,
that an activity which seemed rela-
lively Insignificant tended to dis
appear.
But today there's great revival
Of interest in this work. he de-
clared. land there are nultitudes
of baffed and burdened folk who
need friendly guidance if they are
to succeed in the struggle against
almost overwhelming odds"
The minister, as the accredited
representative of Christian faith
and fellowship, "has unparalleled
resources to bring to the aid OF
troubled souls" DR.. Holman added.
Mrs. Hilda Ives, professor at And
over-Newton Theological Seminary,
who was the speaker at the women's
forum at Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church this morning, told large
gathering the responsibility of
American mothers is great in this
critical hour in the worlds history.
The mothers must create citizens
for a Republic which will stand,
without flinching, all onslaughts of
evil" she declared. They must
make Republic which will take the
lead in the way of brotherhood and
peace, and give allegiance to the
supreme personality of all ages,
Jesus of Nazareth"
The morale of this Nation for
the years TO come-"years of world
problems and vast reconstruction
is now in the making "by the fathers
and mothers of our American
homes" Mrs. Ives asserted.
Address Mass Meetings.