Evening star., 1941-02-02
Church Leaders
Mobilize Here
For Crusade
Week-Long Revival
To Preserve Faith
To Stort Tonight

Widely acclaimed as the greatest
religious revival of a generation. the
National Christian Mission moves
into the Capital today to sound
anew its call for a great spiritual
mobilization for the preservation OF
Christianity and democracy.
Many distinguished religious lead
ers were gathering here this NOM
ing to join religious and lay lead
ers Of Washington in a week-long
program aimed at Strengthening
the foundations of the Christian
faith and deepening religious life
in the Capital.
Every Protestant clergyman and
churchgoer in this community viii
be asked to join with the mission
leaders in a series Of revival services,
mass meetings and seminars begin
ming tonight and eliminating in
two assemblies at the Washington
Cathedral and Calvary Baptist
Church next Sunday afternoon.
Nearby Areas to Participate.
Constitution Hall and Memorial
Continental Hall will be the scene
of the formal opening sessions at
o'clock tonight. Simultaneously,
religious leaders in nearby Mary
land and Virginia will hold similar
programs to inaugurate their par-
ticipation in the mission.
DR.. E. Stanley Jones of Lucknow.
India, world-famous evangelist al
missionary, will sound the keynot
of the observation-disclosures H
the Answer he address"
the gathering in Constitution Hali
His subject will be "Is the King
dom of God Reahsm?"
DR.. Paul E. Scherer, pastor of tN0
Lutheran Church of the Holy Trim
ity, New York City, will be prin-
cipal speaker at the Continental
Hall meeting. His subject has been
announced as The Church of the
Living God"
Thereafter. the missions message
will be re-emphasiZed throughout
the week at mass meetings in 81;
churches in different sections of the
city, before service clubs. high school
and university groups and at on
ferences of ministers, youths and
other groups.
Among other noted speakers whom
Washington will hear are Miss Muriel
Lester, founder of Kingsley House
in London and internationally
known Christian social worker: DR..
Adolf Keller of Geneva, Switzerland,
leader in cooperative work in Eu-
rop: Bishop Paul B. Kern of Nash
vile, Tenn. leader in the field Of
religious education: Bishop Thomas
c. Darst of Wilmington, N. c.; DR..
Arthur Lee Kinsolving, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, Prince
ton, N. j.; DR.. Worth M. Tippy of
New York. former secretary of the
Department of Social Service. Fed
eral Council of Churches, and many
others.
The mass meetings at o'clock
each evening, will be held in Foun-
dry Methodist, McKendree Metho-
dist, Vermont Avenue Baptist, Chevy
Chase Presbyterian. Emery Metho-
dist and Metropolitan Presbyterian
churches.
Special conferences for ministers
are scheduled at 10 am. each day at
Calvary Baptist Church. The initial
conference tomorrow will be ad-
dressed by DR. Harold Phillips. pas
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Cleveland, and DR.. Scherer.
WOmen'S Forum Arranged.
Also beginning at 10 am. tomor-
row, Tuesday, Wednesday end
Thursday are women'S Christian
life forums at the same six churches
at which mass meetings will be held
each night.
One of the outstanding features
of the mission will be seven after
noon seminars to be conducted oy
religious leaders at Calvary Baptist
Church, beginning at pm. each
day. Subjects to be discussed are
THE Bible" Personal Faith and
Experience" Christian Family
Life, The Church" Religion and
Health Christian Social Rela-
tionS" and World Relations"
A special seminar for employed
people will be conducted each after
noon at 4:45 O'Clock at Mount Ver-
non Place Methodist Church. DR..
Keller will lead discussion of the
seminar subject, Christians and the
International Situation"
In addition to the womens Chris
tian life forums, a united womens
(see MISSION, Page A-60