Evening star., 1941-02-05
Six Night Sessions
OF Mission Draw
Large Crowds
Dr.. J. M. Boder, Director,
Coils Event One Of
Finest in Key Cities

Mounting interest in the Nationa
Christian Mission here prompted
DR.. Jesse M. Bader, national di.
rector of the movement, to COM
ment yesterday that the local mis-.
sion is "one of the very finest anc
most far-reaching" of similar pro-
grams conducted in other key cities
Last night larger crowds than
previously gathered at the area
mass meetings in six sections of the
city and throughout yesterday al
of the seminars, luncheons, forums
and ministers conferences were
marked by large attendances.
The Calvary Baptist Church yes
terday gathering was one of the
largest attracted to a single daily
session. The main auditorium OF
the church was filled to overf1oWing
to hear a talk by Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who spoke as resource
leader for a seminar on christian
Social Relations.
Speakers Visit Schools.
Speakers of the mission visited To-
cal and nearby schools for the first
time yesterday, leading one student
to remark:
The mission seems TO be just
what the city needs"
DR.. Roy A, Burkhart, Columbus
fOhio) pastor, commented after
addressing Richard Montgomery
High School students at Rockville,
Md, that he thought Maryland
"has the finest type of worship as
sembly in its schools that I've ever
seen"
The school program was carried
TO the Washington School for
Secretaries. where $50 students
gathered in the National Press Club
Auditorium to hear the Rev. Theo-
dore Adams. pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Richmond, Va,
declare that democracy is based on
a religious foundation.
Mission speakers also addressed
students at Madeira School, Mount
Rainier, and Lakeland Md High
Schools, and Howard University.
Sees Reluctance to Obey.
DR.. Arthur Lee Kinsolving, pastor
of the Episcopal Church of Prince
ton, N. j., speaking at a mass meet
ing in Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church, declared objections against
Christianity are traCeable less to
doubt than to insubordination and
unwillingness to obey any authority
but ones own.
The introduction of little
Christian humility will save us from
the habit of sataniZlng those who
disagree with us and deifying our
selves" he said.
Pointing out that one great con-
tribution of true Christianity to the
social problem is the demonstration
that fellowship is possible even to
those who deeply disagree, DR.. Kin
solving added:
This does not mean that Chris
tians must not take an active part
in the struggle between right and
wrong Mr.. Einstein noted that only
the Christians had had the strength
to resist within Germany the Nazi
tyranny
In times such as these, the world
needs men with vision, he said.
adding: The great interpreters of
life are those who pray, who listen
TO the voice of God
Real Program Seen.
That Christianity has a real pro-
gram to offer for reconstruction of
the world was emphasized by DR.. E.
Stanley Jones. World-renowned mis-
sionary-e in a mass meet
ing address at McKendree Methodist
Church.
The first point on this program is
good news to the poor" DR.. Jones
said. adding: I'VE have the instru-
ments of science, we have everything
for the abolition of poverty except
one thing, the collective good will"
The second point listed by the
speaker was equality of opportunity
for allan opportunity which, he
declared, should be offered apart
from race, class and color. open
ing the eyes of the blind-the physi-
cally disinherited" is the third item
in the Christian reconstruction pro-
gram, DR.. Jones said, declaring that
if the world lived in a Christian
way, half of the diseases now
affecting humanity would be wiped
out tomorrow morning"
Liberation of the morally and
spiritually disinherited, Dr. Jones
said, is another step, and the final
item in the program is "a fresh
world beginning"
This program touches the whole
of life-economic, social. political,
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