Evening star., 1941-02-03

sents the only plan Christ had for
remaining incarnate in the world"
With the first look we give
at the church" DR.. Scherer said,
I'VE see in it an opportunity. can
understand that men are readily
drawn into any project that has for
its aim the preservation of hu-
manitys highest achievements. We
are against disease and crime and
all that is detrimental to human life.
THE church is for the betterment
Of human society. for democracy,
for civil rights. But how can any,
body fail to put his finger on what
is back of these, back of all our
living, back of schools and hospitals,
back OF asylums for the wayward
and helpless, back of charities that
go on endeavoring to care for the
poor and blind?"
DR.. Scherer suggested that church
goers stop merely throwing casual
word across their shoulders to God" I"
The Ten Commandants, he said. are
more than "a spiritual Emily Post,
rules Of etiquette for Christians"
"I suggest" he said, that all of
us quit treating God as if He didn't
matter"
Purposes Outlined.
The purpose and plans of the Ma
tional Christian Mission were out
lined by the Rev. DR.. Howard Stone
Anderson, pastor of the First Con-
gregational Church. The Rev. DR..
John w. Rustin, pastor of the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church and
chairman of the Program Commit
tee presided. The combined choirs
of the Foundry and Mount Vernon
Place Churches sang the Halle
lujah Chorus" from Handels Mes
siah," under the direction of DR..
Deane R. Shure.
In his address at Rockville last
night, DR.. Lee told a large gather
ing that the reason China has been
able to Withstand the japanese on
slaught in the last three years is
not because of her armed forces,
"but because of the Christian leader
ship in the government" Six of the
cabinet ministers are Christian men,
and every sixth name in China's
who's Who" is that of Christian
man or woman, he said, paying
tribute to the work of Robert Morri-
son, first missionary to China.
Christ is still calling men and
women to invest their lives through
Him" he said. The world today
faces material wealth but spiritual
bankruptcy. Men are at loss to
know where to turn in critical mo-
ments. Christ is the way and the
truth"
The meeting was in charge of the
pastors Of the Protestant churches
of Rockville and was conducted by
the Rev. j. Virgil Lilly. pastor of the
Christian Church and chairman of
the local committee. The Rev. Ray
mond P. Black, rector of Christ
Episcopal Church, gave the invoca-
ton. and the benediction was pro-
nounced by the Rev. Henry K.
Pasma, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. James P. Kerr,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church
at Boyd's, and the Rev. John W..
Rosenberger, pastor of the Rockville
Methodist Church, took part in the
service.
Bishop Kern told the Fairfax
gathering that the confusion of the
present generation can be an
swered only by wide response to
the call of God.
THE disillusionment and the tragic
spirit of disunity that is abroad re-
veals our weakness and makes the
return to God inevitable if we are
to have peace and security" he
declared. 1--WE have more power
than we know how to use and we
have turned it to destruction rather
than to building a better world.
Humanity only breaks itself upon
the rock of its own pride when II
seeks to substitute any earthly pro-
gram for the divine way Of living
This is the message of the Christian
faith and Christianity has the an
swer to our tangled and distressed
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