Evening star., 1941-02-04
Mission Hears
Plea for Easing
Japanese Curb
More Liberal U. S.
Entry Law Urged
By Mrs. Ives

A demand that this Nation loosen
its restrictions on japanese imm1-
grafton was voiced here today as
the militant leaders of the National
Christian Mission delved further
into a study of the responsibility Of
Christianity in world affairs.
Mrs. Hilda Ives. professor at An
dover-NeWton Theological Semi
nary and member Of the missions
revival team" told capacity crowd
Of women at a Christian life forum
this morning that American church.
women should organize at once to
bring about a loosening Of these re-
strictions "as a demonstration Of
sincere Christian spirit"
Speaking at Foundry Methodist
Church, Mrs. Ives declared the Jap
anese had been "fouted" for years
by United States immigration laws
and added: "A true spirit of justice
and fair play would be shown in re-
moval of the blot at this time"
Organization Suggested.
She suggested that religious lead
ers Of Washington organize groups
in their own churches and keep the
movement constantly before their
national boards.
That Christians must take fresh
view of the role of religion in world
affairs was emphasized in other
meetings and conferences which
featured the third day Of the mis-
sion's Week-long program.
Addressing a gathering Of scores
of ministers at Calvary Baptist
Church, DR.. E. Stanley Jones, world
renowned missionary evangelist, de-
clared the future Of this country
is in the hands of disciplined peo-
pie. He warned it is not necessary
that the group which is disciplined
be large one.
1T was a small group which made
Germany NaZi, Italy Fascist and
Russia Communist" he said There
fore. if Christianity is going to in
f1uence the discipline of America, 1t
will not necessarily take a vast ma
jority to do it. at least in the begin
ming.
"A small disciplined minority
group could change the history Of
the Nation. Probably, it will have to
start with the ministers themselves" ."
DR.. Peale Speaks.
Speaking before the same group.
Dr.. Norman V. Peale, pastor of the
Marble Collegiate Reformed Church
Of New York, declared the reason the
modern church does not accomplish
greater spiritual victories Is because
of unbelief
I'VE have got to recover a super
natural God" he said we must
trust wisdom and a power greater
than that possessed by man. We
must also have faith in the possibil-
ity Of human beings becoming chan
nels of spiritual power"
If the church can get only a few
Christians to have faith in faith.
this world can be changed in a gen.
Grafton. DR., Peale said. adding:
IF you don't believe that, remem-
Der that II men, who did not be-
lieve, did it once long ago"
ClV1tan Club Luncheon.
The Civitan Club of Washington.
at luncheon at the Mayfower
Hotel. heard DR.. c. j. McCombe,
pastor of St. Pauls and ST. An
drew's Methodist Church of New
York, issue a warning to Christians
to avoid the misplaced emphasis Of
assuming that democracy precedeS
religion.
Christianity does not exist and
function for the purpose of perpetu-
sting a form of government known
as democracy" he asserted. This
would be betrayal of Christianity
and ruinous to democracy. Re-
ligion is not the handmaiden of
democracy Rather, religion denb-
erately determines the quality of
democracy. If democracy scarcely
survived the first World War. its life
may be even more precarious in the
present conflict, largely due to re-
ligious and political apostasy."
Miss Anne " Rice, former gen.
eral secretary of the International
Y. w c. A, told members of that
organization at a melting at Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church this
afternoon that they must develop
new methods of work in the light
of the strain on the youth of today.
Need for Fresh Thinking.
The problem with which you deal
Is one that has special significance
at time when men and women are
taken out of the ordinary routine
of life and thrust into abnormal
conditions which are full of physical.
mental and emotional strain" she
said.
She added that there's a need for
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