Evening star., 1941-02-04

/ the Nations youth of high school
age, adding, they want TO be square
with life and with God" Too often,
he declared, this idealism disappears
in later life, explaining that one of
the reasons for this was the made
quacy of the church.
Mr.. Burkhart said this fall had
seen the most universal interest"
in religion, He complained, how
ever, that an interest in the church
had not gone hand in hand with it..
The trouble he asserted. is that
. there are two few capable ministers.
The country's best men are in the
trades Of professions.
Personal faith and experience in
the Christian life need to be nur-
| tured and increased from day to
day, DR.. George Richards, president
emeritus of the Evangelical and Re-
formed Seminary Of Lancaster, Pa.
told a seminar at Calvary Baptist
Church. The topic was How We
Can Vitalize and Deepen Personal
Christian Faith?"
Little Time for Meditation.
AT present" he said men and
women are absorbed in the making
of things that are required by the
economic order in mass production.
This gives them but little time for
meditation and prayer, which are
necessary for the vitalizing of faith. p"
Today, he added, the worldwide
chaos precipitated by the war is a
hard test for our faith.
The Importance of religion in the
field of health. particularly mental
health, was stressed by DR.. Charles
T. Holman, associate professor of
pastoral duties, Divinity School,
/ University of Chicago at the initial
seminar on Religion and Health"
Mental and emotional disturb
ances such as fears and worries,
moods of anger and depression, the
sense of guilt and shame. cause
physical disorders" he declared,
adding that Christianity 'is one of
the most important of all available
resources to aid troubled people in
finding solution of their problems.
The church, DR.. Holman said, has
a large contribution to make, in CO.
operation with doctors, nurses and
hospitals, toward the healing OF
mems minds and bodies.
Another large crowd was attracted
to a seminar on Christian Family
Life" conducted by Mrs. Hilda Ives
of Newton Centre, Mass, and the
Rev. Warren D. Bowman, pastor OF
the Washington City Church of the
Brethren. The discussion topic yes
! terday was How Can We Make
Family Life More Christian?"
Mrs. Ives, who is the mother OF
five children and the grandmother
of seven and still finds time to serve
as a professor at Andover- Newton
Theological Seminary, said Goddess
| homes are the foes that can bring
defeat to this Nation more quickly
from within than can any enemie.
from without.
Miss Anna V. Rice, former general
secretary of the International Y. w
c. A., told woman's Christian life
forum at Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church that the challenge to
Christians today is for a truer in
sight into the Christian faith and
a greater recognition of the serious
ness of the task which the church
has undertaken to establish world
Christian community.
1T is easy to despair" she sad
"but the Christian should look upon
the present world situation not with
despair, but with hope, believing
that out of it there will yet come
a new and more vital expression
of the purpose of God
Bishop Darst, addressing wom-
ans forum at Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church, charged the church
has been prone ito follow mankind
down its stupid road of so-called
freedom" in the complacent assump-
tion that it is adapting its Gospel
to modern socety.
I'VE must now return to God" he
declared. mot simply to save our
selves, but rather to join forces with
God In saving the world"