Evening star., 1942-02-27
Christians Justified
In Waging Present
War, Bishop Asserts
Right Rev. R. L. Strider
Declares Ultimate
Cool Is Peace

Influence in the present crisis, II
1t Is to be helpful, must start IN
the heart. the Right Rev. Robert L.
Strider, Bishop of West Virginia, said
in a lenten talk yesterday before
congregation of the Church of the
Epiphany.
Speaking each day at noon dur
ing the week ending today, the West
Virginia bishop said that Christian
people are justified in taking part
in this war, as the ultimate goal is
peace He pointed out that peace
must take the place of force and
greed in the human heart and bring
a peace of the world"
After the war" he said, "the
Christian motive and the spirit OF
Jesus must enter into every phase
of life and then only will peace be
everlasting"
Must Hold to Tenets.
DR.. Charles T. Warner, rector of
st. Adams Episcopal Church, told
a gathering at the Penn Theater
that, I'VE owe all the world today
to the cross of God and not to the
work of the people. 1t is Gods
work." he said. Let us come back
to Christ and end all strife" He
said offense Of the cross has blghted
the Jewish people and taken from
them all they hold dear.
I'VE have to hold to the tenets Of
our religion, and not give them up,
to win the victory" DR.. Warner
warned.
A call to return to religion, "the
kind that will change the individ-
ual's heart" was made last night by
the Rev. Mark A. Depp, pastor of
Christ Methodist Church of Pitts
burgh, before the weekly lenten
service of six Chevy Chase churches
at st. Paul's Lutheran Church.
DR.. Depp said the return to the
right kind" of religion will be the
salvation of the world.
He was introduced by the Rev.
Clifford Homer Richmond. pastor of
Chevy Chase Methodist Church.
breaches, on Harmony.
The Rev. Warren D. Bowman,
pastor of the Washington City
Church Of the Brethren, spoke be-
fore the Lenten Institute at Brook
land Methodist Church on the
Christian home, Harmony Between
Husband and Wife"
Faith is dynamic and construc-
tive way of living" the Rev. j. Her
bert Garner, pastor of the Sixth
Presbyterian Church, told members
of Northwest churches last night at
services at Highlands Baptist
Church.
1--WE cannot succeed without
faith" he said, "and through faith
which is based on knowledge, there
is found eternal life"
The Rev. Chester B. Emerson
dean of Trinity Cathedral, Cleve-
land, Ohio, will speak at noon each
day next week, Monday through
Friday, at the Church of the
Epiphany.
Lie OdGuIQdy IcCtul cc dAlu UOul
Of the Washington Cathedral fol
children of the church will be con-
tinued tomorrow at pm. under the
direction of Ogle r. Singleton, sec
retary of the convention of the
Washington Diocese.
Joint Southeast Services.
The Rev. Carroll C. Roberts, pas.
tor of Ninth Street Christian
Church, will address lenten noon
day services of Southeast churches
today at the Penn Theater. This viii
be the last service there this week
Services will be resumed Monday
and continued through Easter.
Faith" will be the theme Of the
prayer service by the Rev. Wilbur
II. Wilson, Mount Vernon Plac'
4 Methodist Church, 900 Massachu'
sets avenue NV, at 2 pm. today.
4 At 7:30 pm. today there will bt
special services at the Metropolitan
| Baptist, 1925 r street NV, DR.. Al
bert Hughes, pastor Of the Church
Of the Crusaders, Toronto, Canada
speaking.