Evening star., 1944-03-07
Soldiers Will Demand
More Active Church,
|Chap|ains Are Told

ed in religion will demand q change
in the church of the past for one
embodying action for God and for
his fellowman, Chaplain Donald
Stuart, post chaplain at Walter
Reed Hospital, declared yesterday
to gathering Of District Protestant
chaplains and pastors at the First
Congregational Church, Tenth and
G streets NV.
The soldier will not sit by as a
member of a. church which does
nothing in the community where
there are many things, social and
economic rs we'll as religious, to be
done, Chaplain Stuart added. THE
reason for this Is he has been in
places where man does some-
thing for what he believes, and as
church member he will insist upon
transferring his ideas into action"
In the discussion period which
followed Chaplain Stuart,s talk,
Chaplain Grover G. Walters, Of Fort
Belvoir, emphasized the point by
stressing the experiences soldiers
undergo which are not available to
civilians. He pointed out that one
of the things many returning serv-
icemen had told him was the de-
sire to wipe out minor denomina-
tional differences. The churchmen in
the past have lived in q world re-
moved from that lived by these
men and there must be point Of
contact before an understanding
can be reached, Chaplain Walters
said.
DR.. Sockman Speaks.
The Rev. DR.. Ralph w. Sockman,
pastor of Christ Methodist Church
IN New York City,, yesterday told
more than 1900 MONDAY lenten
worshipers at the Church OF the
Epiphany, 1917 G street NV, that
Russia has opened its churches not
as q political trick, but because the
Russians themselves found they
could not get full satisfaction out
OF the five-year formula. The satis-
factions Of the world are not
enough; they cannot satisfy the
needs Of the soul. It is only Christ
who can do that"
DR.. Sockman, speaking after the
services to more than 100 pastors
and chaplains at a luncheon at
the YWCA, Seventeenth and K
streets NV, declared 1--WE cannot
depend upon fence around our
country to keep out foreign ideolo-
|gies. Our answer must be to make
America even more dynamic in her
belief IN her own ideals than any
other country may be in its con-
cepts. believe we can do more
with our Christian philosophy than
Communism can do"
Worshipers at the second of five
lenten services sponsored by the
Lutheran Ministerial Association of
washington, held last night at the
St. Mark's-Incarnation Lutheran
Church, Fourteenth and Gallatin
streets NV, heard the Rev. DR..
Sverre Norborg, Lutheran authority
and University Of Minnesota profess
sor, declare that Lent and the sea-
son Of Lent is one Christian evi-
dence OF Christ and the other is the
cross" This Christian evidence has
taken on a deeper meaning for
thinking people today than at any
other time in history, and this
meaning is strongest at Lent, DR..
Norborg added.
DIR. Norborg Cites Invasion.
Predicting lengthening shadows
this summer because of the coming
European invasion with its expect
Iancy of bloodshed, DR.. Norborg told
approximately 200 midweek wor-
shippers that I'VE here should try
to get some of the feeling the
soldier who faces an uncertain
future has SO we could appreciate
God and His goodness"
DR.. Norborg said God answered
the question of why are YOU
troubled?" by making His word a
light in the darkness. He illustrated
the point by citing an inscription
on a gravestone in a small church.
yard in a Minnesota village. 1t
read, 'Thy word has kept me alive"
The author also pointed out the
Lord has answered the question of
| the meaning Of. life hv e,orbosi,