The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-11
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olSuOp VI. D1OllllCJ OAlldl1l, Va
Boston, Mass, urges Christian
Churches to train specially quail
fled young men to serve labor
groups, generally considered too
far apart from the church in think
ing and planning. 1.-THE church
has for years trained Christian
leaders for service in the ministry.
in education, in medicine and hos
pitalization," says Bishop Oman.
What would be finer than for the
church each year to give fifty of
its best youth, well trained, to the
labor movement. T h es leaders
should be trained in labor and eco
Monies, and then go into industry
as workers, begin at the bottom in
unions and expect to give their
whole lives to this cause"
THE Christian church is not on
ly concerned with the preparation
of souls to enter Johns New Heav-
en-, but with the making of new
earth in which man is to live dur
ing his present sojourn," said the
New York East Conference of the
Methodist Church in a recent state
ment. 1.-The church which allows
a, preoccupation with winning the
war to cloud its vision of Gods
Kingdom on earth is derelict in its
duty to God and man. Half truths
and ex p rte pleadings for seq
ments Of mankind are incompati-
BILE with the welfare of all Gods
children. Individual morality ic
important, but not a substitute for
social Righteousness. The two must
90 hand in hand in shaping man.
kinds future"
Proposing that, for the sake Of
children and the home, religious
worship and instruction be given
in public schools, according to a
syllabus to be agreed upon by all
faiths, DR.. George "A. Buttrick, of
New York City, recently declared:
IF we can teach the literature Of
William Shakespeare in the cecu-
lar schools, why not teach tn e
greater literature of the Old and
New Testaments? We teach tn e
ethics Of John Stuart Mill and of
Aristippus. Why not teach the
ethics Of the Sermon on the
Mount? If we teach the influence
of government on histroy, there is
no reason we should not teach the
influence Of the church on history.
II we teach the biography of Bene-
dict Arnold, why not teach the
biography of Jesus Christi"
For six years the Church Com
mittee for China relief has been
the channel through WHICH thou
eands Of American Protestant
churches have been helping meet
human needs growing out of the
war in China. About half a million
dollars per annum has passed
through the hands of the Commit
tee, and like amount has gone
directly from the churches through
their respective missionary agen-
cies. This has hslped care for or
phans and refugees from bombed
areas, provide famine and flood
relief, supply medicine, vitamins,
food, and help in the reestablish-
ment Of families upon tn land.
Funds have been administered
largely through missionaries a d
Chinese Christians. Now the Com
mittee has enlarged it's scope and
reorganized as the Church Com
mittee for Relief in ASIA, adding
India, Burma, Malaga, Thailand
and the Philippines Gas, they. open
up) to their field of service. AL
ready American churches have
sent 100000 to reltve famine con-
ditlons in India. DR.. John r. Mott
is honorary chairman; Harper Sib-
ley, chairman; Bishop Herbert
WEIGH and DR.. ]. Leroy Dodds,
vlce-chairman Of the new body.
DR.. Fred Atkins Moore is execu-
tive director.
Cooperating with Chaplain Jo-
seph M. Apologize, Of the U. S.
Army in Alaska, the Federal Coun-