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others who were not associated
with any church. Shall we let them
down on their return? We should
appoint committees from our or
CARNATIONS to study these prob
lens; hold round table discussions,
! open forums and invite authorities
from the War Department to adj
wise US on these problems. If the
l church does not take its part in
this program, l fear, it will lose
/ its grip on many of these boys.
: Christian Education
! The Sunday school should be the
nucleus Of u Christian education
in our churches.
The lack Of Christian education
is being seen daily in our churches,
communities and in our entire ma
ton. Statistics show that eight
! times more hours are spent in
movies than in Sunday schools.
Only one out of twelve attends
church. Seven out Of eight quit
! Sunday school and church before
they are fifteen. There are more
barmaids than college girls. There
are three times as many criminals
as college students; eighteen hun
dred suicides monthly; thirty-six
murders daily. Women are buying
more cigarettes than men. Seven
hundred dollars go for sinful pleas
ures and amusement to every dol
lar for foreign mission. This only
means that we are suffering a
moral let down such as was lever
experienced before. Just a few days
ago, the War Department lifted
the ban on horse races, which ne
cessitates the transportation Of
thousands Of people, horses and
equipment, but this same depart
ment kept the ban on religious
gatherings. 1t is up to the church
to wake up and stay in advance
| Of this corruption. These alarming
conditions are laid at our very
doors. These are challenges to
| every Christian in America. Let
us as a Sunday School and B. T.
U. Congress wake up. Wake up,
not by cursing the darkness but
by lighting a candle that will dis
pell the darkness. That candle
i Christian education. We can
light a candle by holding leader
ship training schools. We can
light a candle by providing a pro
gram that will touch every indi-
vidual in the community.
The church should develop a
more positive point Of view toward
community welfare, thereby inject
ing into it that spark Of Chris
tianity that is much needed. Our
program should extend far beyond
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touch every home in cur COM
munity and reach the unreached.
Christian education does for us
what science did for the late Geo.
w. Carver, Burbank and many
other scientists. 1t enables US to
cooperate with God and be in
J harmony with nature. God ere
ates, but man working in cooper
alton with Him and nature can
make out of the created what He
would have it be. God alone Gre
ated the little wild rose, but God
(, and man working together devel-
oped it into the great American
Beauty. God alone produced the
peach, small in size, but God and
man working together through the
process Of grating and cultiva-
ton, developed it into the great
liberia. God alone gives the
child q mind, unframed and IN
skilled, bundled into a body of
just flesh, bones and tissue. He
expects US to work in cooperation
with Him and in harmony with ma
ture to develop it into a Christian
Personality.
The late Geo. w. Carver, n Of
the greatest scientists known, per-
formed his miracles not by magic
nor sleight Of hand, but by trained
hands, heart and head made to
work in cooperation with God and
nature, causing the world to focus
their eyes on his products. Bur-
bank, with his skill and training,
discovered how to cooperate with
God more effectively and perform
ed miracles in the plant world. So,
that trained Christian leader, pos
sessing keen insight, working in
cooperation with God and nature,
can perform their work as teachers
and Christian leaders SO effective
ly among III youth and adults,
that instead of seven of eight
youths leaving Sunday school be-
fore they are fifteen, there will be
seven of eight to remain. Instead
Of three times as many criminals
as college students, there will be
three times as many college stu
dents As criminals. Love would
take the place Of hate and the
Golden Rule would be practiced so
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