The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-08
estitution Remoins Says q ocuI Postor Dv. Wolker Urges
 Help in Feeding Seoureed People

rho war Is over but want, misery, Restitution and devastation remain stated Rev. pr. John c, walker, Second Congregational church pas Cor, yesterday morning In his ser. mon entitle, Tn His Name and For Their Sake
 DF. walker said in part;
 We must help in the feeding, the olothing, the healing Of suffering people in the name of Christ and 1llR Church. We must give Christian fellowship and old to peoples and churches torn from their moorings, blasted and broken by the scourge Of war, We must see to 1t that churches, schools, hospitals destroy nd by war are replaced and re. equipped for service. We must build again understanding, good will, and reconciliation in the tension areas We must create the kind of atmo- sphere that will make possible the new order and the new day, we must rebuild, we must reconstruct, that which the war has broken down, Some of this reconstruction will be done in terms of the material and the visible, some In the difhcult realms of personal social racial and international relations but all must De done to the glory of God and in the name of Ills Christ,
 AS Q background for Christian re' construction, want you to think In terms of restitution. We must do what we can, not only in the name of Christ but for the sake Of those who have suffered and died on our behalf. However much we do, how. laver much we give, 1t can never DC enough. This thing comes Ns close hous as the gold stars on our service HfiNgs. The mothers and fathers. the Awidows and the orphans, of the boys 'wAo arc not coming home have borne the burden, and will bear it sthrcugh all the years to come on our hehalf The rest of us have been sheltered, saved, protected, The most we can do and give Is the very least We should offerl
 All across the world there are na- Alons and peoples and churches that have borne the heat and burden, the terror and the tragedy, Of our day Tliey were the forward wall upon Rhem rained pain and sorrow, deS- kfuction and death 230 out of 2bS Ccngregational churches and nhapels in the London area suffered heavy damage or complete destrue. tinn, 200 other churches of our faith and order elsewhere in England were heavily damaged or completely destroyed. Hundreds of our other churches suffered considerable in- jury to windows, roofs, foundations but such things are listed aS minor damage by way Of contrast,
 The people Of CzeehoSloVakia were among the first and among the worst sufferers of NaSi tyranny. The CEuchB deserve our help. We think that we can best show our gratitude by helping the Congrega tional Churches of C2echoSloVakia that have suffered cruel loss and damage and yet bore Q valiant testimony. Surely the Greek people constitute e'A charge on the conscience Of man" tEindl" The very least we Congrega- Itiuualists can do is to take up our WoF1k ia the various colleges and schools we used to support. The youth problem in Greece iS unbe. hleyably dlfheult. Gangs of homeless boys range ct large and constitute not only c present but Q future men. ace to the safety of the state. The clllnese, the FilipinoS, the Dutch, and 6 great host of people have suffered on our behalf. Because they stood firm and refused obedience to tyranny, the lives of American men were saved. Without their loyalty and help tho fate of democracy would stiii be hanging in the bal- mnoe. No one know what might have happened. Surely this is . matter Of obligation and restitution, not Q matter of charity or common phil. mnthropy.