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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931. THE WAYNES VlLLiS MOUNTAINEER Page 2 Have The Churches of America Any Influence?, By JOSEPHUS DANIELS In this peiod of unemployment and lict0cc Vise Vi q nfroniiaA I- n li qmi. .j . I- J 1 1. .J kilt. VMIIIBIU kllULU f message, or any mission? If so has it w any influence? Or is it to stand aloof, preaching of another world and forget ting that the Kingdom of Heaven be gins oh this earth? SERIOUS CRITICISM i There are many particularly among the dissatisfied wolrkers, who are say. 1d that the church is in harmony with the views of those who put up the . money to build great cathedrals and support its institutions and has fail ed to show that it is dominated by the spirit of the Nazarene Carpenter. This feeling is so widespread in the ranks of the toilers that many absent themselves from church services. - "Jhey tell us not to be cdneerned about this "world," say these workers, "but to let our thoughts be on mak ing sure our calling td the heavenly "life-when death claims us, as if hun ger does not gnaw so1 strong here we most preforce dwell upon caring for the physical comforts of our famlies. That is all very well for the prosper oas who richly dressed, filled carved pews, Christ rebuked those who said, ' "Be ye warmed and filled," and gave nothing to bring, comfort and food. 'That is what the church is' doing and Baying today. It the church acquiesces , in or uphlod.s a system that makes life here a hell, how can it make us be lieve it has a heaven for us in the next wefrld?" The indictment thus voiced is more widespread than those living on Easy Street suppose. What is the answer of. the church? , SEEING THEIR DUTY , Undoubtely organized religious bod ies Cathdlic, Protestant and Hebew -4ave stood too much 'for the status quo. The Church has accepted it with out examination of its defects and in justices. Every state church.-at points in its history has been subordinated to political ppwer. It is also true that naofet strong churches have sought and obtained the favor of tho(;e who oc cupy the seats of the mighty, From (Sonstantine to Hoover rulers have leaned upoyi church support, and the church has lost power with the many by; seeming to court the aid of those j in influential stations. They too often ke to parade the membership or 1 approval of the great and sometimes icondone their sins and acquiesce in 1 practices which do not square with the teachings and practice of Christ. But, Confessing their sins .df omission informal periods it is very clear that chiprch leaders today are seeing that thfey owe e duty in this troublous day an, dare seeking to measure up to it. At least their official utterances recoginze a duty as to things in this world as well as in the next and of ficial uterances 'usually, are preceded by the spirit that has touched the church. I WHAT CATHOLICS SAY iThe Pope voices the view of the patjboiic world. In his papal 'utteranc es, c stands against communism as theenemy of, the church; for the rights of private property; including ;hejelement of property "use," mean- ngthat no man's right to ownership an 'create "intolerable burdens for thers;'' that the principles which ihouid guide the government are in creasing the amount of property own- ;d ny workers, by high wages and he social management H industry, ind curbing the immense power and ; iespotic economic domination concen trated in the hands of the few; and joj.operatron between nations in the nterest of peace and social jusice. All .hese declarations look to action by jovernment and would necessitate a cal change frm present laws and j. lolicies. But how much influence has e Catholic church in making" better nditions? Judging by recent years, ry little. The above declaration if it d any effect upon govenmental ac- would help to end trust domina- THE EPISCOPALIANS SPEAK The inost conservative of all the I rotes tant churches, and the last to , eak out about matters in the do- i lain o'f politics, is the Episcopal- i torch. At its convention in Den- j sr last week, the bishops in their i :kstorial letter .-aid the word "Con. j sion' described present conditions.! he, bishops declared that relief 'oifV jifferiiig is not' enough, but that it "the present duty of , society to see at such crisis does not occur again". ! ley.demand that industry must "in e continuity df employment and pro de security of income to the workers the nation," and declared that "the hofit-seeking motive must give way that if service." These declara- mm read strangely like the resolu. tions of the American Federation of Labor. Ten years ago they would have been regarded as "radical and dangerous" in financial circles. But what influence has this church, or all the churches, in making a better world, speaking in terms of govern, ment? Next to nothing. In Europe and America the laws are made and executed mainly to enrich the few at the church thunders against the prcAfit the expense of the many, and though seeking and for better plans, nothing mighty ex,cept to 'give money to feed the hungry made hungry by "profit seeking" monopolies. THE FEDERAL CHURCHES These declarations of these two mighty churches, with such- little in fluence for justice and peace, are in line, but not so strong for industrial democracy and world organization Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. For ten years and more the Chris tian churches ojf America, backed by the American Federation of Labor, the American Bar Association and a Cleveland county farmers hava ed and ginned 35,000 bales grade cotton so far this season: tva pic I of hid Renew Your Healtl by Purification 1 nvA k " . : : i . x j ! i r . "I . r""BUOna' "ve Ami V I irrm In lAill suitable legumes are included. tor tne World Court and the League Ar'lV " If cart of the3e 1 nlo.pd of Nations as ways to improve inter-; lnr Dpcf Rpoillf cinder the use of limestone will be national conditions. And yet they : 1 U1 ICSU1 15 (more profitable. have so little influence that the League ! Mr. Williams -finds that one to one of Nations treaty has been put in a While crop rotation wi'l modifyto and one-half tons of ground limestone morgue in Washington and thyWorld : some 'extent the time for applying !0r equivalent per acre applied Court is in cold.stqrage. Tr-Vre will limestone to soils, usually best resuhs broadcast will usually be sufficient, j be no international harmonyand no are seeded whe-i th s material is a Tne use of such small amounts ap- wnrlil rtstnrntirm nnt-il thj I'nitjjl nlinrl i,. U,- fll : 1.. . ! filial nmi-n f i-a......).. ,...v 1M mi Aa.i i;i tii.lY w;me OH ' ticijui-nu) i.- uiusl Ut3iitt- , . Ml a tl States enters he World Cokirt, and no plowed lanH: ; ble than making extremely heavy ap- i 'Ter-rect Purification of the Systc-' suDsmute ior war until America takes rami roads are m better condition1 plications at long intervals, according is Nature s Foundation of Perlet the vacant chair at Geneva. the fall and the opeiator can iret ' to field demonstrations reported bv 17ral::i'" r.ot rid yourself o: MORE THAN RESOLVE out over his fields easier than he can unty ajer.ts of the extension servic The religious for.'es of America ; when the land is wet and muddy in . , . must do more than resolve if ecoiw- 'he spring, says C. B. Williams, head 1 r mic distress is ended by juster meth-the depaitment of agronomy at bickerings and war. They have beenjStatt' College. ".Much' of the rush of j resolved since Armistice Day. They lfarm work wi" aIsd be over after the: must vote as they pray if their wise '-'roP8 are harvened. Lime applied at resolutions are put into effect. this St'asn n plowel land will be, Have the churches any influence for ;rougniy mixed with the siil by- better laws and economic justice? LITTLE BABY STARVES i the action of rains, snows ami freezes and being thus incorporated into the soil, the lime will satisfy the needs of the soil before another crop is seeded in the spring." I "Mr.. Williams says t-he crops that Columbia City, Ind When a phy-jusually will respond 10 liming and sician gave starvation as the cause of ; receive the greatest benefits are red, the death of a 13-months old baby, j crimson and alsike clovers, alfalfa, investigation showed that the family Jlespcdeza, cowpeas, soybeans and hairy of five had eaten only one loaf of vetch. The yields of cotton, corn and bread as food in a week. Another small grains will also be materially in-' chronic ailments that are undermin-t i"S Jcl1" vital. ty? 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