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Show religion an ever more important part of their personal, family and community life. While the sponsors in RIAL would be the first to dissclaim full credit, it is significant that during the eleven years the program has been in effect, attendance in churches and synagogues syna-gogues has increased 32 per cent. There must be more to this increase than just an ephemeral spiritual revival brought on by the conditions of the times. Religion is a very personal thing, and yet in public worship we find its very essence. When men and women and children kneel together in common prayer for forgiveness and strength and stand together in songs of praise for the Creator, they are expressing a kinship that makes mankind unique. RIAL'S message is "Find the Strength for Your Life . . . Worship Together This Week." In worship, in religion, lies the only strength that mortal man can find to fit him fully for the eternal life which that majesty demonstrates must be his destiny. Religion in American Life Religious and civic leaders the state and nation over are cooperating these days in the annual campaign to emphasize the importance of Religion in American Life. Their purpose is to urge all Americans to workship regularly, and to make their |