Show I Y EVENING JUNE DENVER BISHOP SCORES LITTLE CHURCH LEADER Colorado Churchman Asserts Asserts As AS- serb God Can Forgive Sins But I He He Cannot I For Forgive g i v e a Vacuum i I LAWRENCE CE Kan ICan June 4 Re Re Religion ligion Is a potent force for good when Its chief concern is include Christian charity but when a lot Jot lotof lotof of or little leaders are leading petty people to trivial things and in the name name of ot Christ are trying to persuade persuade per per- suade suad mankind that a mere absence of at vices Ices is Js a guarantee of ot virtue then religion is a caricature of ot the charity it was was Intended to proclaim proclaim proclaim pro pro- claim said the Right Rev Irving Johnson r. r of ot Denver bishop of or Colorado in the baccalaureate sermon sermon sermon ser ser- mon for the University of ot Kansas last night God Cod can forgive our sins but God cannot forgive a vacuum If It you are ere spiritually a moron the re redeeming redeeming redeeming re- re deeming blood of ot Christ cannot make you clean As one gazes at mans man's spiritual person and realizes his actual achievement in spiritual endeavor one is compelled to acknowledge that hat spiritually man Is In the reptilian rep- rep ilian epoch creeping and crawling crawling crawl- crawl ing ng through muck and ooze proud of or his reptilian qualities not in the least east anxious to acquire wings to tos s soar ar in the glorious firmament We are too proud of or our reptilIan reptilian reptilian ian abilities to seek new spiritual qualities We are satisfied to grovel In a mechanist theory of ot the past rather than do violence to our pride seeking virtues which are foreign to reptilian minds There Tere can be a new Heaven and anda anew a anew new earth only when we become new creatures and becoming new creatures means to put on charlt charity which Is the bond to all virtues |