Show CARRY GOSPEL TO TU THE TIE PEOPLE PREACHER PLAN College o of of Religion to Be Established at Washington With 10 Million Fund W WASHINGTON March 14 By A A. P Based P.-Based Based on the conviction that if it tho the will not go to the church the church must go to the People a a. great religious movement is f s being organize dby the N National C Cathedral Inundation A college of Preachers is to be established at atif if National cathedral here for whIch a countrywide fund of 10 2 OOs is be being In assembled and irom a religious religious' revival akin to that of Peter the Hermit the Cowley Fathers and General Booth is to be directed The Rt Itt Rev Rei James E E. E Freeman Preeman P D D. D D D. Episcopal bisho bishop of ot Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington is now preparing with other church leaders to launch the evangelical enterprise this summer Bummer with the first sessions of the College College Col Col- lege of ot Preachers This ThIs' ment of ot the church militant in in a a vigorous campaign for Christ through preaching publicity and organization will typify spiritually to America what the Washington cathedral its Itself lf where Woodrow Wilson Vilson lies burled buried will mean materially materially ma ma- as a great religious shrine and in fact an American Westminster Westminster West Vest minster abbey where the nations nation's s honored dead will sleep In the forefront of the nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide preaching renaissance to carry carry carry car car- ry real religion to the man In the street and to meet the challenge that I Christianity has failed Is Monell Sayre trustee of the the church church pension fund and pension advisor r to the Church of England whose brochure mad made public today outlines outlines outlines out out- lines the argument for tor the preaching preaching preaching preach preach- ing mission SAYRES SAYRE'S INDICTMENT Mr Sayres Sayre's indictment of ot Christianity's Christianity's Chris Chrls- failure to influence average average average aver aver- age men and women is summed up in his life opening paragraph thus Christianity has lost its hold op m the masses of the people The in industrial industrial industrial in- in classes have ceased to be influenced by it It has shrunk into a concern of the middle and upper class classes 3 This is a condition which if allowed to continue means that Christianity in America will soon enter definitely into the status of ot a decaying religion To Counteract this decay ecay and bring a a natural and healthy religious religious ious lous growth to the everyday American Ameri Ameri- can Mr Sayre proposes a movement move move- e ement ment to carry It to toy the spiritual nature of tl the a average man He warns against the delusive appear appear- appearances appearances' appearances appearances' ances ances' of ot apparent material prosperity prosperity pros pros- perit in the churches and points out that the danger of the practical overthrow of ot Christianity is the product of many causes operating through many years years Among these ho he lists list's instances that some fa favorite favorite fa- fa theory theory is essential to a following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing of Christ emphasis on von the relatively unimportant instead of on Christ Himself emphasis on the material side of conduct instead of I on an elevation of our spiritual strength and the inability of the church today to exhibit and maintain main- main taro ain those high standards of Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian morality of which it is the guardian and trustee THE PARISH CHURCH The Tho church the parish is the only instrumentality of Christianity ge seriously seriously se- se and effectively effective at work to today today today to- to day Mr Sayre maintains A rEvival re revival revival rE re- vival of preaching is not needed in inho inthe ho tho parish church he points out but must be planned solely to reach those who cannot otherwise be won The presentation of the Christ alone to the people wherever th they y may be bo assembled devoid of the pomp and power of the tho pulpit and ceremony Is the nucleus of ot the High Intelligence training training train train- ing ng and the power to sway vast multitudes are arc requisites of the themen themen themen men who are to beon be on the firing line ine with a twentieth century message message message mes mes- sage and able to handle debate An up to date Saint Francis with his lis band of ot preachers fired with the ho spirit of at evangelism gifted with the he power of speech and trained In ip all the arts of persuasion would endeavor to Christianize Christianize- America at mass meetings conferences gatherings gatherings gather- gather ings of all sorts in theatres halls In n university stadia in the highways highways highways high high- ways and byways of great cities and anywhere and everywhere that men and women can cap bo be assembled to listen under the preaching revival re- re ival vival vival These preachers would renew re renew re re- new their own strength at the National Na Na- ional lional cathedral where teachers capable of adding new fire to their zeal would preside and the hope is expressed that of churches other than the Episcopal will be enlisted enlisted en- en listed isted in the cause As a first step men mep of at reputation who have w won n renown in Europe and America for for their scholarship and ability to preach will be toe se secured secured secured se- se cured and as rapidly as possible the he permanent organization of ot tho the college of ot preachers will bo be er er- |