Show T 1 I The Eternal Appeal r 1 Y JE JE are told that religion has lost its apI ap- ap ape I W VY peal People point out that more persons remain outside the church than go in The pews empty are ae are th the theme of many a mournful disquisition And nd yet something occurred the other day that showed showe this apparent indifference to religion is all surface stuff Th The British parliament was dis discussing discussing dis- dis cussing a revised prayer book for the Established Established Es Es- Church of England The mob of p people ople who sought admission to attend the debates broke all recent precedents The speeches peeches made in the house of lords and inthe in inthe inthe the house of commons broke all records for eloquence for intenseness for earnestness for ability AH AU party lines were smashed All AU class lines were forgotten Bishops aristocrats and workmen on one side opposed bishops aristocrats and workmen on the other either The result of the voting was awaited with a tenseness tense n ness nes s that thatis is hard to realize or to picture Not in m recent years has parliamentary action been so keenly watched by a whole nation It It was a thing for the pessi mists It showed once for all all' that religion still comes close to the hearts and minds of men The lessons learned at the mothers mother's knee have not been forgotten They are still cherished They have still a place in the in innermost innermost innermost in- in being They still reign in the core of us War Wu and Mammon and the great deity Play and that deity Sport are all right in inthis this ordinary workaday world but In n the silent thou thoughtful hours there is one supreme thin thing thin which counts supremely supremely communion communion with l th God |