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Show Iliinmiiltiillnii Church Work. Thorhnrcli ovirywhero mini arousing arous-ing to tho necessity of mot Ing on tho works of tho tneui) from tho ithlcal nnd sociological side. Ono of tho 1 itest organizations for this purposo is tho Christian faoclnl union, nn tplacoiuliaii ocl.J) , whlili laid Its first annual c invention in-vention lately in Ilaltluioro, Tho general gen-eral puriiosu of tho union la to promulgate promul-gate in theory and practicu tho doctrinn that tho moral nnd ethical teachlngi of Christ nro to be tho nlsoluto authority among mankind. Professor Ithhnrd T. Illy, tho will known sociological writer. Is ouo of tho prima workirsof tho mil n. IIo resigned his rluce nsiiniinilier rf tho faculty of Johns Hopkins unit, rsity nt lliltlinoro to becotno professor of political po-litical economy In tho Unl crslty of Is-conslu. Is-conslu. It Is certain that tho Christian churches bato taken n now nnd ruttslii f dpparturo within tho past half dozm ears. They soemccl eu ldenly to rrallzo that If tho church waa to helpridcem tho world mid bring tho kingdom of tho Now Jerusalem to i arth they must t iko hold of pr ict!cnl humanitarian work, and nil tho w ltdoiu, nil tho liitclllgeucu of tho bust foclokylcal scholars of tho tlmo must bo 1 rought to bear oil tho probh in of making mankind tlran, com- tortanio, neaitny unit Honest. 'Jo ilo tills they hao concluded that Muuethlngilso Is necessary than preaching n tin ulolcal sermon on tiiinda. ThoSiilintionAriiiy perhaps 1 to lio crnlltwl wllhsettinj; tho I resent wao In motion. Tho Haiti-moro Haiti-moro contention ndianced so far In its work of pruiAotlng Chriillan union ns to adopt n constitution permitting any person who belongol tothoi'phi-COuil tothoi'phi-COuil church to belouj to this Christian Social union. |
