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Show BAPTISTSURGED1 TO BACK PEACE MOVEMENT S t o c kholm Convention Adopts Resolutions Ad-dressed Ad-dressed to Churches STOCKHOLM. Aug. 4. Baptist churches tha world ovar are cabled upon In resolutions adopted by the Baptists- World alliance Uat week to aaaist In promoting world peace through urging their governments to make the maintenance of peace their first aim, and to cooperate la forming International tribunals for tha settlement of International die-putee. die-putee. Th church war also called upon to employ their effort in eliminating from all textbooks of . ILnaUuua.ilma. things oaloiilalxl to promolo racial and national an-tagonlem, an-tagonlem, to quench tha worship of I military heroes and to kindle Instead In-stead In the mlnda of the young an admiration for those rltlaens who serve th world In posltlr way. I no resolutions wet moved by th Rv. Dr. Krederick Spurr of Birmingham. Rngland, pastor of th Hamstsad Road Baptlat church of that city and preeldent of th National Na-tional Council of th Kvengellcal Kr Church. Incorporated, of Great Britain, and follow In full: "Th members or th Baptlat World congraas. meeting in Stockholm, Stock-holm, deplore th many algna of th continuance of the war spirit. Th reeults art disastrous to th commerce of the world, to th prog-r prog-r of liberty, torcovry from th exhauatlon of tha lata World war, to th advancement ht th brotherhood brother-hood of man. and to th eatenelon of t h Kingdom of Christ la th world, . PRAYERS FOR PEACE. J "Th congress flrat urge th member of tha churches throughout through-out trte world to prsy for peace, to counterwork everything likely to provoke war. to foster kind feelings, to cleans all the textbooks of all in nation of all racial and national na-tional antagonisms, ta quench th worship of military heroee. and to kindle admiration for all who aerv the world In positive way. "Th congress, representing vary many mllUona of dtlssns, belonging to many government, appeal to th governments of th world to make the maintenance of peace their flrat aim, for tha ak of each nation' people and tor th sake ef th happlnaea and wall being of all mankind, and to cooprat In fronting front-ing international tribunal for th ettlement of International dispute." dis-pute." The Rey. Dr. Pi T. Mulllne of I lulev11le waa unanimously elected today preeldent of th alliance. The vice presidents Include th Rv. C. E. Benander of Sweden, th Rev. J. A. Ohrn of Norway, th Kev. Joel W. Lall of India, the Rev. P. M. Kdwarria or Braall and the Rev. J. O. Prokhansoff of Russia, SECRETARIES NAMED. Th secretaries Include the Rav. I J. H. Shakeapear of Iondon for Europe, the Rv. C. D. Gray of I Iewiaton. Ma., for the United Btatea; the Rev. Albert Matthewa of Toronto for Canada and the Rav. Herbert M am ham for Great Britain. Brit-ain. -The American member of the executive committee include the i Rer. W. B. Abarnethy of Waahlng-ton Waahlng-ton and the Rev. C. A. Barbour of Rochester of th Northern Baptlat j convention; the Rev. Z. T. Cody of Greenville. N C.. and I B, Scar. borough of Fort Worth of tha I Southern Baptlat convention: the Rev. I K. William, of Chicago and tha Rav. C. H. Parrlah of Loula-vllle Loula-vllle of th National Baptlat con vent Ion. and th Rev. W. A. Cameron Camer-on of Toronto -and the Rev. J. H. Macdonald of Nova Sootia of the Canadian Baptlata. A rising; vote of. sympathy waa extended by the congress to Mr. MacArthur of Buffleld. Conn., on the recent death of her husband, the Rev. Dr. Robert Sauart Mac Arthur, Ar-thur, prealdent of the alliance. Th Rv. Kenneth Mac Arthur of Cambridge, Cam-bridge, Maaa.. responded on behalf of hie mother. Tha Rav. Rdgar Young Mtilllna la president of th Southern Baptist Theological seminary at IvjtiieviUe. Ky.. and of the Southern Baptlat convention. Ha began hla profe. alonal llf aa a telegraph operator at Corsica na. Tex., and entered tha ministry after graduation from the Theological eemmary at L.ouiavl)le, of which he 1 now prealdent. In ll5. I.a,tr he atudled at Johns Hopk'na university. Tir. Mulllna. now year old, ha held paatoratea In Maasachuaatta, Maryland and Kentucky, and waa for a time eairlate secretary of the 1 foreirn mlaston board of the South- 1 ern Baptlat convention. |