Show I CHURCH TO THEATRE 0 THEME FOR SERMON In In his sermon yesterday morning at St. St Marks Mark's cathedral on The Duty of the Church to the Theatre the theRe Rev Re Walter alter B. B Bentley national secretary secretary sec see of the Actors' Actors Church Alliance of America part This Is the Oie church's churchs message to the theatre of today that she her offspring offspring offspring off off- spring is or ought to be be and so 80 will willbe willbe be her greatest ally in the worlds world's redemption and her followers and de devotees devotees devotees de- de are not apart dwelling in isolation iso iso- 1 lation but are with us members of the brotherhood For all ye are breth breth- ren Our unity Is organic for no man liveth or dieth unto himself In the evening Mr Bentley spoke e eat at St. St Pauls Paul's Episcopal church taking talc tak ing for tor his theme The Relation of the Church to the Stage All things are mine and all ye are brethren are brethren was his text the w words r s being those of the Master The e speaker showed that this alliance of which he is the secretary is taking all things among men men of ot which surely the theatre Is one of ot the greatest We make foolish distinctions said aid aid th trie tue Rev Rev ili Mr Bentley We relegate relegate relegate rele rele- gate to God what we call the domain of revealed religion and hence we have a a disorganized and disinteresting disinterest disinterest- Ins ing Christianity dishonest business corrupt politics working for my pocket all the time a time a debased and sensational press and as the mirror of it all a degraded stage and a consequent consequent consequent con con- sequent cheap vulgar life And yet dethrone Him as we will still Ills His 1 cry rings through the centuries All j things are are Mine I |