Show I I i 1 I I I CHRISTS SPIRIT OF I Ii TO BE SAVIOR Baptist Publisher Declares Church Must Be Active as State in Work DES MOINES oIOI ES Ia la June 27 Emphasizing 1 sizing the need of Christian Cm education Dr Gilbert X N. Brink of the American I Baptist Publication society of ot Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- Philadelphia delphia speaking before the Northern i Baptist convention here today sounded a n. warning That unless the nation is to pay dearly for neglect In developing character character char char- acter the church must be as efficient I in religious education as the the state Is In secular education I That the must take its part partin in solving social unrest and acute Industrial in industrial In- In I fn-I questions by expressing j i Christs Christ's spirit pf brotherhood and con con- j I Two billion pages of Sunday school I literature in addition to Bibles printed j i and nd sent to sixteen foreign lands were the society's work for the year Dr Brink reported Religious education is gaining rapidly rap- rap Idly the report says nearly every state in the Northern Baptist convention convention conven conven- tion Is training workers In summer assemblies and Institutes Through I conven-I corresponding courses too efficiency of ot all aU types of ot church workers has been j i raised and this will be extended PROGRESS MADE I In 1920 there were 50 vacation Bible DIble schools in Northern cities the j enrollment being Chicago alone I Id had 62 with 1038 teachers and I children d enrolled 01 Week day religious education Is be being being be- be ing undertaken In flU fifty cities and anel more morp I be-I trained workers and financial support I 1 are urged for tor Baptists to keep pace I with the movement Prediction is ma made e i that another decade will see this step vastly more Impo important ant born Americans Among foreign I leaders have been developed and thirty-six thirty foreign speaking groups reached methods standardized and much progress made Interest in missionary education I gained by leaps and bounds during 1920 W. W A A. Hill Bill secretary of ot missionary mission mission- ary education reported This development development development develop develop- ment was general he said other de denominations denominations denominations de- de nominations having joined in similar work through the missionary education movement NATION IN DANGER The present dearth of ot candidates for tor forthe forthe the ministry and Americas America's serious danger of o raising up a generation of ot men and women who know nothing of I Ithe the ideals or the sanctions of ot religion were emphasized here by the Rev Frank W W. Padelford D D. D D. Dr Padelford who is the executive secretary of the board of ot education of the Northern Baptist convention and andas andas andas as such In closer touch with the de denominational denominational de- de institutions as a whole than any other Northern Baptist Inthe in inthe inthe the country declared that all denominations denominations denominations nations are suffering alike from a dearth of ot candidates for tor the ministry The situation needs to be faced se seriously seriously seriously se- se and Immediately he said Not only is the attendance In our seminaries seminaries semi narles at a low point but there are few ministerial students In our col col- col- col leges Not for tor a long time has the tha I number been so small Institutions that have usually had large groups of ot ministerial students have at present scarcely any at all PROMOTING HEALTH The need of early correction of de defects defects defects de- de as shown by the somewhat as astounding astounding astounding as- as results of ot the tle draft examinations examinations examinations examina examina- and the nationwide interest in inchild Inchild inchild child health aroused by the childrens children's year program are the outstanding causes for the growing Interest in child health Dr Ada E. E Schweitzer of In Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In told the conference of ot so social social social so- so cial workers Dr Schweitzer is director of ot the division division di division di- di vision of ot Infant and child hygiene of the Indiana state board of health The number of states having divisions divisions divisions divi divi- of child hygiene in 1918 was eight Dr DX Schweitzer said By 1921 1321 the number had Increased to thirty thirty- eight Legislative authority for the establishment of ot child hygiene division I has been supported by appropriation in all except two or three cases In I general appropriations for this work I Ivary vary from to I A general purpose and plan of work I is common to all states Each seems Ito I Ito to have adopted certain minimum standards standards standards stan stan- dards of ot care for mothers and children I and each Is trying to educate the general general gen gen- eral public and to secure the tho establishment establishment of its standards in all gen I the tho communities under Its Us jurisdiction The working plan of ot the older divisions divisions divisions divi divi- especially that of New York state is the basis of that of many other states I DANGER FROM CRANKS In several states the law forbids persons affected with communicable le or I hereditary disease to marry Provision for or the enforcement of such laws is I Ifor for or the most part Inadequate The Thel protection of society generally against I Ithe the he pare parenthood of ot the unfit needs to tobe I Ibe be given serious and Intelligent consid 1 I ration A predominance of ot degenerate degener degener- ate and feeble minded persons in an any community Is by no means desirable yet et unless stringent measures are un undertaken undertaken undertaken un- un will wili In some places be in- in evitable Connecticut Jt Colorado NewYork New I York and Indiana are working along along these hese lines JInes Funds for tor research on child chUd health problems to be undertaken by state universities are being provided Incidentally In- In the better education of farmers tanners farm farm- ers rs Is having a reactionary influence In n rural districts Scientific farmers knowledge of ot are re laming darning scientific child hild bearing and rearing I Seattle was selected as the I meeting place for the 1922 1921 convention |