Show time for churches to end contentions over dead issues and petty questions by DR RUFUS at al JONES haverford Hav Ilav erford Col college leie RIDGE golf dancing aviation find and mountain climbing are the fa D gods of tile the hour and they are arc stern rivals of all the religious j attitudes which enjoin the old fashioned virtues 1 I for one however do riot not believe that human nature has become depraved I 1 see sec many signs of returning sanity and I 1 am con confident that the native hunger of df the human soul for god will reassert itself and bring social health arid and li healing caling the persons who are arc saying today they do not believe in god only mean they do not believe in in the kind of god they have heard preached about it is significant c chaft copies of tile the new testament were ivere sold last year let the churches stop contentions over dead issues and petty etty questions arid and turn all their energies to present day constructive interpretation of a religion of life and the fathers and mothers of little children will quickly show a now new interest the widespread toss loss of interest in religion is due mainly to the general prevailing confusion on the subject it seems to many persons like a hopeless muddle mut lille it sounds to them liko like words arid and jargon it does not function it opens no doors of life it kindles no enthusiasm it promotes no daring adventures the critical situation which prevails in our homes hoines is riot not duo to the perversity of parents I 1 nor lor primarily to the complexity complex ity of modern life it is due iri ill large measure to the lack of insight inspiration leadership and faith on oil the part of those who should be the guides nil and religion today I 1 am convinced that wo we valli cannot ot avoid serious catastrophe unless we deepen tile foundation of our social structure it is top heavy and not built with a plumb line the situation J I 1 think calls for a profound reorganization of alt all our educational methods and systems from the kindergarten der garten to the university graduate school we need to shift the point of view from the supply of information to the formation of life and character |