Show MAYO WARNS OF NEW NEVI DARK AGES ACES Declares Intelligence and True Religion Dont Don't Conflict Unless the cause cuse of liberal Christianity can triumph over fundamentalism we e will ace In InAm Am America a reproduction of o the the Rev Harold HaroldE dark ages uses said Ph E Mayo In lila his First church S sermon rmon Sunday eve eve- evening evening eve evening ning ning- In his introduction r Mr Mayo Mao briefly brierly ny sketched some of the reasons why thoughtful Christians can not accept the fundamentalist position in religion and showed real differ differ- difference difference enco that there thero h jq I a cry very ence between the tho modernist and fundamentalist conceptions of ot re- re religion ligion However said Mr Ir Mayo both modernists and fundamentalists fundamentalists have m ve gone to the extreme and d developed d a o partisan loyalty In which the spirit of Christ can find no place QUOTES OPPONENTS The pastor quoted statement statement-S I of cf fundamentalist leaders that would rather r have my children learn the A 1 B Cs C's In Heaven than Greek In hell bell and It Ls is ismore Ismore more Important to know the Rock flock of Ages than the ages of the rocks and added Thousands of Intelligent young people In our col- col colleges colleges col colleges leges believing what they were I told accepted tho Implications of 01 these fundamentalists that they could not be bot both religious and Intelligent and rather than to surrender Intelligence discarded religion But continued Mr Ir Mayo who has the audacity to tell these keen minded young oung people that they can not know the tha Rock of Ages when they study tho the ages of the rock and who dares say lay that tho mote more Intelligent they be- be become como be-como como come th the less pleasing would they be In the sight of the tile Supreme In- In Intelligence In Intelligence True religion r never places a premium on Ignorance but always rewards Intelligence with a a deep and abiding conscious conscIous- conscIousness consciousness ness of Gods God's presence in all life C L B It was then brought out by the pastor that the religious liberals have for years been engaged In Inthe the tho task tule of critically analyzing ye- ye re religious literature and history Many men have hll b become so bur bur- burdened bur bur- burdened burdened with the machinery of In- In Investigation investigation In Investigation that they have been unable to keep their balance and maintain a horizon In which spir spir- spirItual spir- spir spiritual are foremost So wo we have o many extremists among the liberals who having lost their per per- perspective perspective per perspective believe that an accept accept- acceptance acceptance acceptance ance of the new psychology pS the reign of law evolution and the historical method of dealing with the Bible together with the harsh and destructive criticism of ot the absurdities tenaciously held b by their fundamentalist brethren In themselves constitute liberal Chris Chris- Christill Christianity till n It NOT SOT MERE THEORY We have the sad spectacle of ottoo too many runny modernists who ho are sat eat satisfied sat satisfied with mere theorizing while they evade the task of ot patiently organizations building strong trong religious rellious which will wil provo prove to the world that the core of ot ChrIstianity i the spirit of ot the Christ can be salvaged from he Ao ho creeds and rit- rit rituals rit rituals which have o hidden it from the tha sight of o men and so 80 applied to the tho problems of today as to eliminate selfishness and greed and lust from flom the hearts and con con con- duct conduct of men Modernists are be- be beIng beIng be being ing tested and the test Is whether they can not only criticize the weaknesses and errors of o the pas past but also build churches and de- de develop develop de develop character which will 1 meet the needs of the coming genera genera- tion generation no 00 I |