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Show DR. VANCE'S DAILY ARTICLE . Bl iH JAMES i N( i ' Whom the lxrd loveth. He chas-itcneth.'' chas-itcneth.'' Is a scripture from which the llntercburcb World Movement should draw some comfort Just now. It is baling ba-ling chastened. Let us hope that the c hnstenlng la of the Lord. But even jat that. It la an ordeal, for "no chus-I chus-I toning for the present aeometh to be Joyoua, but grlevoua, nevertheless, afterward af-terward It yleldetb the peaceable fruit of rlghteoueness unto them who are I OXereised thereby." If the medicine works thus on the 1 Inlerchurch. the great movement for a unified and co-operative church in I America may live to thank God for Its critics. It muat he admitted that the Inter-church Inter-church was due a chastening. It win too much of a plunger, it apent money too reckleaaly. ond It was not auffl-clently auffl-clently harneaaed to church control. But a llttlo honeat reflection will discover that there was some excuse for all of this; The movement was new. It had a bis; tnsk. and the time was all too abort. Money was spent, but had the objectives sought been obtained, ob-tained, the criticism would change to cheers. Hg)S ggggggggflBBBBl o i The mistakes the Interchurch made were In the direction of trying to do something. It waa the subllmest, most .daring, most audacious attempt men h..ve vet mad., to take Cnnst llterall.v 'at His word and translate ills progrum 'into deeds. One wonders whether it is blame or praise that falls from His I lips. Even the critics of the Inlerchurch have no criticism for the great Idea i of co-operation around which the movement has been built. The churches are absolutely unanimous in their approval of the Idea. We must do team-work. Sectarian selflahnesa and denominational friction must case. The Idea Is sublime It Is dl-vlne. dl-vlne. It must go on. The critics were needed, and the chaatlaement admlnlatered through them will prove a bleawing. Already the Interchurch Movement Is being reorganized re-organized on a conarvatlv basis The stream Is flowing In the right direction. direc-tion. It meroly got out of ita banks for awhile But ou cannot down itn waters, for thla stream of a unified and co-operating church Is the river of God. 1 |