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Show vv J Dr. James I. Vance I I 4 : s Important as the church If. it cannot and master the prf'blem of Civil Ii needs the help of lH allies. 'there are three allies to i i h is riel" fo rook for help- 'H ful co-operation. ne of these Is Ihe state We 1 iH ; not heliei e in America in the union of church and state, but we should labor to promott the eordl.il H relations between the two. The stu-e I can make easy or difficult the work of the I buiid bgrrlers of legal restraint against- the' tides 'Of pleasure und commercialism that would nVferflow the church.. A f"wn In which lawlessness abounds and the Sabbath is disregarded is a nanniupj. ty in which the church s seriously handicapped- Another ally is the school. Thi School can do some things the church the school Is A poor promoter of civilization when it di?- ! credits tin church The education that breaks down faith in Clod is not to desired, Th tlOOlS w.- need in America sectarian instiiu- tiohs. but they are the schools wbosi atmosphere is kindlv to a 'faith- 'lit Bu,i important aHy ot the church is the family. If family life Godless, tie work of the church bop' 1 Men may differ as lo their ooiicep-tlon ooiicep-tlon of the ti ndtuiclcs of the geeselft age, but they mus! agree thgt 'In ..r power both the 3tate an.i the church Is in the family. the individual but the family Is oes th home, v., goes tin pat,"?: and So gees, cilil- These arc allies the church deed) to do its work: A state thai tftava that harnesses life to convictions, und a family with an altar as well as h hoarthstone. H |