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Show I CHURCH IS ABLE 1 I TO PRDTEHT WAR This is Assertion Made By Bishop Nicholson At But falo Meeting m BUFFALO, ft. Y. Feb. 23. The 1 world war hns nwakcnM tho church I jji ,r, t ireinc minus tofuircw, Hlshop I Thomas Nl holson told lbs d( l Rotet tn tho annual mooting of the MetbD-,wt MetbD-,wt Episcopal council of clths here today. "The latest figure rive the direct and Indirect costa of the world war to be $848,000,000,000 In money Mid 43.00o.ooo lives." he evd. "it ! within th POWer of tho church to I. I make Impossible another such world i ) . it istrophc " Bishop Nicholson pleaded for ft development de-velopment of progress nnd modern I I business methods In the church. "We 1 j must have faith In ourselves. " he paid, "and in our ability to do and to give, and we must be frilling t bring the ,' !i methods of work of the mmli rn church up on o seala ebmmeneuratc with the j progress and development of modern , business inelhods. 1' "The demand of the hour Is for more spiritual power. Not long since i 1 wan on tho Great Lakes. I raw one of the largest teamen afloat. The owner was aboard and with pride he ; I showed me ever tho great engines. 1 j Then he showed me how they had duplicate engine so that if anything went wrong with tho machinery on one part they had an entirely iv w eel i of boilers and engines to carr ih I; .-.hip through. They burned Kundn 6a 'ill of tons of coal a day. hut they could ,j make time In the face of th, grc.ito-t lj rtorm which could be antb lpate, on ! j tho lake.. j f 'A few days later I was on a little it old boat built twenty-five years, ago, lift with its sputtering engine It Is as I useless to try to run the big ocean , lines with the steam power of that if little boat as It li to run the modern ; church with the degree of spiritual lj power wo have had in the past- The j! I power of God Is unlimited. The great I; I est need of the hour Is the dOVelop-iljl dOVelop-iljl ment of moral and spiritual power j whloh will match the commercial and I; industrial masteries of our eg." |