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Show I DR. GLADDEN WARNS THE CHURCH i I Charges that the church is drifting drift-ing away from the common people and catering to the rich and a warning warn-ing that future success depends on a revival of interest in the working-man working-man and his family gave interest to the meeting of the Home Missionary society held in connection with the National Council of Congregational churches at Kansas City. "The church must get back to the needs of the plain people or quit," declared Dr. Washington Gladden of Columbus, Ohio, former moderator. Dr. Gladden some years ago came into prominence when he challenged the propriety of acceptance by the American Board of Foreign Missions of a gift of ?100,000 from John D. Rockefeller. The controversy which arose over this challenge brought into popularity the phrase "tainted money." "It is Imperative that the church " awaken to a realization of its mis- sion, and look to the Christianizing of every human Endeavorer. |