MODERN EVANGELISM.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19904, 5 June 1936, Page 9

MODERN EVANGELISM.

THE CHURCH'S PROBLEM. —. VIE\VS OF CANON JAMES. (Special to Times.) CAMBRIDGE, Thursday. ln ronnerllon with the Dominion con—lrronru or the Church or England .\len's Sorh‘iy an lniurrsiing address \\‘as (ichrorcu in Cnmbridlrc on Wednesday evening by the Revs (Znnon Percival James. ol’ ‘\\'rllinmnn. Iliilerent phases of modern o-rnngulisnl had been dealt with by previous sneakers at the conference and Canon ‘Jillllt‘s tit-alt with the suhject in the general “my that the rllurclx ham to equip itself for a (linlrnlt task. “Untl has placed us on this planet in a rriilrul hour or the world‘s history," s'fliu the speaker. “The time is now ripe for n rrvirnl and a rec-birth of religion and spiritual life. The era of reconstruction is upon us, which may re-slmpe develop» nlcnt rnr years to come." Here was the challenge to religion, con—tinued Cnnon James. At present people had (lrii’tell from religion anti among the majority It counted for nothing. For this thew were two main causes, the first being that the present age had witnessed a revolt against religion and particularly Christianity, (it which more was no parallel. "Militant atheism does not only exist in Russia. in every country there are [lr-min who hate religion," remarked Canon Jumps. 'l'hn sm‘onrl rouse was secularism. which lln-l hmmn in Europe anti hml spread m‘t‘l‘ tln- \\‘llOil‘ \\'urhi. Canon James dentin] .sm-nlnr‘ism its a "100 d or attitude in will: limit lni‘t out Hml bm-ausn he rvgarded illm.soit Milllt‘ll‘llt. liotl \\'as consldrrml n suru‘t‘ilulty and rnlimon a bar In lll'ugl't‘is. 'l‘hu success or man in utilisinrr naturr, mnl tho‘ |ll:\\‘t‘t‘ plnrml 11l his hnntls in In(‘ll'il‘l' linllnln mtnrnt‘t anti ,sr'rurlly \\‘ns tin» nmin n-nwn rur thr- (IPVPIOPIIH‘HI n si-vnlurlsln. Ilmn-n‘r. tncsr hrih‘l‘ had rO---mn-il :l lat-,2:- ~hut'h' and wow bring tlis~ rri-(hiwl through \\'hut mm. hml soon and P\l‘l‘li|‘|ll'|“l, ‘l'lt'llf’fl Innl .slnm‘n itself it Hula-«13ml sn'urll, and Him any mhvr tnul. all tll‘llt'lltlt'il on who Used it. L‘unlldrncc \\'as lwc'nnnn: Shula-u. “ 'l‘lw foundations of secularism arr nmr \\n'nkrnlng mnl mm: nrn beginning in {vol tln- lli‘l‘tl ur smnrrhhnr.“ rununuml Canon .l.nnn*s, " rhr-rr‘ is nothing so t-rutriall)‘ anuriunt nl lln- lurnsont moment as that moral .slainru- lm lnrronsrti hI roulpfll‘ison‘ \\lth srlvntlnr knowlmigr." "‘l‘lw rhnrrh .snnnhl nut inlir‘ Sirirs ini [lll]l[ll'~'," mnln-mhnl canon .lanh‘s. "Yrt‘ ll shnnlxi ln- rltllvti ii) prnrlttiln In all turn that lhr- H'mmly to .surlzil ll'uuhlrs \\'ns‘ Hull's \\'nyi" ‘ Youth Problam. } “ In our :nvrn'uar‘i to m‘nnm‘lism. our 01' “14- must inumrmnt tasks is 42hrl<t|nn I'lllll‘Jli'lll. Hur nmnruzlrh In [inl yunlh ,nl tin-ihu Is not always rth‘l'. hut llw stark 'slnruriiy ni‘ lllr )‘Ulillin'l‘l‘ R‘l‘nn-rnliun has rI-tmln-It Illlli'll nrunnslnx lilillt‘l‘lfll.“ oon—trnnml l'll‘mll .lmm-s. “\\'r- \\'l” lnn'o lust lllr krnvraliun \\'hirli is now nlhhllwam‘il. ill nlhl not have liiv :nlxnntugn or rrliprions wlnmillun :lnll lilll not l\nn\\' “hat in lwllwu', At [urn-smut [no iwvlll‘ivs for trainlllE thr- )‘Olllllt :n'f' vlmullr from (ml to lmi~ sum. Film‘ution must hr. will in tho Torvl’rnnt nl' maxim-listn :nnl mrn t‘illlll‘ horm'o .lnisslnns, it is llnm‘ll-ss to 50nd mission:lrlm “will :1 pagan rrntrn,” llrr'larml Hil‘ lt‘llllirll. _—