Speaking of American church: activities, Mr, Worth opened out in a minor "key. Without any hesitation The was convinced that church work was more dificult to-day than ten years ago: pastors were discouraged land dogged by the spirit of defeatism. Material philosophy had crept into the fibre of the people. Spiritual values were being questioned, the tumd was submerged under a flood of doubt and passive indifference was Predominant. Ina great measure, "Jey rides" hod taken the place of attendance at the house of God. Old time religious customs were vanish ing, and. the new age saw people rushing, by ear, to the seaside 100 niles from home, for their day of rest and quiet, or touring some hundreds of miles over the countryside, The pastor of the present day handicapped by the competition of every form of attractive amusement. Genarally speaking, the Sunday eve-rining service was practically dead.
'Within the past decade there har grown up a young peoples' movement 'Which is nothing short of miraculous and. work for young people is being emphasized on every hand. Conferjences, with programmes of Christian Work' and doctrine are crowded by the youth of the land who want to know abut the Kingdom of God.'
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