. Review of reviews and world's work . was first to see the far-flungsweep of the idea, as the animating spiritand director. Quietly, tentatively the ex-periment was tried out, and a group of ex-perts was made up pledged to religious prog-ress without competition. They established a definite policy. TheyInvited the churches of North America tounite for purposes of cooperation, not con-solidation, or ecclesiastical unity on whichcooperative enterprises usually break. Morethan forty are already in and others are onthe way. Not merely was no church askedto make concessions, but there w^as tacitag
. Review of reviews and world's work . was first to see the far-flungsweep of the idea, as the animating spiritand director. Quietly, tentatively the ex-periment was tried out, and a group of ex-perts was made up pledged to religious prog-ress without competition. They established a definite policy. TheyInvited the churches of North America tounite for purposes of cooperation, not con-solidation, or ecclesiastical unity on whichcooperative enterprises usually break. Morethan forty are already in and others are onthe way. Not merely was no church askedto make concessions, but there w^as tacitagreement to strengthen group one objective was to combine in commonservice against evil and waste, so as to putnew meaning into those lines, We are not dividedAll one body we. As the delegates began to arrive at Cleve-land on Tuesday, April 29, they found noteven a printed program. A few had promisedto make addresses, but the purpose was tokeep the meeting democratic. Wednesdaybrought a larger number and when tlie con-. DR. S. EARL TAYLOR, STATESMAN-DIRECTOR OF THEINTERCHURCH WORLD MOVEMENT vention closed more than 500 delegates fromall over the United States were present, rep-resenting Cliristian churches which sent 124,mission boards 115, womens organizations76, educational institutions 71, religiouspapers 28, with officers and members of otherreligious groups exceeding 100, not to men-tion large local groups. Irritations were avoided. A common basiswas sought on which to stand and Taylor furnished a slogan for the con-vention when he began his evening addresswith the statement, Ifantni—Somebody to go into ilir huj brotherbusiness on an international scale. Those who looked for extremists were asradically disappointed as those who thought 6iZ 634 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS to find ultra-conservatives there. Dr. White indicated that those filledwith the Spirit of God, though differing indoctrine, might undertake anything, whileChristian
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