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CHRISTENDOM AT MADRAS

The eyes of Christendom,

or

at least that part of the Chris tian Church which has responded

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veying their handiwork at Bur-

stage, their thoughts, perhaps, something akin to Goldsmith's, when he wrote:

Vain transitory splendours;

could not all.

Reprieve the tottering man-

sion from its fall? might do well to reflect also that such a first impression is liable to damp the enthusiasm of a prospective tenant. It might be in the interests of everyone con- corned to do away

with this affixing of "To Let without hin-

drance.

The Magnetic Cinema

to the ecumenical thrust mani- fest of late among the Protestant churches, have recently been turned toward the World Con- In the English-speaking coun- ference gathered at Madras. This tries the cinema already promises gathering of representatives of to become an almost universal the Protestant churches in sixty-habit. The chairman of the Na- four countries has carried for- tional Provincial Bank, speaking ward plans, formulated at Oxford the other day of the economic and Edinburgh last year and fur importance of the film in ther developed at Utrecht in the dustry in Britain, mentioned that early part of 1938, for a united there were now 23,000,000 ad- movement of the Protestant chur-missions to cinemas a week and ches of the world against the 1,200,000,000 a year. Mr. Simon forces of evil, now so rampant and Rowson, the trade's statistical apparently successful.

expert, in a paper earlier said that The ultimate aim toward which there had been a weekly increase each conference has progressed of 4,500,000 admissions since is to organise a world council of 1934. Mr. Rowson estimated Christian churches for the pur-that the 18,500,000 tickets sold pose of bringing the teachings of each week in 1934 were bought Christ Jesus more definitely to by from 14,000,000 to 15,000,000 bear upon the major problems of people-one-third of the total society, social, industrial, econo-population. This estimate is borne mic, and political. The convic-out by the results of inquiries in tion is gaining marked impetus special areas. For instance, in- that the old order has failed; that quiries in Galashiels, and other material ways and means of Scottish towns showed that 75 bringing order out of disorder per cent. of the children visit the have proved futile; that only by cinema once a week. Statistics bringing to bear the spiritual for collected by London Film Produc- ces gained from a clearer under-tions showed that out of a group standing of divinity can humanity of 10,000 patrons nearly 4,009 be saved: from itself.

paid a weekly visit, while only None can gainsay the nobility 163 confessed (one hopes with of this purpose. It is conceived proper shame) that they went in the true spirit of the brother-every day. No-one can calculate. hood of man; that we are ines- accurately how many people go capably our brother's keeper; to the cinema in the course of the that upon those to whom has been year, but the number cannot be revealed in larger or lesser degree far short of half the population. the priceless message of the Christian Gospel there rests the

obligation to share with our bro-Fleet Street in its Place ther man this spiritual light, gr

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This common desire is un- There have been a good many doubtedly the nexus of this world chuckles in Fleet Street since it. movement, and Christians in gen- was observed in the National Ser- eral will bid Godspeed to the vice reserved schedule that every- effort. Some will regret the body engaged in the production limitation of the basis upon of newspapers is exempted except which invitations to the confer- the people who write them. Photo- ence in Madras were issued. Toographers are among the reserved much attention was centred on a occupations, so that there will statement of dogma with which at least be picture page in the there is growing disagreement. war-time newspaper. But ap- |Yet all Christendom welcomes parent/

there will be nothing

this honest effort to bring the else except casualty lists and off- teachings of the Master more de- cial statements from Whitehall. finitely into human affairs.

One remembers that in the last

The conclusions reached at war the importance of newspa- Madras will be carried through-pers to the national moral was out Christendom to inspire and recognised by fairly ready exemp- hearten the effort to plant the tion of men who were doing im- seeds of Christianity in the hearts portant journalistic work. of mankind.

"To Let? Without

Hindrance

One notices, too, that the ad ministrative and executive staffa of the B.B.C. are exempt, but not the men who are heard at the microphone. Perhaps White hall suffers from the delusion

Attention has recently been common to many that one does drawn in Britain to the manner not need any trainingpto speak lin which the empty house is al-'or write news.