March 1927
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Parents—I t ’s Up to You! The R eso lu tion s o f 400 New York Preachers
and that the life of the Church is dependent upon the re cruitment of its membership from the ranks of the young. We, therefore, in God’s name, call upon the fathers and mothers of our city to bring their children to the house of God, to the end that children may grow in the knowl edge and love of God and of right, and the church in spir ituality and power. “Invoking God’s blessing upon our efforts, we hereby pledge ourselves to read this preamble and resolution to our respective congregations at the morning church ser vices in our churches on Sabbath, December 5, 1926, and again on Sabbath, December 12, 1926, and thereafter, by solicitation, exhortation and admonition, in She church and out of the church to bring home to the parents of our communion their God-imposed obligation to see to it that children join in the worship of the church.” Thomas C. T. Crain, Supreme Court Justice of New York, in urging its adoption, said, not without warrant: “If I had to choose.between worship and education for the children, I would choose worship. You will never preach a sermon that will be heard with more interest by an adult than by a lad of fourteen.” F -R -E -E The^YlessaSe ° f the Lily
Conditions may indeed be considered serious when 400 ministers representing all the Protestant Churches of New York City get together and adopt unanimously such resolutions as the following: “Whereas, Adult Christians are responsible for, and chargeable with, the right uphringing of their children to the end that they may know what is true and love to do what is right, and “Whereas, Organized Christianity can alone be per petuated by the constant recruitment of the; church from the ranks of the young, and Whereas, There is a tragic absence of the vast majority of the children of our communion from public worship ; “Therefore, We of the clergy representing all the Protestant denominations in Greater New York, in public meeting assembled, conscious of our responsibility, mind ful of our duty, grieved and alarmed by the absence of large numbers of children from public worship, unanim ously affirm that the family should constitute in the church a worshipping unit, that the spiritual welfare of the chil dren of our city requires that when of suitable age they participate with their elders in the public worship of God,
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