Good Resolutions

Many a thoughtful Protestant will agree with John Raleigh Mott, octogenarian Y.M.C.A. leader, that "entirely too many resolutions are being passed by churches [and] denominational bodies." The grand old man of foreign missions is quoted in the Protestant Voice: "This is a colossal escape mechanism. I have on file now 115 sets of elaborate resolutions. Certain bodies meet, deliberate, announce that they have come to such-and-such a conclusion, then they sit back on their oars and do nothing more. What we need is enlightened, imaginative and even revolutionary leadership in religion today."

Last week, the Executive Committee of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America produced a new candidate for Dr. Mott's file by approving a statement prepared by its Commission on a Just and Durable Peace. The statement, drafted by Commission Chairman Dr. John Foster Dulles and polished by members at a two-day session in Philadelphia, summarizes the Commission's postwar program. Entitled "Christian Action on Four Fronts for Peace," its sound, pious exhortations included these highlights: ^ "We have what may be mankind's last chance. With the development of atomic power . . . the prevention of war is now the issue which transcends all other social and political issues." This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.