Article May 1, 1926 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from William Thomas Manning, William Adams Brown, W. R. Matthews, Earl Morse Wilbur

[From an article by William Thomas Manning, Bishop of New York, in the Forum, New York, New York]

The Christian church has to-day the greatest opportunity in all its history. Never since Christ [Jesus] came to this earth has the world been so ready to receive his message. All over the world men's hearts are stirred with a new longing for fellowship and for that realization of justice and brotherhood in all human relations which Christianity alone has power to accomplish. ... What is needed now is a reunited church so faithful to the gospel, so free in the exercise of Christian liberty, so filled with the spirit of love and fellowship that in it the presence and glory of Christ shall be made manifest. We shall find the way to union not by surrender or compromise of Christian truth, but by emphasis on Christian brotherhood. What we all need is closer fellowship with Christ. This is the path which will lead us to unity. It is lack of holiness in the lives of Christians which is the chief obstacle to the unity of the church. If all of us were truly converted to Christ, the way to unity would speedily be found. Our faith in Christ, if it is real, will draw us into fellowship not only with our fellow Christians of all names, but with men of all faiths and races, realizing that we are all the children of the one Father who is in heaven.

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