Article November 23, 1935 Issue

In your issue of February 28, under the headline "Modern Church Compared with Tower of Babel,"...

Theodore Burkhart, Committee on Publication for the State of Oregon,—Dallas

Polk County Itemizer-Observer

In your issue of February 28, under the headline "Modern Church Compared with Tower of Babel," appears an article copied from some religious weekly which points out how the "hodge-podge of confusion" among the many varieties of modern religion is at the bottom of the failure of the church to meet this, its "big day of opportunity."

This recital of contradictory doctrines and creeds, "this incoherent babbling of the guides" as the author expresses it, uncovers the weaknesses of some of the present-day religious systems, without, however, getting at the underlying cause, or suggesting a remedy.

I, for one, wish to voice my belief that, in spite of opposing practices and beliefs, the sacred Scriptures are being studied today more than ever before, and are becoming better understood in the light of Jesus' teaching that the "kingdom of heaven is at hand." The day may be distant, but I believe it is nevertheless dawning, when those of differing religious beliefs will be able to unite on the common ground of spiritual understanding.

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