Religion: Troops of Peace

Led by a crucifer and four churchmen in hot black cassocks carrying Christian flags, a parade formed one evening last week near the grave of famed Evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody on Round Top near East Northfield, Mass. Missionaries, laymen, church delegations, Bible students, nationals in native costume and two Salvation Army bands—2,000 people in all—marched down to the small New England town. They carried placards: BUILD FRIENDSHIP, NOT BATTLESHIPS—ADMIT JAPANESE ON THE QUOTA BASIS — RELIGION RENOUNCES WAR.

At Northfield, sacred to the memory of Dwight Moody, U. S. churchfolk refresh their spirits...

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