In the massive Cathedral of the Reformed Church in Utrecht, The Netherlands last week, Dr. John Raleigh Mott, large and serene, mounted the pulpit. To the churchmen of all nations gathered before him he spoke in English. He urged the world's churches to compose their differences, drew a gloomy picture of the world's troubles; but he said: "We come not as pessimists." Dr. Mott and 78 other churchmen, representing 130 denominations with 350,000,000 members in 21 nations, had gone to Utrecht to lay plans for a world council of churches. Such an ecumenical council would continue the labors of...
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