INTRODUCTION This volume contains the utterances at the session of the Federal Council which met in the national capital in compliance with the official call. Chapter I consists of the opening words of the president, Rev. Frank Mason North. Chapters II to VII contain the messages of Rev. James I. Vance, President Henry Churchill King, Raymond Robins, John R. Mott, Robert E. Speer, and the sermon by Rev. John Henry Jowett. Chapter VIII gives the report of the Committee on Message; Chapter IX of the Committee on Works of Mercy; Chapter X of the Committee on the Moral and Religious Welfare of the Army and Navy; Chapter XI of the Committee on the Conservation of the Social, Moral, and Spiritual Forces of the Nation. The volume is published in the hope that it may serve pastors, teachers, and churches in adjusting their service to the call of the hour. The proceedings of the Council are published as a supplementary pamphlet and should be studied in connection with this volume. THE EDITOR. vii |