AID TO DUTCH SEEN
AS CHRISTIAN LOVE
Collection at the Cathedral of
St. John to Go to Needy,
Dean Pike Reports
At a service yesterday morning
where the entire offering was|
donated to the relief of the suffer-
ing people of the Netherlands, the
Rev. James A. Pike called for
prayers and continued financial
aid to that country as an expres
sion of Christian love. He spoke at
the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, of which he is dean.
The lesson was read by J. A. G.
Baron de Vos van Steenwijk, consul
general of the Netherlands here,
on the invitation of the Rev. Dr.
Horace W. B. Donegan, Bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal Diocese
of New York.
"In giving aid to the people of
the Netherlands," Dean Pike com
mented, "we are helping those we
shall never see. There is no re
sponse. But although we are denied
this gratification, our assistance is
Ithe truest expression of Christian
love."
In another sermon late yester
day afternoon Dean Pike discussed
the problem of maintaining "peace
and cooperation" in community life
while "recognizing honest differ
ences of opinion" among religious,
social and economic groupings.
Pointing out that there were
"those who would have us sink all
differences and keep quiet about
anything that might divide us"
and those "who keep up a constant
line of opposition against those
with whom they happen to differ,"
Dean Pike appealed for honest in
dividual expression, with opposi
tion limited to particular issues.
"We should join forces," he said,
"with all groups we can on our
side of a given issue, even though
on the next issue that comes up we
are joined with our previous op
ponents against some of our pre
vious confreres.
"It is also important that we
combine all the religious forces In
a community in endeavors which,
in fact, are called for by the doc
trines and ethics of each group."
As a demonstration of this idea,
Dean Pike mentioned the meeting
of religious leaders here last Fri
day called by Bishop Donegan. The
participants organized an inter-
faith group to combat crime in the
City.
SERVICE FOR HOLLAND FLOOD RELIEF: Group in costumes at yesterday's service in the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. Reynold J. Koomans, Peter Waas
dorp and Mrs. Wilmer Koomans. The children are John, 4, and Peter Waasdorp, 8; and John, 4,
and Hans Koomans, 8. The relief address is Post Office Box 300, New York City 5, N. Y.
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