LMS 4-No. 850, August 31, 7 p. m., from London.
 
      
 
 
Other religions are likewise threatened. The Church, in order 
      to be allowed to exist, is forced to take its place as part of 
      the political, or worldly, organization of the State. It must 
      be subordinate to the State in matters spiritual as well as temporal. 
      It cannot teach what it believes to be the word of God, but rather 
      what the authorities of the State decide it should impart in 
      the interest of national discipline, national psychology, racial 
      solidarity or other political aims.
 
      
 
 
In other parts of the world, the attempt is being made to 
      eliminate all religion as a factor in human life. Churches and 
      religious establishments have been dispersed. If allowed to function 
      at all, the churches are so restricted as to be unable, by our 
      standards, to minister to the spiritual needs of the people they 
      want to serve.
 
      
 
 
I am stating these things as facts, and not as subjects of 
      controversy or debate. We are not concerned, as we are gathered 
      here, with the internal conduct of other countries. We are celebrating 
      an outstanding example of freedom of religious worship and I 
      know we all want to see more of it in our own countries as time 
      goes on. For