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"We proclaim to a world which is once again madly preparing for war that the gospel of God as revealed in Jesus Christ . . . leaves us with no other choice but to refuse to sanction or participate in war. . . . We affirm our faith that the mission of the church today is to witness with singleness of heart, at whatever cost, to the power of good to overcome evil, of love to conquer hatred, of the Cross to shatter the sword."

So said a lengthy "Affirmation of Christian Pacifist Faith" drawn up last week. In the world of 1939, in which many haters of war have begun to consider that it may become necessary to fight in order to save Christianity as well as democracy from Fascism, 100 leading U. S. Protestant ministers signed their names to this declaration of pacifism come-what-may.

Typical signers: Manhattan's Congregationalist Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers; Baptist Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick; Episcopal Bishop Paul Jones of Yellow Springs. Ohio; United Brethren Bishop Arthur Raymond Clippinger of Dayton, Ohio; Quaker Clarence E. Pickett of Philadelphia; Methodist Ernest Fremont Tittle of Evanston, Ill.