id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _003376527 Bandas, Rudolph G. (Rudolph George), 1896- Modern questions in the light of Christian principles and the teaching of the papal encyclicals a discussion club manual for young people's groups 1957 .txt text/plain 19677 1055 67 I am in full accord with the following purpose of the Young Men's Christian Association of the United States and of Canada and commit myself to its voluntary service and supports Purpose of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation : To lead young men to faith in God through Jesus Christ; to promote their growth into fullness of Christian character; to lead them into active membership in the church of their choice; and to make the extension of the Kingdom of God through- out the world the governing purpose of their lives. When man came face to face with such truths as the malice of sin, judg- ment, hell, eternity, and when he found a radical opposition between his creed and his deeds, he pro- ceeded to whittle down religious truths so that they would fit his own life and so that his conscience might be more at ease. cache/_003376527.txt txt/_003376527.txt