"UNITED WORLD ADVANCE IMPOSSIBLE"--SLATTERY

That "the hope of the world lies in renewing one man at a time" and that "united world improvement is impossible" were outstanding points in the sermon of Bishop W. L. Slattery D. D. delivered yesterday morning in Appleton Chapel.

"Little good will ever come out of the fantastic schemes of wholesale enthusiasms," said Bishop Slattery. "We cannot be lead into improving our lines along with a throng of fellowmen, and radical plans for overturning existing life at one, blow will never succeed.

Following up this idea the Bishop expressed the opinion that easy, quick methods of bettering the world in any one particular are all too varied. Though each proponent of a plan may be utterly sincere in his belief, the fallacy of the reasoning is self evident.

"Even more blameworthy than the doctrine of united improvement," he continued, "is that reasoning which states that, bad though the world may be, little can be done about it, and we can do no better than to let well enough alone. Supporters of this theory would bring speedy stagnation upon the world, than which nothing could be more fatal to future improvement."

Individual Effort Important

Bishop Slattery then set forth that the only possible hope of bettering the world lies in individual effort. He advised that each man, one at a time, make himself over and devote his entire energy to that task. Admitting the slowness of this method, the Bishop nevertheless asserted that it is the only sure one.

"'And how am I to make myself over?' you ask," he went on. "Here are the three things which, to my mind, must be done in order that man may renew himself. He must first of all let Christ into his heart, and by that I mean that he must attain absolute humility. Then, he must share the beauties and joys of life with his friends, and not keep his happiness to himself. Finally," concluded Bishop Slattery, "he must turn his entire attention to making over one man, and that man is himself."