The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-24
CAUSES OF INFIDELIrY.
poRr BLaKELEY, Jul

poRT BLaKELEY, July -.
To THE EDITOR: In these days of
rush and worry for the possession OF
wealth. is there not great danger OF
overlooking the more important in
terests OF the soul? The inspired pen
man says the love of money is the
root of all evil" Now il seems 10 the
writer that this iuordinate love of
money Is the indirect. If not the direct,
cause of great part of the iniideli;y
DOW pervading all grades of society,
our various churches, and ministers
not excepted. As this article is intend
ed exclusively for churches and their
ministry, outsiders, and those
in the churches. who feel they are
not guilty, need take no oflense.
Since actions speak louder than words,
let us examine some of them. Take,
for example. cambridge island, with
two milling towns. Madison and
Blakeley. AT neither OF these is there
church organization OF any kind,
nor has there been, so tar as the writer
is informed, for the past twenty years.
An occasional service Is held at each
OF these places by q parSon chat has
the moral honesty 10 acknowledge he
u working for his bread and butter"
a. he terms II. But the souls of the
people2 Are they properly treated
under such a regimen Are not many
Others doing the same thing under
color oi working for the good of
Souisf Let Il church need q minister,
and in majority OF eases the first
question asked, is how much money
can be raised or how much can yon
pay? GODS command Is. "Goye into
ali the world and preach the gospel To
every creature. And again, seek
We iirst the kingdom OF God, and his
righteousness, and ali these things
shall be added unto you." DO the
majority OF protesting christians be-
iiese this and act upon it, One would
think II was more on this wise. TO We
To those people that will pay you the
most money. and whenever YOU
can get more somewhere else tell
your people you are sorry to
leave them, bat Gods call must
be obcyed. A church organization on
Eagle larbor, have been thus treated
several times in the past four Years,
anu the only sin laid To their charge
Is want OF more money. The writer
once heard a minister call God to- wit
ness that he WOULD not preach for the
s10 year offered by the ,congfega-
iion. Another said, II showed
the plane before | began preaching,
and viii DO II again, before viii
preach Tor 80 small an amount
Again the seliShness OF the congrega-
ton dis plays itself, in that their min
ister. a. they cailhim, must devote his
whole time aud talents To their special
Use. eveu II majority OF thom should
take nap during sermons
But TO return To cambridge island.
Here are over 900 people almost des-
ulaie oi gospel ninistrations, simply
because they cannot fork over several
hundreds OF dollars wear for some
college graduate To dwell among them,
and rorehance, read them Sermon
once a week
What tie people really want is Il
luan OF woman fully inspired it'll the
Holy spirit and love OF souls, To- come
and dwell among them, tru tang the
pFomi e. oi God. that they shat. be
fed
Ii seems plain 10 the writer that the
above action of yrofessed Christians is
one fruiifal cause OF much OF the inf
deity of the present Gay.
That al blame nlay fall on the
proper persor, | most respectfully
Sub iAe inE name,
X. VI. MosEIxsoS.