Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12
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Churchmon ought 20 Know Vnli lh'
serious problem in The religious world is
DO what way 90 induce men 20 become
church.gocrs. In looking over the ordi-
nary congregation ON Sunday there is %
couspicu0s absence Of adult males. and
for this there must be- some ascertain
able reason. The minds Of men of today
have not outWown the srriptural lessons
to which 80 many OF the worlds great
ost minds have listened, neither have
thpy passed beyond the moral require
mcuts of religion which 90 those men
was taught with wisdom aud which Wd-
cd them in right living Then thorc
must be- something other than crrcds nt
fault Possibly the nou.uticudancc Is
not tmcpab'r to amy one cause, hut is
duc 10 several.
The man of modern time, iu the first
place. Wishes 10 be- comfortable. De- b.
uo longer Injured 90 pryuiou. This b.
the day Of velvet carpets, hrocadcd
dr, 4sIug gowns, embroidered slippers and
luxurious ouv chairs; then tU % man
whose religions nature does not dominate
thcro must boz boa the church regard
shOwu'to lis personal comfort or hc VIII
continue un absentee This nutccnth
century man usually pUssrssct degree of
musical arnn'n which was NOT common
wbou Srutrhmu cbluJh che psnIms of
David and Wpsloyuus boo nasal tone
dIN"''u t'' meter ol WAITS. lI'H ear
mas been ailuurd in lntE' measure Too
'h' rhips"dir' OF most lnmou7 'ol"p's-
,tH ana To the b'rd. ihr'lI7 ot 'rl'nr'l'"
o'Nas' ana hr cannot hr moved Wy W-
harmonious numbers but ""uld NY from
thr torture OF dls'oidAh'''
Long prayers are also the bette NOR
Of worldlymindod man. Tie reasons
| from a business standpoint, whore com
ci-rncss iF virtue, ana rolulurccs his
argument BIZ Dee be- lihlr rrodcr with
'hrsl s comment upon 90" FNnrlse"s,
VINO Thought To Doc heard Tor Their unrh
siFNb'uH
INC most apparent Obstacle is appr1orh'
| eel WITH dlhdrnro There Is mo- human
motor In ihr work of "lrWlng thr race
more potent than the pulpit The hIs
tory Of mankind docs NOT reach back to
% time when the priest was not regarded
as duysmuu, and ii not % teacher sent
FROM tiod ut least mun Withdrawn
from tlr turmoil OF life aud boz clos,
union with ,hc higher aud the NOR,
! spiritual, Withdrawal which may cN
plain in part what scpms 90 hr % luck
a considerations minister trained in th,
schools comes before ana audience or
| Sunday with wvll.digostcd literary cor
rect sermon requiring from forty miuuto
tp uu hour Tor delivery and when IN,
7ruonlzcr iE unframed. This limit doe
not suffice ond THIS, too, when the hcs
sermon that was ever uttered can b.
r'nd in less than ten minutes, Nhcl
somo vital issue in mundane affairs
uppcrmo,t in mems minds they vii
listen to q speaker for hours but iu suc
owtoy the language ls irpsh tlic imup
cry vivid, and the appeals fcrud; th
speaker by dealing with the mutcria
wud physical nature b. ohliyious HOY
muuy iWo'hour listeners would there 10
it Jho orator tool, q text sl,nletouitc
3 hls speech. nud mt Il into divisions q,
rordlur Co rule ur 10 Dee scattered au
. lost Che tpt Goo thr disgust ot hIs hvn
rret
journalism also hos its lessons for IN
p pulpit omtor u its sphere 10 mu
, munster To the daily demands of mei
. aud whatever ideas are advanced mu
h' presented towey and vigorously NJ,
N do not wish multitude of words, ne
Hoods OF argument Ia the pulpit Il
usluh is largely u matter of iuith, ana
+ lS when soul speaks Co soul that n