The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-20
AUBURN.
Rev. w. c. Haskell on I'M
prOvementS.

In his prelude to the Sunday evening ser
mon at the Peoples Church last evening, the
pastor. Rev. w. Z. Haskell, had the following
TO say relative to the improvements needed
in the section:
"We are a growing community, and for this
reason, IL for no other. there IL danger OF
neglect in this respect Tho eternal aspects
OF a community are noticeable. The lawns
the gardens. the fountains, the trees, the
fences. the walks, and the streets all are in
dications of the character OF q people. You
may tell something OF mans tastes and
much of his character by the condition OF hi
house and grounds. The love OF symmetry
and the beautiful is born Of noble aspirations
and high ideals. Rome stands For law: Greece
for beauty. The Lesutiful was to the Grecian
what goodness is 10 us. The Greek abhorred
vulgarity because IL was not beautiful. The
beautiful is an expression OF thought and life
a. the flower is sn expression OF Gods
thought. In the hattie for bread and the
greed for gain we hurryinp, practical Ameri-
cans fail TO cultivate the beautiful.
"The lawns need attention. and the more by
reason OF the character of the soil and the
scarcity OF shade trees Auburn may be i'm.
proved 70 per cent. il her citizens will set out
Let us celebrate Arbor Day in earnest this
spring. Our streets should be lighted by
electricity. We need a system OF sewerage.
may have something to say later with refer
ence to the smesd system of heating used in
our grammar school. We are in possession OF
facts which may be of interest to parents and
the board Of health.
"An Improvement OF which Auburn may be
ta
open nearly every night in the week; pleas
ant resort for our young people and source
of culture and information to the whole com.
munity Auburn needs library building.
Where Is the man. paying tax OF thirty or
forty dollars on a suitable lot, who wants to
save tho forty dollars and make his name i'm
mortal by donating the same for public
library?
''sometbiug has already been said with
reference TO a club house IL we are not mis-.
taken, Mr.. BudIong has offered a lot for that
purpose. An institution OF this kind. thor
oughly equipped and rightly managed, would
be great blessing TO our young people. /
am heartily In favor OF any movement in this
direction.
at viii be remembered that Wet are eritieis-
ing tonight. II 10 an easy thing TO criticise
good thing. We find many excellencies in the
social life of Auburn. but there is not enough
of 1t. The tendency is TO cliqueism, both in
the church and out The church has been
called exclusive, hut there is quite much
exclusiyeLess outside the church as in it,
The church Is made mp or composed largely
Of the members of the community. As is the
community, therefore, so Is the church, and
vica versa i wish we might have a larger
social lite. We would not do away with the
cliquss. so-ealled. hut / would have them
reach beyond themselves ana take hold Of
other lives. Because man belongs to one
society 1t does not follow that he must be
ostracised from all others. IL is this cliqueism
which causes individual isolation; dries up
tie fountains Of existence and makes life
miserable and selfish.
''In speaking Of church life we are getting
TO dangerous ground. have half mind TO
sp,ak the truth and let the church devil
howl. Christianity has been called the science
OF right living together. Mark you! Not the
science OF iight living, but thu science OF
right living together The mission of the
church is 20 bring men together; to establish
y fellowship; 10 organize a society upon the
ta,is of the prncipleg laid down in the new
testament Christianity is social in its nature
Man was made for God and for his fellows.
and his life can never be full and complete
until no reaches out and unites his life to
other lives. and reaches up end takes hold OF
the life OF God. The church a fellowship
But no sooner is church organized and
equipped for service than split occurs; the
members Draw apart they cannot fellowship,
ns was the case with this church n few years
ago They love the brethren, but they love
them at distance. Another church must be
built end another society organized, not upon
the b, sis OF hq sermon IN the Mount, which
lays down the broad and simple principles
VI on which the social. normal and religious
lifo OF tho community is 70 be built, but upon
the narrow basis Of dogma which soon bo-
comes monstruus by fanaticism. The cause
OF our Protestant Christianity - the division
OF Christians In a community where thore
shorld 10 one strong, aggressive church OF
Jesus Christ we End three or four churches
struggling for a name.