The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
VIGOROUS CHURCH TALK.
HARD mrs ar Am SAINTS PARIsH-
TONER'S IN ORANGE

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Parish Paper snys People Rob God to
buy bicycles, Sunday Newspapers and
Theatre Tickets - I" sweeten up,' 10
Says, and Come Out OF Your Hoies.''
Some OF the parishioners OF All Saints Church
in Orange. N. j., arc amazed Nc statements and
accusations contained In the current Issue cf
Al Saints Purish Paper. The paper is Issued
quarterly and has now reached its third num-
Der. The rector Of the pnrish Ia the Rev. Will
liam Richmond, s. 4. Il. He has n curate, and
In his church holy communion Is celebrated
daily and there are also daily morning and
evening prayers. Confessions are held in the
chapel regularly on Saturdays. on shrovs
Tuesday. tho eve Of All Saints, on Good Fri-
day. Faster eve. and Christmas eve and al
other limos by special appointment. Sisters
are in charge OF some Of the parish work. and
in all It's Offices tho church Is Of the most Ritz
uaiistlc order.
Al Saints Parrish Paper contains the ans
nouncements Of the church services. the laws
Of the Episcopal Church relating to fast days.
holy communion, confirmation. burial and
marriage and divorce. besides articles on relig-
ious subjects and the parish notes. These last
are always interesting and unique. The editor
believes In plain talk, and some OF the church
people object TO this. In the current or
Michaelmns number OF the paper the editor
speaks OF the cessation OF active work on the
part OF the parish societies during the sum-
mer. and. continuing. says;
Some Of the people have been away, many
more have been doing oil to the glory Of God
by refusing Him the worship that he demands.
They have no God in summer and many have
saved money by their absence. Withholding
their offerings. which they will never make
up But the amount thus saved by robbinR
God will not be large. for reasons that are
obvious. II seems hardly worth while to COM
init the sin OF robbinR God when the amount
realized is 80 very small. Still. as this par
ticular form of robbery is only part of a sys-
tematic. habitual cheating OF God. every little
counts in the whole amount realized in a life
time-enough. anyway, to buy bicycles and
Sunday newspapers and theatre tickets
Then exhortlpg them to do better for the fall
and winter work. he says:
%self-sacrilce is a law OF Christianity. Sell
fshness is q custom OF the world. The former
soever ye do. do all to the glory OF God; the
latter il represented in the life of many of All
more or less sour inactivity because they don't
ike something or because somebody has been
d Fssr mfSe to TO a sh enrlsS or and EGu tSsre esis sp Is ais !.
tinctly fighting against God It is Of the nature
al 1I RsT.e sx aHd u hs al e1 2 S : 81 ao inc devil lev ISSos Sour nf
own owe qouiil G TSESz'h fF tSis. t GSSslsG su rRa .a and
holes and do something to the q ory Of YGosdD.H"
In regard to supporting the parish, he seys;
n Sly Clh lCIOtth IL -nCC6SntlIN VI IIlo
financial support Of the parish. The offerings
show q .contemrtible meanness on the part OF
many Of the congregation OF All Saints that is
simply an insult to the eternal God. We are
quite aware that some really have no money
At all. We are quite aware that others have
n little, 1 But w We S01s a m0rs quite aams aware ware t that
at least comfortable incomes. and some
who have ample incomes, complacently en-
f Estl sbs sh , dc p5 Practically aTs Il no Shd Wom e sp| n RSTs
parish who have shirked their offerings for
extent of hundreds Of dollars. and intend to
alleging the parish to run into debt This
in the support Of Gods Church ls almost in
credible. It means a dishonest. hypocritical.
friend. to have others know the amount Of your
church allow you to shirk your obligations and
that plain talk OF this kind is offensive to some.
Quite sol Woe unto you. scribes and phariseeS.
hypocrites.' has always been offensive to some
since IL was first spoken many years age. We
Reform Is necessary in the matter OF public
Worship; The people OF this country are un.
make the excuse that they don't ike the par
~tieular worship ordered by jesus Chrtst-the
might as well have made the excuse that he
didn't like the worship ordered by God through
Moses. The abandonment Of public worship
the speedy destruction of Christianity and the
lapse Of the Christian world into heathenism.
The same thing means the same result to-day.
Those who abandon or neglect public worship
are contributing their share to that result.
1T is difficult to escape the pernicious intiu-
much of the religion OF the day. hut the inlu-
ence must be resisted or we shall wither away
and die. and all OF MS become like the many
some OF whose names are even. on the list OF
communicants-lapsed communicates"