The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-14
ADVERTISE
CHURCH
FREELY
Newspapers Should Be Used,
Rev. \. F. MouIton Says, TO
Keep Il Before the Public.

A largely attended conference under the
auspices of the Rhode Island Un!versalist
convention was held at the Church OF
Our Father at pawtucket yesterday ar
ternoon and evening
The first session was held at $780, open
Ing with devotional exercises led by Rev.
w. M. Kimball OF Charlestown, Mass. He
delivered an address on THE Supreme
Spiritual Functions of the Christian
Church"
He was followed by Rev. II. F. Moulton
OF Biddeford, Maine, his theme beng
Church Advertising. or Methods OF Get
ting our Message Before the People" He
said I'm part
and work of the churches. Church ad
vertising pays, and II Is my belief that
the use of 1t will enable Uniyersallsm 10
cut Its way to the knowledge OF the peo-
pie and carry to them the message we
are seeking to bear.
1T is weak dignity on the part of our
pastors, deacons or workers who ie-
frain from the use OF advertising in this
pushing and aggressive age. The why
does not so much concern us as the how
IN advertising the church and its work.
AS to the how OF advertising. there are.
l think. four principal ways in which It
can be done most effectively.
First. every Universalist church
should have tablet at its door. giving
the pastors name and residence and the
time or the holding of its several services
Second, bulletin board should be
placed conspicuously somewhere in the
church, on which all announcements
special and regular services, lectures,
etc.
Third, every Universalist church
should make a free use OF circulars and
regarding them / would say that TO OBJ
tain results persistency must be exer-
cised, for | mold with others that persis-
tency is an indispensable qualification an
successful advertising.
Fourth. the churches should adver-
tise through the local newspapers AS
an aid and adjunct to church work
church announcements. reports and news
should be considered by newspapers as
good news and not inferior in that re-
spect to prize fights and football games,
which are only species OF prize fights.
"All Sunday services OF a special char
acter should be reported in Mondays pa
pers. There Is no better way of getting
our Universalist messages before the peo-
pie than by a free use OF the newspapers.
We must let the people know where we
are and what we are doing.
Tho problems OF church work can be
worked out only by hard, conscientious
and conservated labor on the part OF pas
tor and people. Every church should have
its parish paper. This will entail labor
and time. but IL is better to give time to
II than to socials and balls.
"One OF the great advantages Of the
parish paper is that by this means we get
the church work In all its details before
the people. II can be used as a medium
for the publication OF church notices Of
every description TO the saving OF the pas
tors time In the pulpit and the church
services proper.
I'VE know that our church Is good
We know that our theology Is sound and
up-to- date. aud that our work is for
good. Let US advertise IT. The churches
must not die of dignity. We must go
after the people II we want toN get and
hold them. We must keep the truth OF
Universalism before the people by q free
use OF the printers art.
"One years trial will be sufficient to
convince you of the efficacy OF church ad-
vertising. II pays, believe me- II you try
II. my word for IT, the spiritual life OF
your churches will be revived and blexs-
ed"
At the close of Mr. Notions remarks
a collation. was served
The evening session Of the conference
began at o'clock. with devotional txer-
cises led by Rev. Charles Conklin. Boston,
who also gave an address on How tss-
tors Are to Secure the Best Teachers ard
How Most Assist Them"
Thomas w. Waterman spoke on How
Sunday School Teachers May Best Sc
cure the Cooperation Of Parents"
The closing address was delivered by
Willard r. Wilson. field secretary Of the
Rhode Island Sunday School ASSOCIATION.
The arrangements for the conferences
were I'm charge OF committee which
consisted OF the following: Ci.arIer j.
White, w. G. Selleck, Fred u. White.