The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-19


tually brilliant. would want
man who would lay the emphasis on
life rather than upon his creed or his
church.
IL admit that the church is not as
practical oftentImes as it should be.
! admit that the minister is not. as
plain, simple, fearless and direct as
he should be Still if | were lay
man, | believe that | would not un-
reasonably look for perfection in the
anything else, and that in any city
or town could find a church and
minister worthy Of my support.
"The church and the clergy have
their faults, which are undoubtedly
keeping some men away from them.
| would sum up those faults in
word-impractical. They too often
are not endeavoring to do plain,
practical work for humanity, and
they are not preaching the plain.
helpful, practical truths of chris
tianity.
II have summed up the church's
fault in a word-l can put the fault
of the stay-at-home in another word
-seltShness. This is not the reason
why all stay away, from the church,
who do stay away, but it is, in my
opinion, why the majority Of them
stay away. They are people who
look to their own comfort, pleasure
and convenience. They have little
or no sense Of responsibility to the
community in which they live.
They stay away from the church for
the same reason that they stay away
from the primaries and the polls.
They have not enough interest in
the general welfare of the cOmmuni-
Y to do their duty
II think that a man should ask
with respect to the church, What
Can | do for society through the
church as an agency for good? What
can do for humanity, and what can
| give to humanity through it?'
The man who selfishly says, 4 do
NOT go to church because | get moth
ing out of it, has vet to conceive
what he should go to church for.
II am in sympathy with the de-
mand for better preaching. That de-
mand is making itself felt. And one
way of improving preaching would
be to provide for less of it. Two
bright practical, interesting, in-
structivc, helpful sermons a week in
addition to all that It clergyman has
to do in these days are beyond all
but the rarely gifted men"
The japanese fleet under Admira
KamimUra is reported from Toxic to
have won a complete victory over
the Russian NladivOstOk squadron,
which it encountered Sunday morn
inc in the Korean straits. The Rus
sian cruiser Ruyik was sunk and the
cruiser Gromoboi and Rossia were
| put to flight, badly damaged, The
! Japanese rescued 800 members of the
Rurik's crew. There is great reioic-
| ing at Toxic over the successful out
come of two important sea fights,
| Togo's victory over the Port Arthur
ISuuadron and that of Kamimura ov-
er the NladivOstok squadron. Japan
is now regarded as the undisputed
queen of the Eastern sea.
! Prof. Won Osten of Berlin has a
horse that he atlirms is as well edu-
Gated as boy who has gone to
school the same length of time. The
horse knows y colors and gives their
4 names, distinguishes musical tones,
indicating where they are situated
and picks ont discords; adds, sub
tracts, multiplies and divides sums,
does examples involving several of
those operations, finds square NUM-
lbcrs and not only simply repeats
what is taught but does fresh prob
lens put to him by examiners in the
absence OF his master.
The democratic party declares it's
4 4. H. Inl FtPtnal1tlsa
of democracy under which local self
igoveynment and national unity and
prosperity have been established.