New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

not be a case parallel TO the IN the Bible when
our Lord found the money changers In the temple :?
The Rev Dr. s Pereira NIendes. rabbi Of the
orthodox Jewish congregation OF SheaTith Israel.
No. leo Central Park West. said:
As for combining business with religion BY hav-
ing Offices top OF halls Of worship. think that
would take away from the dignity Of worship. and
religion Is a thing Of such stupendOus importance
that its dignity should be conserved at all costs
Perhaps the church to which such plan was
submitted might have a burying ground Certainly
/ would not approve OF digging up the dead unless
their resting place could no longer be kept suff-
cently sacred because Of the encroaehments Of the
neghhorhOod. But il number OF churches are 90
poor they can't continue to maintain synagogues
they should combine. rather than worship upstairs.
let say in building. while business. with all It's
deceits and feats is going downstairs
The tendency to-day is to get too much hu-
manitarianism. / think the atm of all churches IN
all their work. whether within the walls OF the
church CT in work outside. should be meant and d.
rected 20 religOnize men and women. to develop a
sense Of the responsibility OF the individual God
alone Judaism. especially orthodox Judaism.
stands not merely for humanitariansm. but for hu-
manitarianism plus God, and the sensible reformed
Jews also take this view
'.In our denomination we need more churches. not
fewer" declared Father Lavelle. rector OF ST. Pat
rick's Roman Catholic Cathedral Neither could he
any danger in too much so-called institutional
all we can" he asserted Besides" he added. I'VE
combine worship with our philanthropy. IN
schools, for instance"
Asked what he thought of the Italian priest Of
Orange. ". J.. who ran junk shop in connection
with his church Father Lavelle declared IL low
cred the dignity OF the Church to engage In bust
ness Asked whether he would favor conducting
a theatre IN connection with a Roman Catholic
church. he asserted that In the first place the
Church would not know how to do Il. He would
NE-rN-
acting censor. IN case any theatre manager
should request It. but II plan proposed for
a representative board OF censors not necessarily
Of priests exclusively. he would favor IT.
On the general topic OF a self-supporting church
he said: Have the people support the church Even
IL what most of them give Is very nttle they VIII
giving something. feel that little part OF the
church Is their own. That il better than endow-
ments better than owning property, better than
large gifts. 1t is the only way would like to
Catholic churches maintained II Is not likely that
we would meet such a thing as a proposition to
erect an office building and worship in IT. That. I
think. would be suggested only IN case the neigh
borhood OF a church wholly changed, for our
churches are contiguous to each other. and IL one
church had to stop holding services there would be
people left in the locality and they could go to
new church. fairly near. So. too, people IN that
hypothetical cfics building would not like 20 have
a church in the same building. Nor would we Ike
to have offices IN the same building as our ehurcn
The problem FOR US would be different than II
would be for other denominations. for We hold 50
many services At ST. Patricks. for Instance. II Is
most difficult to have any repairs alterations
made because the building Is used much Still.
sometimes we can't have the building for worship
alone That is likely be at the start. par
ticularIy. In washngton-st. to-day our Maronits
chapel is above some stores"
On the general subject OF the Church and bust
ness the Rev DIT. J. Ross Stevenson. pastor OF ths
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. said: IF
man does mis- religious work well II takes his
whole time. but even IL he had the time to spare
I should net approve his using the name OF q
church 10 help along a business. though this Is q
thing men have sometimes tried. using the name OF
church 10 promote their business enterprises You
must not make capital out Of religion 1t would
more be right for minister to hts eoelesiasti-
cal status to help business than for q layman 10