Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-04-09
TO LET IT Be A
CHURCH FOR ALL
DR.. custer Pleads For
A BrOadminded
Policy

A fine audience was present at the !
First NJ. +. church last night. Rev.
Euster had announced that hi, re-
nothing" and he took up the matter !
Of how to build up a great church for
all the people. He said in part:
"There are few reasons why every |
church does not so ON to greater use |
fulness, and why all the people are not
dom of Christ. No one objects to
Jesus Christ and His work. II we
could work upon the same broad ba-
sis of humanity and of sympathy for
all, no one would ever object to the
church work of any congregation. The
fact is we have no right to run the
Kingdom Of God today upon a narrow
guage road. Everything Is broad
guage today.
'The other night a great congrega-
ton met in the new NJ. E. church at
Moscow. The governor of the state
addressed the people. 1t was In the
interest of education. The people and
the authorities of the university
thanked the trustees of the church for
giving them the church free of all rem
tai. The fact Is a resolution is on
record up there that the church shall
be used free for everything Of that ma
ture for all time.
Proud Of Building Committee.
Il am exceedingly proud Of the
building committee here at Lewiston.
They are broad minded, and wise men
who will do the best that can be done
for the place. am especially proud
OF them because they passed a resolu-
ton similar to that Of Moscow, only
| much better.
when some leading man dies and a
great funeral is held and he Is buried
by some order, what Ii more appro-
pirate than for the great congregation
| to go to the largest auditorium In the
place and II that Is offered free Of
rental to everything like that, IL that
not a good thing? OF course a COM
mittee is always appointed by the
quarterly conference or by the trus-
! tees in order that there may be due
| discrimination and 80 that political
meetings cannot be held there. but fra
ternal conventions. benevolent con-
MENTIONS, conventions Of an educational
| nature, and all religious conventions
may meet there free Of cost.
4 Show Fraternal Spirit.
/ III the Catholic church should burn
down tomorrow, who would be narrow
ana small enough not to offer them at
once the new church II Il were already
built and that free Of charge? hope
that when this old church which has
never been dedicated vet because
church work has not been carried on
upon. q broad enough basis In this
town, hope that when this ID moved
away and sent out to the land donated
BY public spirited citizen Of the
place in East Lewiston recently. that
everything will be given to them free
for tie good Of the future.
TT never hurts Methodism to give
something-to donate for the good. Of
the largest numbers and for the good
of the future. Let us sacrifice In time
and energy and In all that we can give
for the good Of the place In the future
and we shall live for something Not
for self. but for others. Sanctimonius-
ness without piety II = bad disease
Christ. found 1t among the Phariseea
of old. Narrowness II always fatal
Great broad minded and noble souli
ID what we must have When once I
church has risen to this nobler con-
| ception It never goes back to anythinl
smaller.
0rewth In Other Cities.
I'm Anaconda they have recent,
spent $4,000 for Increased seating ca
paclty In that big church because thel
have been working upon broad lines
m Great Falls they cannot accomIno
dais the people and are aoing 70 a.
crease the capacity Of that church
so6n. They are talking about puttinl
On ANAL lecture room On the n0rtI
side Of the church At Moscow. making
Il have : seating capacity Of not 81
sh6rt 81 1900.
| et ~ have big faith. Lock Il
/ ca fos : great work: serve the who'll
pe3ple. Christianity Il = peoples re-
| lloin.' {