Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-03-23

Of each sermon; also of a
from q Pueblo minister.
cent Of ali reform work 10 under direct
care Of the church or supported BY L.
No other single agency 10 comparable
with Il today ss saving force.
The fssshodlst Pastor Fisds Asseh 70
Ob3set To.
Rev. Hoilsnbaek. Of the n. E. church.
In his Sunday evening sermon took 70 task
the late lecturer In the Epworth League
Course. Dr.. Greene. for the position he
took on questions discussed In his lecture.
Rev. Hollsnbaek said the Epworth League
was 70 Be commended for IL work In
bringing brilliant men among Us. and Dr..
Greene was undoubtedly brilliant man.
Il was q good thing too 70 have some one
come amongst Us who stirred thinss up
and gave US a now view Of some things
that wo were probably overlooking. Il
was good thing TO make people think.
Dr.. Greene made . magnificent plea
for temperance. But he destroyed the
foreo Of that plea when no said that per-
sonally ho did not believe In prohibition
lecturer pu. UP for temperance was just
such doctrine tho liquor manufacturers
Of tho country would pay man = fine
salary for advocating. But minister Of
tho Gospel. under church auspices. would
not long find Il popular with his audiences.
wo had recently had local illustration
Of a preacher advocating that kind Of
doctrine. with soma oratorieal display too.
but Il did not las, long. A man on his
doa,h-bcd did not sond for that kind Of
preacher.
or Or. Greone's treatment Of tho i'm
migration question tho speaker said. tho
problem OF the colorod man Is . great
question. From four millions at the umo
Of tho civil war tho number has risen to
10000. 900. | don't know what purpose
God had in bringing tho black man hero.
but | believe He intends We should
christianizo him. Tho fsreign immigra-
ton that Is eongesting our great cities Is
a now problem. Tho growth Of immense
cities is now. Tho church has not yet
learned how bost to deal with Il. But tho
church is doing magnifeently humani-
tartan work even now In tho slums and
tho contested districts.
Or. Greene attacked the foreign mis-
sionary work Of the church and asked
why spend SO much time and money on
the foreigner when there was 90 much
need Of work at home. The fact was
that the man who said most against
foreign missions was dong tho least for
them. 1t was his way Of exeusing him
self. The reason for the church doing
less at home and moro abroad was that
at home there were so many agencies at
was no agency but the church 10 help the
far off peoples. Yet the church was do
ing grand work here at home. The
church was the only agency that did do
anything to lift-up the fallen and help the
needy; no charity or philanthropy but
what had tho Christian church somehow
behind it. DR.. Greene's argument
against foreign missions was the stock
argument of those who were not posted
on missionary work.
But the main issue Of DR.. Greene's
lecture was his condemnation Of denomi-
nationalsm. The organized church was
a failure, he said. 1t was failure bo-
cause the laboring man was opposed to it.
Now I'm tired Of that sort Of stuff. |
don't believe the laborinQ man is opposed
to the church in any greater proportion
than the farmer or the merchant or the
millionaire is opposed to the church. We
dump good deal off on the laboring
man. OF course the cities have their
fashionable churches. or rather church
clubs from which the laboring man is Of
course socially shut out. But close in
vestigation will show that the real labor
ing man is today contributing a large
share of the support given to the church.
The matter of labor has nothing to do
with it. If mans life is bad he will
hate the church. If his life is what It
should be he will love the church and
give for its support. If any man in this
town hates the church it is because there
is something wrong with his life. No
man who believes in decent, respecta-
BILE home for himself and his family is OPP
posed to the church. IF we will. fill the
church With the spirit Of the Nazarine we
will have the masses in it, and the church
will enter into its great estate.
A Pueblo Pastor Joins In the Defense
of the Church.
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