Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-05
IN DOWNTOWN OFFICE
Rev. Frank L. Loveland Advocates
This Sort of Thing.
HE WILL HAVE SUCH FOR HIMSELF
Wants to he Where He Can Reach
People and They Him, So as TO
Multiply HIS Efforts for
Practical Good.

Il am going to have a downtown office
where l can transact my business for God
and the church and humanity with bust
ness-like methods says Rev. Frank L.
Loveland, d. D., pastor of First Methodist
church. DR.. Loveland is of the progressive
school in the ministry. He believes in en-
ploying every legitimate means to further
the cause Of religion and humanity, whether
that means be thoroughly in accord with
musty tradition or not.
II tell you," he continued, this is what
the live, wideawake pastor and church ara
coming to. Now, you take my church, 1t is
large and representative. 1t has in II some
of the best men and women in the city.
They are prominent in the social, religious
and business affairs of Omaha. They fur
nish their pastor with a good study room
in his church and that is his office, his
official headquarters. But the pastor of
such a church cannot possibly do justice
to such interests as he represents with his
office stuck away off out Of the business
section Of tho city and beyond the reach
Of everybody.
"Give me a downtown office, in one OF the
modern office buildings and I warrant you
/ can multiply ten-fold my benefits to my
fellowmen. I could do practical good every
day that I cannot do without such an Of
flee. I could reach people and people could
reach me that might need something I
could, but without a downtown headquar-
tiers I simply cannot reach them and they
cannot reach me.
Have IL Publicly known
81 would establish a good, comfortable
and attractive office and have it made so
generally known that everybody would be
able to tell in a minute where Frank L.
Loveland could be found. And l would
have regular office hours, just as the doc
tor and the lawyer, and would be in my
office during those hours. and when /
couldn't be there, would have my secre-
tary there. Directly the old First Metho-
dist church would become such a power
for good that men would hunt IL up just to
see what such a church looked like and
they would go to II. I could be OF prac-
tical help, could hear human tales of woe
and employ my own and others means Of
relieving those troubles. We could thus
bring the kingdom Of heaven nearer to
men, right here on earth, than all the pull
pit preaching could ever do.
The time has come when the church, IL
It would meet the issues and keep abreast
the times, must progress, must break away
from the useless traditions of the past ana
go forward, showing that it is strong and
powerful and equal to any other great body
or movement in this twentieth century era
of great things. And what l could do this
way every other preacher could do. l am
not laying down this system as one merely
for myself: l mean it for all other pastors
who could think as l do-that It is a good
thing. What one man could accomplish,
others could accomplish. II / could null
tiply my efforts for good tenfold and other
ministers would adopt the course and null
tipy their efforts for good tenfold. don't
you see what wonderful results We could
bring about?
Week in Exclusiveness.