Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-21
THE POPULAR VIEW
,Jnlia Randolph Spoiford.)


- me the questions: Does not
asn flourish like the green
tree. especially in Western cit
w. Does not wickedn IS run ram
aant in washington city, The
,vsrs to these questions depend
.non the point of view.
There probably are some power
r., sinners in the Western cities,
and apparently there are some dew
u;sh,v inclined transgressors against
.no moral laws in Washington city.
~, there are plenty OF good people
everywhere.
rbere is a band of Christian work
, in this city who are trying to
c,ub the devil out of Seattle; though
.hav have not succeeded yet-nc.
~ vet The leader of this band Is
.ho Rev DR.. Matthews who probably
hard way down in Georgia that
there we're a few sinners in Seattle,
20 he came out hire, and he and his
co-workers have built up great In
stitutional church" from very
small beginning.
The methods they have used are
interesting. They seem to have
worktd on tht assumption that men
need spiritual food. but that they al
ca need physical, industrial, social
pathological and industrial interests
t. think about; so that a first one
ran hardly tell whether the devil
gh n
or whether the saints are beating
the devil around the stump; yet
whom one considers the work of this
hand and then sees the fruits of
their labors. there is no longer any
doubts regarding the wisdom of the
methods adopted by them.
In order to reach all classes OF
men they have organized clubs
which meet in the church, such as
the sociological. debating and indus
trial clubs: and when they have
gone out into the highways and by
ways of sin and inticed a sinner into
the church, they do not cause him
to regret having gone there, be-
cause of coldness in his reception
Once under the church roof pos
sibly the stranger is invited to see
the gymnasium, fully equipped,
with shower baths, etc, and II he
is athletically inclined he becomes
frequent visitor ever afterwards.
If he is a thinker he will be request
ed to join the debating society or
the sociological or Industrial cocie-
ties; and If he is unsteady inclined
he may join the Harmonic or Choral
societies. II he is fond Of the ladies
or society generally he will be TAX
en- to the church parlors and pre-
sented all around; and If he is in
clined brotherly he will be invited
to join the Brotherhood or possibly
the Sisterhood, If there be such a So
ciety there.
Should he be a Jap or a China
man he will be shown the dormitory
reserved expressly for men and boys
Of their race; or he will be requested
to join the night schools. If he is
naked and hungry he will be cloth.
ed and fed. If he is family man
he will be shown the nursery and the
kindergar ems, and requested tc
bring his wife and babies the next
time he comes, and told that while
he and his wife may listen to the
preaching the children may be cared
for in the building.
And so, having secured the
strangers interest and friendship
he will gradually be led into the
bible class or Sunday schools or tt
hear the sermons and finally con
verified
The Rev. DR.. Matthews is ar
fastener and most OF his co-work
ers are Westerners, and not only
The church was built but the organ
Haron is maintained by free will
offerings; which answers one of thu
questions favorably, and proves, as
nave stated, there are good .peopl'
everywhere.