Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-25

position in 1919. has been the slogan of the
missionary movement and which has been
accepted and adopted by practically every
Protestant sext. The objection of the COM
position, 1t is said is that, although written
by an English bishop. II emphasizes nat
ural rather than revealed religion, apos-
trophizing mountains and winds and
waters" This heterodoX and tendency has,
however, hitherto escaped the notice of the
devout for nearly a century.
Always Popular.
The small tempest stirred up among not
only the regular church-gong people, but
among some who are not so regular in their
attendance by the abandonment of The
missionary Hymn" as it is called seems
to be the last flash of sentiment connected
with the old time custom or gathering
around the piano or the foot organ to sing
hymns. Few people nowadays In the flood
OF cheap, popular music that now sur
rounds us. remember that up to 1870 hymn
singing was not only devotional exercise.
but represented the only form of music
available for the great mass OF those out
side the large cities Even then the sing
ing was conducted under difficulties, be-
cause there was no plano or organ not only
i'm homes, but for the meeting houses as
well The ordinary procedure at meeting
was for the leader to sound the pitch with
his tuning fork. The congregation then
sang in as many parts as II could and only
too frequently in several keys at once.
Advertising IL Church.
1t pays to advertise. If you don't believe
it ask Christian +, Reisnera, successful
business man. Not a bit of IT, He is a
Methodist minister, and a good old-fash-
Toned one at that, strict trinitarian. who
breaches the fatherhood of God and lets
the brotherhood of man take care OF IT.
self.
Rev Riesner believes heart and soul in
his religion, in his church, in his work that
he is doing II isn't all up in the air he
! says. People come to me in the middle
| OF the night sometimes and get me out of
bed to tell me their troubles. And / am
often able to help them out and comfort
them. That's practical enough, isn't Il?
The trouble Is, people don't know when
they need religion. They don't know what
they want" thinks Mr.. Aieisner They
are TOO busy making money. The business
man has learned that it pays TO tell the
people what they want, In the way of ma
terial things. Why shouldn't the church
ask the minister, bring its light under a
blshei and remind the people that they
also want spiritual things?"
SO he is advertising his church, lust as
a business man would advertise his make
of shoes or brand OF tobacco. For example.
! when he is preaching In Denver he sends
out word 70 all Of the papers one week ia
midsummer that ne was going to deliver a
snow service the following sunday. Half
the population OF Denver tried to crowd
into the church OF late sunday to see the
wagonload OF snow that had been brought
down from the mountains and piled up in
/ front OF his pulpit And it is a fair guess
that none of them ever forget that sermon
and its text, "As snow ia the time Of har-
vest, so Is faithful messenger
stilt nm Advertiser.
Since coming TO this city last April 10
become pastor of Grace Methodist church