Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-21
CATHOLIC CHURCH
GIVEN As EXAMPLE
TO ALL OTHERS
The Rev. 6. E. Granger Declares
Professionals Have Wrong Idea
of Support and Worship.

How the Catholics Would operate
This Church." was the subject last
night of the Rev. Charles Everest
Granger, at the Central Presbyterian
Church. Mr.. Granger concluded with
what he termed a Challenge to the
Third Presbyterian Church." in which
he invited that church to join with the
Central Church. Mr.. Granger said.
1T is not my desire or purpose to-
night to either condemn or commend
the doctrines of the Catholic Church. 1
could do both in spots, as any honest
Catholic could do with the doctrines of
the Protestant Church. Religion is
largely a matter of accident. 1t is
more a matter of accident than it is a
matter of conviction. Most people are
Jew or Christian, Catholic or Protes-
tant because they happen to have been
born SO.
'Our business tonight Is not with the
doctrines of the Catholic Church, good
or evil, true or false, out with the
methods of the Catholic Church. And
In considering this subject we do not
have to give or mean to give a. sweep
ing approval of all those methods.
There is this to be said or acknowl-
edged. however, their methods as q
whole, on the whole, have been emil
nently successful. The Catholic Church
has made wonderful strides in all parts
OF the world. 1t has successfully
adapted itself to every form or govern
ment, to every race, in every cline. 1t
has mastered situations that by many
have been regarded hopeless. Its d.
plomacy has been keen and effective;
it's work great. But our business to-
night is not to consider h methods of
the great church at large, but to con-
slider o. the Catholic system would
work if applied to the individual Prot
estant Church; to this church. How
would the Catholics operate this
church?
I'm the first place, the Catholics
would recognize this church, In this
neighborhood, with it's vast and grow
ing constituency, as a great field, as a
brilliant opportunity. Did you ever
know the Catholics to get left on the
matter of advantageous locality
Neverl In every city, in every town,
they possess the most slightly and mos
strategic localities for successful oper-
alton. They are expert social prophets
and real estate dealers. They would,
therefore, be quick to recognize the To-
cation of this church as one OF impor-
lance and value. With an y to the
present and an eye to the future, they
would sink deep roots in the soil here
abouts.
1.-THE value of a churrh site rests
in it's being accessible to great num-
bers of people. Recognizing this, the
Catholics would man this church. Did
YOU ever know of a Catholic church
that was not fully, abundantly
'manned?' Our Protestant churches are
wofully deficient in this. In most OF
u Protestant churches n poor little
minister is expected to do all that is
done. Calling, preaching. financing, he
does the best he can at three or five
mems work, but. of course he can't do
it-no one man could do 1t. The Profess
tant church with an assistant or asso-
ciate pastor is the exception; on the
other hand, the Catholic church of n
importance, which has not two, three
or sometimes more workers is the ex-
ception. Here is a great field; here is a
vast constituency; here is a neighbor-
hood teeming with an unchurched pop
u~latfon. Here is a parish with a call
ing list of 700 families, and as many
more unreached by any church and
one lone man is appointed to do the
work. Is it reasonable? Is it fair? Is
it business-like? 1t is none of these
things, but it is distinctly Protestant,
1t is not Catholic. Catholics man
their churches.
"If this were a Catholic church there
would be a geographical parish. The