The sun., 1910-08-11
men GO TO CHURCH IN SEATTLE
10 BtIIINGERS PASTOR TELLS
NOV M ICEEDED.
Keeps H- Place Open for Business Al the
Time says BAIIinEer u Above re-
prOarh and That the west Wont
let Iin he RrpubIlrAns' scapeGoSt.

let IIIm I- RrpubIIcans' SeaP~Gost.
Tho ceiling of the Waldorf lobby - far
Rhuy. tho heg Is 80 most men hu' u seeinei
hardly high CROUCH To miss IN" top OF
the wide bri?lmri hat 81 thIr man whose
hong black hair and coE'tails Ztreamed
ont uarallel ~ h" dtsh'-d toward the
elevator the other morrirH. He was
the Rev. NJ \ Matthews pastor OF the
FIRST Prrsnvterla0 church of Seattle.
Wash which has 5,UO communICan's.
and ~ ih" opinion ot the pastor IN"
largest uninterrupted church nudItorium
IN the country.
-P,.ppl.. in the West 60 to church better
than o. th" Fast. saii Mr.. Matthew.
-Om SUNDAY light yor will hrd IN NV
church 1ppn rerSuus. and of them fully
- per cent. arr men This viii II
dica'. that men do gu 90 church out
there. Il they don't here In New York.
~ our SUNDAY morning audiences 80
;,r cert az" mer To persons who have
studied th" situation II has seemed re-
markable that men are IN the majority
in our aIii.rCeS Snme cynical perSons
saw thai m"'' ip rot 20 ip church. by
lrav" this for tho women Ia do. This iS
not trI. Church work j. "a mans job
Men uo.i Christianity ~ their business
NOR" To day than ever before
Tho FIRST Presbyterian Church was
frinIal IN iSSl abuut the time that
Seattle was Iucorporat" When ! took
"hargr uf It eight years ago II hal go
m.mt.r- | went ther" from Jackson.
Tenn How have built up the church,
Well I have simply preached the Gospel.
Tho GOSPEL always awaksn- interest
Whenever YOU fri a church empty the
mA0 ~ charge Of ~ - not preaching ~
People rowa laws don't want the man ~
charge of q church to tell them his doubts
or to DISCUSS what he does not know
They want th. Gospel with certainty ia
n They don't want from a preacher
lecture, on Shakespeare or the higher
thought ur ,tGrluu- Isms such things
AZ. NOT going to attract men to church.
In IN. ca-. - IN" First Presbyterian
. Church Dt S'att" "" hall"v" IN taking
"a @ " IN" whp!" man. IA working for his
, 'Iv-Ical a. w. A. moral salvation. our
/ church has geological educational.
! phvsical aud ,th.r deuarruents. IN fact
about s'v"rtv-sly DEPARTMENTS m all.
II has gymnasium. with shower hath.
"A dining room which seats SDa' on" time.
and another hing the church - open
every Monday morning A. o'clock and
DOS not e, ,-c ur val th. n"Nt SUNDAY ght
hav" -.-'u a. many a. ten services
gong on a. one tim" IN N" huldinR with
ten different 'ader-. Our church building
,- an epurmolI- ~ns. covering about one
fourth uf clty block and contains
thirty ..hr,.a rooms l"-ld"s the main
Auditorium. | have sixteen assistants
: and hePd. - DEPARTMENTS ana ~ NV own
on a. have, tur,.,' ministers a prlyat.
f.rI .IH..Ht. wtTl haa
~ MISSION ya-tpr-. a Japan"-s' pastor.
aud me assistant = th" mead uf IN" Japan
r-,.-t hiu,-.' school
o., umplaunt - frequently mad" nova
day- thar 'h" greater financial rewards
and uipprtunitl"s ot other professions
aud tha IuCrsa~'d cost pf uvIng ha ve made
''i.. ministry unat'rac'lN" to Young men,
Va- ~ugg'-t''
VI MATTHEWS MAJ" som" energetic
gestures luG rt. ~.ri has voice.
~. minister Nho - called IT God
. Z. lr,aCl the Cttss - and Who uh-'v- must
~" ur h- uund thai b" wall H. ahl' -
ru.., sa,rrfiC,.- h- -FIr lNe man " hp
cannot make. lp hI- VIrpu 20 tat-s -aCrl-
h,.' even though u bead hum io starvation
.ud dagih - unfit 'u .-' ~ 'h" pulpit
even though b." h.. worth q million iullars
IN ,th.r words ~ nan Who makes
fa' salary the c,ud ttUnal ha~'a tor re-
ua.uiug % ~" ministry ought to 90 INTO
spm.thnC -l~.. lir should b" glad e. "n
lI.r. hgrd-hIu In order 10 40 the great
..-' work committed 80 any man
m great t~"uhl" nowadays - that
s.ru. rrut-'"r- 10 NOT vorE az their
rptr- n they dld tiny would succeed
II .. Ia.gur-> that l. kIlhng IN" pulpit. or
~ ..a-f -, f'rr 'rar~uu- ~ y
Won boar ~ empty churches m New
NDrE ami other places One reason j.
that the minister and VA. members 81
'h. church R'r not working a. their iub
. Df getting uepul. ip COINS. tO the church
" 'h-v would work they could always
fll their church ld Won ever hear -
merchant who filled up a TAG stnr-ho'Isa
With fine stock uf goods and th"n Opened
up fpr Uu-in.-S only on" day week
. Mhy m most churches they l.' p.aopl.
90 hack 90 get the FOUL atmosphere left
from a V.'k b-fore. for the church -
or"n..d only once Nrek and then j.
closed ugh' agan
r You asked me ~ tho beginning II vas
intrrc-ted M pplitIcS | arm ! organ
! ned "A voters bureau. which gets tho
r.di gree nf every Candidat. and asks
hun all sorts - questions n i-'hOoNeS
,h. voters 90 know alvOut. including his
attitude nn -p"cifir legislation. and pub
,i-he- th" answers pr N" candidates.
refusal tp answer. 49, that "N"rY candi.
dat" practically stands committed and
IN" taople ar" gwen accurate informa-
'ou m. trnuhl" with church peopl"
generally - that they will only work
A. politics three davs m IN" wear while
the hoodl"rs are gong ~ ~ for SSS; Us
no uSs' 10 CIV r''prm Wh''n inc tnAnCf'
To- rsfpr'u I- gone
We hav" sharp fight on in our state
over th" I nItrd States S"natorShlp tn"
candidates wil probably narrow down
~ Irfdc" Rurk. and ~ Senator Wilson
Both ar" committed To- . common sense
attitude IN fh" con ~@rNa alton question
and thar. - no pinChoti-m about u
Secretary Rtilinger - m"mhsr ~
nv congregation ~" g. know man
p,lrc and aho,r r"prpa"h ! was with
him when he vas campaigning for 'he
NIsv"raltv ~ seattle n - NV opinion
tha' m. Republican rar'y ~ re"king TO
make = scatagua' - hun II ~ dOa@
added IN. Rov Nlr Matthews with en-
srrv Won will h"lr roar ~ protest com
ing out ~ the Rocky Mountains thai will
make the noisl"St 'olcano N the world
bury it, head m sham"
I.rxac, Trom IIIs Brtroth-d Came to
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