The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-07
az HERsERr TEMPLE.

or "eu0enb se"V1e
London. July THE decline in the
custom of Sunday worship in England
has now become SO pronounced that
it is source of great worry to the
ministers of the Church of England,
who declare that statistics show that
only one of % adults goes to church
now.
To get the real opinion of church
men on this subject have just had a
talk with two prominent ministers.
the Rev. Dimsdale Young and the
Bishop of Lewes.
The former said that he wished and
hoped, that he had misread the times.
and he honestly believed that one OF
the saddest things to be found today
was the decline of the worship Of God
in our churches. People often said
that they worshiped God in the fields,
IN the garden and in the open country.
That certainly could oe done, but the
question to ask the people who as
serted this was, Did they do it,"
People also remarked that Sunday was
day of rest, but what did the rest
| consist CT? They saw streets filled
with bicycles and motor-cars and peo-
T! pie rushing hither and thither in the
pursuit of pleasure. This was not the
true rest of the Sabbath of God.
He wondered if those who neglected
the place of God ever thought what
the word worship" really meant. It
meant "worth-ship" giving unto God
| His worth-ship. the worth to which
| he was entitled. So that those who
refrained from the worship of God
were failing to acknowledge the
worth-ship" of the great Creator.
Those who neglected the worship of
God on the Sabbath were Sabbath
breakers. because it was the DAY for
worship.
The Bishop of Loves took n more
optimistic view of the question and
said:
The Church of England today, l be-
lieve, is renewing it's youth. The fu-
ture is full of hopefulness, and l think
we members of the church have cause
for thankfulness, that we live in the
beginning of the twentieth century.
Was there ever time when there was
such vigour and such power in the
parishes of our land? 1t is my work
now to go about from place to place,
from little village to little village,
hidden in the recesses of the Sussex
Downs, places which have not seen
the face of Bishop for 100 years or
more, and l say without hesitation
that the admirable way in which the
churches are kept. the enthusiasm of
prevails amongst them, the unity
amongst church workers, to confirma-
ton, rejoices the heart of the lover of
his church and country. There has
been a marked Improvement during
the past thirty or forty years.
The historic Church of St. Nicholas
Deptford, has been condemned as un.
safe. and an effort is to be made to
raise $4,000 to carry out the needful
repairs, and appeal which has met
with the support of the Bishop OF
Southwark.
The rectory dates back to 1850, the
present structure having been built IN
1897. The tower was restored some
years ago, but in order to render the
building safe it will be necessary tc
rebuild the walls some five feet down
aS we'll as to strengthen the gables.
Sir Francis Drake was worshippel
at st. Nicholas, and in 1881 Queer
Elizabeth visited his ship, the Colder
Hind. then lying in the Deptford dock
yard.
1t was under the shadow of st
Nicholas church that the young Eliza
bethan poet. Christopher Marlowe
was laid after that fatal quarrel in Z
, Dcptford tavern, when he met his
death at the hands of "a bawdy serv
} ing man." and the church register!
: record the burial in June 1893, but hi!
grave is unknown Marlowe is one o
the most unhappy and most fascinat
: ing figures in English literature. ant