Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-28

u persecution. but the third genera.
tion 10 absolutely the limit o6 the spif1
itual stirring. In the fourth genera.
ton YOU shall svef find the young peo.s
ple ally skeptlcs or sullen rebels. a.
the Vicar Of Bray coming n for high
preterment Here. then = stAt limita.
ton dictated by human nature. Tho
life Of . church should be wound -
by the state. The birth Of hereoV
must be free to all. ana should b rs6s
istered like the birth Of . child. Z.
would expose it, adherents 70 no dlDs
advantages, either religious or politi.
cial. But after three Generations =
must be wound up."
Polling Places IN Church vss&ey RseNso
Our churches are free from taxes: ~
them make some adequate rotukns -
the citizens for this. I would suggeee
that wherever feasible the polling
places be situated in the vestry rooms
Of the churches. Aside from the 6reA4
financial saving, this would furnish -
object lesson Of the deepest signiA-
canoe. A stones throw from our synae
gogue il a polling place. and TO entse
there at recent election was snongA
to make one grieve for the sancity -
the ballot box. The dingy room wao
filled with the fumes given OF By tho
stove used for heating, men were
smoking their pipes, and everything
suggested the rear room OF . cheAD
saloon: yet here was the resting place
Of the ballot box. Amid such sur.
roundings was placed the previous
weapon which the poor man has with
which to fight for his rights and hio
freedom. Nor il the rich man favored
Those residing In the fashionable3
Squirrel Hill district Of Pittsburgh VIII
vote this year in . stable! Let -
boast Of our sacred ballot box! These
examples are no exception. but may b
duplicated in al our large cities. How
much better II the church had olfsee4
the use of its premises! Withiu tho
walls Of the sacred edifice there would
be such IN atmosphere Of respect -
the dignity Of casting a ballot properly
demands. We are 30 fearful Of mixing
religion and politics that we vote In Al
kinds Of improvised places, ut an enor.
nous cost, while the church could both
remove the financial burden ana lend
the proper tone to 30 sacred . duty -
viting.-Rudolf L. Coffee In The SUR
vey.
Church Attendance and Labsr. I.
There are at least four protestant
churches In LackawannA, the largest
being q Presbyterian church. None q
them appeared to be very strong. or 70
attract q large number Of people to tho
regular services. There Is at least ono
Catholic church where the membership
Is predominatingly American. and 49,
eral foreign Catholic churches.
1t seemed to me that there Was
something significant in the fact that
the Congregational church In south.
eastern Lackawanna WAS not holding
Sunday morning services; that the
pastor of the Methodist church did not
reside in Lackawanna. but made hiA
living in business in Buffalo. coming
out on Sundays to preach: that the
pastor OF the Presbyterian church vs.
adding to the area within which hlD
voice might be heard BY editing .
weekly newspaper: and that even the
Catholic churches could not depend on
their members observing the rites Of
the church. asked the pastors OF two
Of the protestant churches and the
priest Of the American Catholic
CnUTCn 6DOUI IL. uSy III sek0 stsO
same thing-that the long hours and
Sunday work of the steel mills are
fatal to spiritual growth. The ~Con0res
gationaI church suspended tts morning
services because its male members arc
either at work or in bed. after night
Of work, at the time for beginning Sun
day morning services.
1T Is a calamity to q community.
said one of the churchmen. ITO have
a steel plant built in its midst. for steel
Is made in America today under condi.,
lions ruinous to health and moralA"-~
John A. Fitch in The Survey.
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