The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-30
POINTS THE WAY
Rev. Roy B. Guild Addresses
Congregational Council
On the Duty 1t Owes to the
/. Middle West.
GARDEN SPOT OF AMERICA
Is What He Calls This Part OF
the Country.
Urges the Putting of More
Money in the Field.

| Kansas City, Oct 3o.-The final day
| of the national council of Congrega-
| tional churches which began its trlen-
| NAL meeting here OCTOBER Y was u-
| vided into three sections. a business
| meeting meeting of the Congrega-
| tional church building society and an
| evening session tonight at which GOV
| ernor Simeon E. Baldwin of Connecti-
| cut, and Rev. Newell Dwight Hills
| of Brooklyn were to deliver the 1lnal
| addresses.
| Shortly after the council beagn it
| officially accepted New Haven, Conn,
as it's meeting place in 1915. Greet,
! ings were sent to the Congregational
union of Australasia.
! A resolution expressing great salts
faction at the worldwide spread of the
society of Christian Endeavor founded
! by the Congregational church was
! passed. 1t read in part:
| 1--WE desire especially to express ap-
/ proval of plans recently formed to
/ challenge young people with claims OF
! ministry service at an age when there
is yet time for adequate preparation
j for these lines of work, which are
| calling so earnestly for men,
A further resolution bearing upon
moral conditions in the city of San
Francisco during the Panama exposi-
ton was adopted. 1t read:
1--WE are informed of energetic ac-
ton already taken by the mayor and
! other officials of San Francisco in the
| interest of moral influence at the ex-
position. We commend the foresight
I of these officials and endorse such ac-
ton"
At the meeting of the church build
ing society, DR.. Lucien c. Warner or
New York city enlightened the dele
gates on business principles in Chris
tan work"
TOO much help pauperizes a
church, just as it pauperizes indl-
viduals," was one of the statements
of his address,
Beauty in Churches
In an address, ''The Church Build
| II. Richards of New York city urged
delegates to insist upon architectural
beauty in the erection of the churches
THE church is eharacter-makInag
ards of conduct are declared. The art
of living together in loving service, so
! as to form a perfect society is taught
Do you tell me this is but an irrides-
cent dream of what a church ought to
be and that most churches fall far
short of this ideal?
well, whose fault is that? If
your church building lacks this dy-
manic quality. perhaps you are not
using it Alright. In addition to lacking
a number of things, you can change
by your own thoughts and actions, it
is a lamentable fact that many of our
church buildings lack beauty, a great
, element of power because they are
handicap to overcome by their unat-
, tractive appearance.
make your church the house
beautiful to which the hearts of men
will turn in loving admiration. Make
it the great socializing force of your
community. Make 1t a Ver1table
home of Cod
A plea that the Congregational
church make a greater effort to ex-
tend it's branches and influences fur
ther into the middle west was made
by Rev. Roy B. Guild of Topeka, Kan.
Rev. Mr.. Guild Address.
1.-The middle west is the garden spot
of America said DR.. Guild. 1.-TWO
things regarding its great develop
ment are clear: First the increase of
industries in the middle west brings
the worker nearer to his food supply.
When factory and farms are almost
i within driving distance of each other
one of the heaviest charges on the
cost of living. namely, transportation,
is greatly reduced.
Second, this great region, which
has so long sent food all over the
world will soon send instead manu-
factured articles. The greatest con-
Germ is that we have easy access to
these markets. The story of freight
rates which have handicapped manu-
featuring interests in the middle part
of our country is too familiar. but
"The opening of the Panama canal
gives an outlet for this region, the
. value of which cannot be estimated
1t is only question of time when the
big muddy on the shores of which
we hold this meeting shall carry car
goes that will outriva1 those sent to-
day upon Germany's great river, the
Rhine.
"All of this increases the oppor-
tunity of the church to minister to
millions in region where less than
century ago the inhabitants could be
counted by the hundreds. It pre-
ferred to cling to the marshes and
boulder-strewn fields of New England
sending it's hard earned money to the
Presbyterian missionary board.
The Middle West
I'm the great middle west, two
things are necessary from the
church's view.
First. the putting in of more money
to develop the field to the limit of its
resources, and secondly, the develop
ment of these resources for the worlds
program of evangelizing the world.
The building society has the former
burden laid upon it. The field itself
has upon it's shoulders the second re-
sponsibllity. One or two things VIII
happen in the great middle west. At
the present rate of increase in proper
tv value this will some day be the
richest region in the world. We shall
then see a great population grow sod
den in it's prosperity, or else we shall
see it grow noble in the worlds service
At present Judging from the figures of
the CONGREGATIONAL and other great re-
Iigious bodies the tendency is toward
the former We cannot do all that must
| be done. but from this council we
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