The Glenwood post., 1913-01-25
MONDAY MEDITATION or A
SOUTH DAKOTA DGH0D

SOUTH DAKOTA De1o0
The editor went to church yesterday.
This was unusual, but not unique. Ne
vent to the largest and richest Pres
estant church in the city, building
that cost close to 100000 and will G1ot
six or seven huadred people. VIXEN ~
exercises began there were in the nsieA
borhooA Of two hundred women aA'i
children present sad just thirteen hsaAs
Of families, including the minister,
choirmAster, three ushers, and the
writer.
There is a tradition in newspaPss
offices that the editorials are written
for men. Assuming that they are rod
after being written, it ought to b in
tssssting for our leading eiti1sns to
have . brief description Of . fsa*ars
Of our city life Of which they probably
know little, furnished for their attes-
ton for q few moments before supper
this evening.
The building visited yesterday was
beautifully lighted through stained
glass windows, clean, comfortably ssat-
ed and restfui-a description that esaid
not always truthfully be given Of our
theaters, which attract more peoPiS
oftener. The. music was good, the eheir
bigger than any chorus that ever ap
pearej here in musical comedy, and tAs
singing 50 much better than ordinaey
show singing as to be entirely absvs
that class, and yet the baldheaded rows
were practically empty.
Three of the biggest and strongest
men present gathered up the funds to
carry on the enterprise, but SO many
seemed to have free passes that the
smallest child present could easily have
taken up the product of their con
bined effort. 1t is = mistake in any
undertaking to issue too nasy
Comps, aAd the fact that salvaAssA
has been 50 widely heralded Is "frse"
gives many an excuse for assumiag
that coal, music, and living expenses
cost nothing for the church "profesA.
The handicap Of precedent also makes
it difficult for those taking up the
tickets to separate those who cannot
afford to pay full fare from the dead
heads, 10 as to give the latter the direct
personal treatment they deserve.
The published financial statement OF
A. Ah,
call it, an annual budget of about
81, 900, q constituency of close to .
thousand of the most wellto-do peopas
in town, and an annual shortage Of sev-
eral hundred dollars. This illustrates
the above paragraph.
The min ister had prepared = scholar
ly, clear, understandable discourse on .
question of general interest in every
civilized community in the world. Hs
had spent much time on its Pd II
showed ability, ripe experiences, and
loving care. 1t was delivered with
earnestness and most eonvincingly an,
We believe, every thinking person Drser
ent felt repaid for the time and trouble
taken in attending; to say nothing q
the fact that this is a Christian natisn
and the church services on Sunday are
supposed to strengthen our faith AMI
give moral support for the coming week
of life in business, among our fellows
and in the home.
A brief summing up of the situation
as it appeared to us is that tho plant
for the work is ample, the surrsuHAinss
are attractive and romfortahle, ths
time taken in attendance 10 not great
and the returns instructive, pleasing
a,d highly profitable. Yet Il dess ~
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