The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-01-15

, and is yet its pastor. So far Their
) has been no friction and already tn
movement for closer federation i
growing.
eve all realize that one of tn
great weaknesses of the church il
! America and elsewhere is denomina
tionalism," said the Rev. Mr.. Nichols
$50 many different churches in tow
scatters the forces of the church. They
could do much more good if they were
united in one church and worked a.
unit. The feeling is growing thai
denominationalism has had its day
and that new era is dawning for the
church.
"The waste of keeping up six OF
a dozen church organizations in q
town is enormous. The business world
has awakened to the economy and
strength of consolidation. Why can
not the churches see it, too? They
are beginning to see it and they can
not escape the forward movement for
consolidation.
eve believe that this movement is
going to grow, that there will be
more and more consultations and that
there will be some kind of national
organization with which we can
merge. People are beginning to see
that religion is more than singing and
praying and preaching. The great
watchword of the church of the fu-
ture is going to be Service to Man
kind
Suppose that all of the six church
es in this town were united. They
could sell their six church properties
and with the money build fine CEN
trail church that would be the social
and religious center of the whole
town. What an appeal that would
make to the community A man
doesn't have to put an end to his re-
ligious convictions to affiliate with a |
federated church. A Baptist as he
ever was. The same with Presby-
terrain. | do not preach doctrine at
all. | deal largely nth sociological
questions. My stan ard of religion
S broader than an. system of reIi-
yious tenets. Man! men who never
vent to church before have told me
hat this getting t. gether appeals to
hem. | have offer had people say to
ne; When you church people get to-
.ether and quit y ,ur UNCONVENTIONAL
quabbling l will ~ YOU
eve keep our Customary funds
part. All otEer fglnUs ere merged.
ZACH church has S own janitor, who
) paid out of tt gCmmon fund. My
alary is paid .5 of the common
lnd. Repairs, II and so on come
ut of the conn fund. Preaching
ervices are he'll My in the Baptist
lurch because larger. Our I'M
m prayer meeting is held in the Pres
yterian church. Lscl church has its
,parate Sunday school, but the Chris l
an Endeavor societies of the two :
Ave been united and meet in the :,
aptist church. have immersed two :
the Baptist church and have sprink-
several in the Presbyterian church =
The young men of the Two churches l.
we united and excavated a large
ON beneath the Baptist aharch and tt
We there a bowling alley, boxing
owes, dumbbells and other symna- =
I'm apparatus. St
Prominent business and professional !:
IN of the town are urging the con-' in
idation of all the churches in Mar of
|. In speech recently Homer Ci
'ch, editor of the Marion Record, VI,
d son of former Governor Hoch, -
d that the differences of creed w
ich kept christians apart in five diff
ent churches were so slight and so Go
important that he doubted if one
irch member in ten could give =
ID reason why he was a Presbyter- ~
or Baptist or a Methodist, or
y all the churches should not be &c
Grated in one church.