The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24


Mohammed. after Wanting that he
would call the great mountain that
stood in the distance to him, assured
ly observed that he would go to the
mountain since the mountain would
not come to him. This seems to be
the universal cry Of the church today
touching upon the attitude of the
great mass of people: "lf the peo-
ple will not come to the church, then
the church will go to the people.
This happy conclusion is taking con-
crete form in the worldwide move
ment of the Christian workers to Sc
cure a larger gathering of men and
women at the Shrine of Holiness"
wherin is expounded the Gospel OF
Christ.
The movement has been heralded
over the whole land by the newspa-
pers and the people, seemingly, have
caught the spirit and are rising to
this ringing call: Come, let us Sc
cure hallowed day for greater
number of individuals who misinter-
pret the day set aside for rest and
study"
Everyone can appreciate this who
recognizes Sunday as a day to replen-
ish the spent forces of the mind and
live at least for awhile free from the
concerns of business and toll. OF
cossfEesIt%e understand that a persons
religion should be practiced seven,
days in a week, but somehow since
men are so busy six days out of these
seven with the cares of life that they
may be pardoned for giving Sunday a
spiritual significance over the rest.
Real object of the Movement
To help people who know no day at
all as a Sabbath day to realize the
sweet import of its observance is the
main object of the "Going to Church
Sunday" movement. Seemingly, peor
pie have dropped the habit of going
to church in great numbers. Just
where the fault is we cannot say.
However, an inaptitude in rising on
Sunday morning, household cares,
amusements, and anti-church attrac-
tions' have figured heavy on the other
side of the balance causing dimin-
ish in the attendance to the temple of
worshop y4d
The local churches are making
great ado about the movement" and
we are waking to the demand for
more active missionary work in the
immediate community and the utter
most parts of the city as well, they
calculate on reaching the low places
o1, clN IF
the workers seems to have crystal
lied the theme of Rev. w. A. Bowren
into a living consciousness of "indi-
vidual responsibility" Let every per-
son remind his or her neighbor to go
to church on Sunday, Feb. 1. Go to
church, 1t matters not what church.
But go!
Churches Are Active.
b OF course, everybody knows that
kChurch Hill is to receive the lions
tshare of the prestige which the "ef-
{ fort" will bring forth. The two great
churches which form dual crown
at Tenth and Charlotte streets are
the recognized leaders In religious
activities, both from ministerial eff
y.
These noted temples have made spe-
cial arrangements to take care of the
people. Other churches are equally
active in preparations for an in
creased attendance. The writer, de-
string to give the Sun readers some
opinions from prominent divines, in
terviewed the following persons and
secured a statement from each one
concerning the Going to Church Sun
day. which follow in order:
DR.. S. w. Bacote, Second Baptist
\, Church-"The movement is one cal.
culated not only to effect the individ-
AsN, but will raise the moral tone of
whole community. am for, 1t
my whole heart and announce it
every opportunity"
- DIR. w. H. Tnomas, Allen Chapel
(Methodist) Positively a movement
worldwide in its scope, and means
much for humanity Our church has a
novel scheme in distributing red and
blue tags, the wearers of the same to
be divided in the audience. This tag
invites you to come to Allen Chap
Dr. w. A. Bowren. First Baptist
Church, Kansas City. Kas.-'It has
my deepest sympathy, and falls IN
line with the specific measures Of the
Ministerial Union"
DR. ]. W. Hurse, st. Stephens Bap-
fist Church-"We are heartily In IA.
vor of the movement Blesssd our.