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New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
Christian Spi11f Needed
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Warren F. Cook Speaks on Situation in New Britain
 Raps Offensive Movies and Recommends Play house for Children.

leI1ls that spring from the modern factory and tenement house system 1; the new demand that has arisen, in the cities, especially our coast cities, in the last quarter of a century, by the over-sea march of the foreigner from southern Europe; the new claim of the child in our midst; the new and better, educational interest; and with all, the new spirit of dem ocracy and freedom about us, present the church with a task that is far from the simple matter of holding several services week an minister ing to the needy.
 'In the midst of all of this we find the church without the same authori- reverence for the cloth that our fathers knew. The church today, like any other institution, faces the pragmatic test-'will it work?' Tn fact in some circles the question is simply does it pay?' If it cannot justify it's existence by results then it should not stand" And we are glad for this new attitude. The challenge is stimulating one. We only ask that fairness and patience be allowed, for the church, as the school and maay kindred organizations, cannot be measured by the same rule, and can not be gagged by the same standards of efficiency as the factory. The time clock is not adjusted to measure the moral values of personality. You can not build character by piece work Spiritual values grow slowly and often unseen. And yet we must not let this fact excuse us from being effi- cient where we can, in our business affairs and methods of work Neither must we allow this to cloister us from the new demands of the throb- bing city life about us.
 There are two types of mind as to the church in the community. One type makes the church a center into which flow all the currents, that can be directed, from the community life. The church is an end in itself. The other type makes the church a center from which streams of ministry flow out into the community. The church is a means, not an end. In the one cas the church is as a leach sucking it's life at the expense of the commun ity. In the other the church is as the sun radiating life through he conn munity, and like the sun the church that radiates also draws. It finds it life not by seeking it but by losing it.
 This latter type of church is cer tainly founded on Christ's idea of true discipleship and in this spirit let us
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27

concerns are owned by men who do not reside in and are not citizens of the city, so that you have difficulty, to get at them. Another difficulty as managers have explained to me is that, while the managers of small play houses may choose their feature films, they may not choose the filters, less important pictures. These are made up for the circuit by the film companies. And another reason of course, is that the people seem to show by their patronage, that they want this kind of thing.
 Many of the people do not, how over, and do not go because of it and raany who do go would be better satisfied with a higher grade of pie lures. This is the testimony of those who have interested themselves suff1- ciently to give this trial. One thing is certain. The people are going to the movies in throngs. and there is nc indication that they will go less. What are we going to do-sit idly by and let them feast on pictures which stimulate passion and sensation and violence to the ultimate knot of society, and say this is no concern of ours? Here is one very certain source of the city's development, es- pecially of its child life and as yet in most cities very poorly regulated, if at all.
 "The home is the buttress of civiliza- ton. No other institution can take the place of the home as unit in society. If homes are healthful, happy and pure we have a foundation for anything else; if not it will affect every other institution. Now, the church if all it does is to meet com raratively seldom and touch but a
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27

l4ngth but said no settlement of dif- >Terences between capital and labor could be hoped for until both sides considered their grievances from Christian standpoint
 MT. Cook also took occasion to rap motion pictures, or those that might I5e termed offensive. His remarks re- garding the movies were prefaced by a recommendation for the estab lishment of picture houses for child rem only. From some pictures now sf1 owr1, he said, children who attend ni1h their parents receive impress hons and shocks that may have in furious lasting effects He also said many of the pictures in playhouses are as bad for adults as for children"
 MT. Cook spoke as follows:
 a.Thc task of the church in these times is much more complex than it once wasl The new conditions that have arisen with the growth Of the modern city; the new industrial prob
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27

small phase of life, cannot develop the religious standards as necessary.
 The church must stimulate more religious instruction and training in the home. The church must estab- Esh itself not as a religious institu- tion outside the home, but as a force for creating religion beyond its ac- tivities, especially in the home. The church has usually started in some home. The church that is in thy house is the Bible record. But this does not always exist. There. is a cleavage here which is vital. You cannot have true church unless it is builded upon the principle of a re- ligious force which permeates all life and especially home life. Nothing will So vitiate the teachings of the church as violation of or disregard for it's principles in daily life.
 Closely related to the home is the city's industries. This is live issue just now in New Britain Friday the issue blazed into violence. Yesterday I listened to the mayor of the city pleading with the workingmen to keep the order of the city. I say pleading-he F was not pleading-he was challenging their loyalty.
 Tt seems to me that it is not wise to launch into a discussion of gener- alities as to a local situation which one has not had time to familiarize himself with and I am not sure that this is the best place for such anyhow.
 "But there are two things I want to say Tn the first place, the church cannot brush such things aside and say: this is none of my business. If we do it will not be long until the | church and it's work will be nobody's I business. And this is the church's | business. Vital issues of life have i always been the business of the | church. Of course the church cannot | deal directly, but, in its leavening way. | it's way of creating the right spirit within it can and must meet such issues.
 So I say this further thing, that there can be no permanent settlement of labor questions and no final ad- justment between labor and capital, except on the principle and in the spirit which Jesus taught as social brotherhood. Force and strife and an unyielding class spirit whether it be by one or the other party, may settle temporary issues, but the final relations of men can never so be there Is injustice, wherever there is hatred, wherever there is snobbery, wherever there is selfishness, wherever there is attempt to force personality to yield a cause or a principle, there will be ultimate failure. It does not matter who or what class is guilty of this-Force is temporarily necessary at times-All great principles and causes have gone, then their growth in blood, but final adjustment came when men learned and lived the principle of brother hood.
 "They tell us this tradition as to he site of Solomon's Temple: The and was once owned by two brothers. l One of them was married, the other was not and was not strong One night the younger brother sat l
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27

alone and meditated., He brother is married now and cares are such that he cal much work as once he coN he may not be discouraged to slip out into the field
 some of my shocks of graf| put them with his, and "a The other brother, the
 alone that night and med1 he: My brother is not w he is not able to do as r7| once could. I know what
 I will go out into the field night and carry some of ! over and put them with hl may not grow discouraged. went.
 "The next morning each his astonishment, found th of his shocks undisturbed. did not tell, for love is moi when it tells. But they kepl task up for three nights. night as the older brother q his younger brothers field figure coming toward hin| dark. They met and pad brothers, each with his shl errand of love to the othe| knelt and prayed and on thl tradition says, was erected q A story only-yes---but wha spirit upon which to build ! of God"
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27

ask which, ministry we. may offer to the community in which we live.
 'Let us first take the church and the goVernmen of the city. What shall be the attitude and what can the church contribute to the govern ment5of the city? Probably the very best contribution will be it's attitude. What shall that attitude be The at 8tituden of some churches in this IS purely negative. They do not con- slider it their business and so do nothing at all. The attitude of some others Is meddiesome. They feel that it is all their business and so they proceed to put their hand in at all times, but more especially when they can critfcise and denounce. But there is another attitude which is more surely Christian. It is fearless to censure when necessary, but it does not forget to praise and aid and build. It is not primarially destructive at- titude. but constructive. 1t lets its officials know that 1t trusts them and purposes to stand back of them unless they prove unmanly and untrustwor- thy.
 Its challenge to men in office is
 
 lenges with confidence rather than disaster, two kinds of challenge. 1t will probably be found that for one man in responsible office who is a crook there are many who are hon. estly and faithfully striving to do their duty and are doing it without public attention or praise. Is it any wonder that these men sometimes feel nat ho oh nothing as to how they perform their duties wnen they never receive our encouragement? It Is Christian duty to praise and support the good in men, as we'll as denounce the evil, and many man who falls to evil practice might have kept to the path of rectitude had his encouragement not all come from one source and that source bad.
 What now of the church, and the cities education, the church and the public schools? If the schools are to be public schools they cannot be church schools. The spirit of our country is rightly opposed to intro ducing anything sectarian into the public schools. Even the Bible is quite generally barred. I do not be- HO'C IIiio lS cause lOT dldI1n nOl that we can gain much by insisting upon it's use. We will accomplish more if we can cooperate with the public schools, possibly in some such way as the Wish Plan, so successfully worked in Gary, Indiana, whereby the churches of the city maintain week day classes at their churches, in relig- ious and Biblical instruction which counts as school crdit. Certainly our present system of Bible instruc- tion and religious training, which is confined to about an hours time on Sunday each week is not sufficient, es- pccially when religious instruction in the home is at the minimum. The average child, who goes to Sunday school. goes less than ten years and gets an average of about half hours of more or less haphazard instruction in the Bible and religion each week,
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
ITCHING, BLISTER SKIN-ERUPTION| | HIS LIFE, NOW |

Nov. l9, l9l4s.-"All my | about a year ago, l was tros1 blisters and sores over my en| The itching and burning wal and I could hardly sleep. I'd treatments that were unsuccd did not give me any relief. using Resinol Ointment and Soap and they helped me wd| TWAS RELIEVED AT ONCEi about two dozen applications that I was free and cured of q disease. My skin now is aa anybody's. ."-( (Signed) Geo. Jr., R. +. D. No. 54, CaledofI Resinol Ointment and Resino sold by all druggists.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27

5 "A sermon that has been anticipat- ed for some time by the members of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church was delivered at the regular morning service by the pastor, Rev. Warren F. Cook, yesterday.
 MT. Cooks address was timely as it touched on the labor conditions now existing in this city. Because of his .unfamiliarity with the local situation, he did not go into the subject at
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
IS YOUR TOILET SOAP

Many toilet soaps contain furious alkali. Resinol Soayl absolutely no free alkali. and added the Resinol medicati gives it soothing, healing which clear the complexion tender skins and keep the hsi|
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23
Thursday

IL is denied at Russian headquar. ters that the German forces have taken Kovno. although it is admitted that the Qualifications on Niemen river have been reduced. The post tions on the light bank are still in tact and in no immediate danger The fighting in that district is des. perate with varying success.
 IL is the general belief that il is the intention of the Germans to cause a break in the Russian line near Wilma and then advance on Pet rograd while the Slavs are held in check to the south.
 The British and Russian govern ments are in conference with King Constantine with view to induc- ing Greece to enter the war.
 More British troops have been landed on Gallipoli peninsula with the view of continuing the campaign in the Suvla bay district
 In an engagement which has just taken place in the North sea. off the west coast of Jutland, German torpedo boat destroyers sank a small British cruiser and one of her de stroyers and put the rest of the British ships to flight Several Of the German boats were slightly dam aged but none disabled.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23
Jennings Decision
 Goes Up on Appeal

The legislators Of the First divi- sion have given notice of appeal in the case decided last week when Judge Jennings sustained the de murrers presented by Attorney Cobb. This ties tip the territorial fund from which all road work was to be paid. lt also prevents the gov ernor from appointing superin- tendent of schools, for he would be paid from the same fund
 By this action the First division not only loses it's portion of the territorial fund but also the $30,0OO which the government intended to expend in roads in the First diyi, sion.
 IL will be at least a year before the hearing on appeal can be heard
 In view of the action of the peo- pie of the First division an extra al lotment of :t,oco hes been made for work here. together with the sum of $500 for the laying out and establishing of the winter trail from Fort GibbOn to Kaltag.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23
Tuesday

It is thought that things are near ing crisis in the Russo-felman campaign. It is admitted that Grand Duke Nicholas will not be able to protect his armies until the men ace of von Hindenberg has been re moved and the Slav commanders seem unable to accomplish that end. It iq claimed, however, that the Germans are retiring toward the river Aa. in the Baltic region, hard press ed by the Russians. It is also claimed that at other points the invaders have been repulsed, but the belief exists that the Germans are making steady gains along the en- tire line from Riga to Central Pc land.
 The outer defenses of the Russian city of Kovno have been captured by the Germans. together with 4,50O Russians. It is thought that the collapse of the main Qualifications is only a matter of few days, not withstanding the stubborn resist ance of the Slav forces.
 Fifteen thousand Canadian soldiers have been ordered to the Dardanelles to assist in the fight against the Turks.
 That it is the intention of the Germans to land troops in Finland is the report received from Stock holm.
 The Russian cities of Biala and Brest Litovsk, east of Warsaw, are reported to have been partially de stroyed by fires resulting from ter rife bombardment which has been in progress during the past several days.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23
Wednesday

The Germans are in possession of the Russian fortified city of Kovno af- ter several days of hard fighting, and 1t is thought in military circles to be the most important capture since the commencement of the eastern cam paign, with the exception Of War saw.
 II is thought now that the SlaN forces along the line between koVno and Brest Litovsk will give way un- resistingly. The Russians have not recovered from their defeat on the Vistula, and they are still handi- capped from the lack of ammunition,
 The Zeppelins have made another raid on London, resulting in the death Of at least ten persons and wounding many others. The Zeppelin fleet. after the attack, made it's de parture without the interference of the home patrol, all of which is se- verely criticised by the Landon news papers.
 The British forces are credited with gain of 800 yeards on the Gallipoli peninsula.
 In an attack upon the island oi Pelagosa, in which a fleet of twenty Austrian warships and one aero plane took part. they were repulsed by Italian aircraft before any seri- ous damage had been done. German airships continue per sistent bombardment of the Russian city of Wilma. southeast of kovno, and it is believed to be the intention of the Germans to capture that city next
 The Dutch troops which are guard ing the Holland frontier are report ed to have fired on German Zep-
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23

the Lord, for all men shall know greatest
 We have had our religious faith chilled by too much science and materialism, and have grown luke warm toward those great principles that held men in Christian health in the days of Paul We have too much accommodated the Gospel of Jesus to a money loving, pleasure seeking. power-mad age, in order that the material aid of men might be won to the support of the church. Let us go back and visit today the scenes afresh where the apostle learned the simple faith as it is found in the person of Jesus, let us now with new zeal and new courage and new faith go to those shrines where he found the Gospel of Grace for a world dark in sin, let us seek the true faith that not only III uill lIitiltO lio ihN but IiiS "hoiS life of the church.
 For when Paul speaks here he speaks with splendid audacity not only for the Galatian church, but for the church in all centuries to come. The gospel of the first cen tury is the gospel for the Twentieth century The perfection of pardon and peace and power and plenty and prayer is for us as 1t was for the people of Pauis day, but it must be obtained in the way that it was then obtained by faith and grace and love
 Paul made plain his conviction of the truth of his Gospel in the words of the text. and God again spoke to those who would leave His own Truth ir the last few words of the Revela- ton of John, namely: T testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book. If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plaques which are written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23
WEEK OF WAR NEWS

compelled to draw closer under the protection of the Qualifications.
 German submarines have been un usually active the past couple days. and as a result the loss of eighteen vessels. ranging from warships tp ocean liners. has been reported. The war craft were attacked off the coast of Denmark.
 The White Star liner Bowie. eu route from New York to Manchester. was one of the vessels sunk. She had a full cargo and a crew of 15O. The number of drowned is not known. The steamships Baron and Erskine were two other vessels sunk.
 The Germans are credited with the destruction of between 300 and 400 vessels since last February, com. prising loss of 1.736 non-combat- ants, of which LIS were Americans.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23
Monday

The Austro-German forces have resumed their attack on Serbia The bombardment of Belgrade commenc- ed today and general resumption of hostilities is anticipated along the entire frontier It is said that the Germans and Austrians have massed a force estimated at from 300,000 to 100000. Great alarm is being felt in Sofia over the renew al of the Austro-German campaign. and it is thought that the move ment is preliminary to drive through the Balkans to relieve Turkey It would be necessary to pass through Serbia and Bulgaria to accomplish the desired result.
 The approaching crisis in the Bal kans is viewed with confidence in London military circles, the belief prevailing that Bulgaria will resist the attempted passage. The nation al assemblies of Greece and Serbia are in sesion and it is thought that aid of the former
 The new Russian base, which is established 115 miles east of War saw, is threatened by the Austro- German forces. Von Mackensen's army is within thirty miles of the base and the Bavarians are within forty miles. The advance is being resisted stubbornly by the Russians. but they are retreating steadily to- The Slav forces are endeavoring to make stand between the Bug and Narew rivers, but their position is regarded as weak and they are in danger of complete annihilation. The French war office announces the capture of several miles of German trenches southwest of Mulhausen. On the Alsace-Lorraine line the French bombarded Munster and the Germans shelled St. Die in retallia- tion Much damage resulted.
 Nineteen allied aeroplanes bonn barded number of German posi- tions today, inflicting severe dam age
 It is reported from Petrograd that the Turks have been defeated in an engagement in Trans-Caucasia. The capture of a Turkish transport in the Black sea is reported.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23
Friday

Reports from Berlin make the claim that the last important Russian fortress in Poland has been taken with twenty thousand prisoners and large quantities of war munitions and supplies. This leaves Russia without single foothold in Poland.
 The Russian government is seri- ously considering the advisability of moving the seat of government from consider beyond the reach of the enemy.
 The Russian ships defending the Gulf of Riga are considered inferior to those of Germany and have been
The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-23
Steamer Shusana
 Of for Tolovana

The steamer Shusana got away for the TOlovana Monday evening at o'clock, carrying number. of passengers and quantity of freight. Leo Preg was the heaviest individ- ua shipper, taking into the new camp Keystone drill, which he will operate during the winter.
 The following were the passengers George Hainzinger, Teddy Ander- son, o. A. Strand. Mir. Sinclair, MT. Lochr, Joe Smith, John AXton, w. Tracy and others.
 The owner expects to make regu- lar trips until the close of naviga- tion. Capt K. J. Smyth was mas ted of the craft.