Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-02-12
Go-tO-C hnrch-Smday Movement
Approved By Worldly Folk.

Inc 'IO.UO-C0OfC0-Suu move
ment at it's second annual observance
was quite generally recognized by
Eagle River people regardless OF
creed. Those who ordinarily prefer
to remain at home and read their
favorite paper or magazine turned
out to at least one of the services
held in the various churches which
was of course gratifying to the pas
tors and bonafde church members
who frequently and with just cause
enough complain Of the lack Of inter
est shown in their efforts by their
less devOut friends and neighbors.
we believe every man should attend
church at least often enough to know
what door to enter at when the day
comes as it does come, when he fol-
lows the caslet OF father, mother,
wife, sister. or brother there for the
last earthly rites. There are but few.
men or women who when De tia
comes to their home do not desire
christian burial for their loved ones.
The most deprayed Of us naturally
gravitate to the church, the preach
er and those AFFILIATED with the
church at such times. And it must
be admitted that their assistance is
always freely rendered. In the mat
ter of non-attendance, speaking from
the sinner point of view, we think
the church is a good deal to blame
for that state of affairs itself In the
first place it is too apt to hire some
we'll meaning man who unfortunate
ly in choosing his avocation, read the
letters; P. c., meaning: PloW Corn,
to mean in his case: Preach Christ.
Given such pulpit orator, who can
blame the tired business man for pre-
ferring to sit around home and read
and smoke on his one day of rest and
showing duty off onto the shoulders
of his wife and the kids. We doubt
very much if the church will ever
again see men rallying to its banner
in large numbers. Too many of them
are in the position of the little boy
who when discovered by his mother
in the act of going to bed without
saying his prayers, told her in re-
Spouse to the demand to know the
reason for such outrageous conduct
that, he did not say them
the night before last, nor last night,
and he shouldn't that night, and
then if nothing happened to him he
wasn't ever going to say them any
more. Another thing that would in
crease the church attendance here or
in any other small town, would be to
throw the contribution box in the
stove. That relic of barbarous and
bible times, we think keeps more peo-
pie away from church than any other
one factor. A good many perfectly
good citizens feel that they have
made sufficient sacrifice by going at
all and then at the close Of what has
been to them, very tiresome hour,
to have the foreign or home mission
rag flung under their noses SO to
speak, is like adding insult to injury,
liberal as they may be to home chart
ties. Personally a nickel looks big as a
then. Taking the coun-
try through many stay away from be-
ing short or unable to spare what GUS
tom DEGREES proper amount to drop
in and are saved from the embarrass-
ment of pretending not to see it by
classify staring at some portion OF
the building at the rear Of and above
TIE spuipIO. CnurcIl people say IL i
not compulsory and no one is expect
ed to give unless free and able to.
This may be true and ii so tile act
could be cut out without any great
harm. True or not, that does not IL
lieye one from feeling and knowing
that after the congregation have ar
rived home, his or her detection Will
surely be known by some friend or
neighbor and that the conversation is
going to run about like this: DID
you notice what SO and SO put in the
plate to day? Well ! couldn't exactly
but it wasn't much for I heard two
pieces drop. Quarters? Don't 5ou
ever think it was quarters. l know
when hear copper STRIKE that Old
plate just as well as you and
whole lot better for l go TO cnuIcll
oftener. The contribution box has
serveu one good purpose or shoula
have. A grano stand seat in Iiels-
Ell ought 10 be reserved Tor tile goou
and faithful church deacon WHO raIe-
II misses a service ana is rewarded ~