Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-10-21
BUSINESS METHODS IS THE
CHURCH..

Mrs. Thomes Fortune RYAN who
died In New York Thursday 10 TO-
puted 10 have given t20.600.0 900 to
Catholic charitable Institutions dur
ing her life. This II an enormous
sum for any one person 20 he1uaih
90 church institution 10 promote lH
religious activities. bgt DO evidences
the spirit of church loyalty OF
course. some people with m'nrfn
salaries contribute moro f1nn .n"
~ the widow Wi.h .'e uI'e Iun
test OF ones ChratiaU.f5 &. IrnIu0ut-
~ nude whun money b. asked Co. ear
~ on church aOrk Sion Who rln
attend church pray long pryeu
a.ng Beautifully and adfutnt. DfDrt
thing Tor mailing tho world better
cannot hc HD'Hle1 spiritually until
they are aafHd fo sacrifice. Tho u1r
who ancf.ft Hmn money aHd labor
20 hts chuf0A oau IaaI'y hn ac.rn IltDd
trne believer R'i.r.1n that m
shown only through prmiD u OF
speech o. not worth tho confederation
ard emulation OF auF disciple of Toe
i1ith. on The other band. thr man
who. aa 1850 % tnif enters iffo thr
really of true religion Christianity
when Bhorn OF lis terhn.HlltD 81.
nothing more rlan forgetting Helf
% az our great Institution thr
church o. the mort hlmporsd i1r
finances Tho preacher who .D-ro.
the people al tho duyH of hH li. %.
q sei " hardly sufficient fo krnp
soul and body together o. lHIH DH thr
shclf Ho 10 Hunat n rn Dos arHHrsut
usefulness o. ended Hnd uut hc
pTnVhod oiinntimrf hy charity.
ChugelH should pension fho'f minis
ters = should hn.e d0nnlio task
sgt before o., aud every memlor
should be- made 20 know Tint tho
Hnece ~ thr church activity DO.
ponds up0n himtrlf as much ns up.
on euy other member f0f iis con-
nfinafiou,
f0e #-A boiorrr to frnicrnal
orrHnb tlui lrealirv thut hl duos
mast to fee llsrB paid. or hiB moan
lHrshig ,Will , ho forfeited Every
ct7trh mcmhRr o. 1ne moi only his
Htrtir-f .fEfT far in fhe rnurch's
cause. hdy hA o. ,.i4 - ~ 90 pay
hlf mdyid0a \ auuuIesh H. .,ta
Nssfnlnvs. in kN ora sihAalAsI..
- nans
the cause of the
ch no balconies. IN
nbur Into a church this
~ the exactlona There
|freligious about n. and
D. that n would not ho
vine wishes Tho tither
telvo blessings for which
not account Ninety-nino
of tlthcrs positively assert
some inexpllcablc and super
III means their business expands
kderfully and that they prosper
t'they had never prnsperod before
There are those who find fault
with the church. No man can deny
Y that most OF the churches are con
4 Quoted IN sllp-shod way The
ignorant point with derision 10 rolig
ion and the churches nv cynicaliy
huuUufffuf ~ tNf lhNNlNNh hAliflfH
paid pastors OF the churches when
In fact they picf only those pastors
whose salaries are the highest paid
In the ecclesiastical profession let
thsm take the thousands and
thousands OF preachers who aro.cir
cutt-riders or on small community
districts. The salary ranges from
$50 10 $1,000 per annum. aud then
n a were not for the moarer ronrr
osltys Of the pcopli IN CONTRIBUTING
him a suit of clothes he would NOT
appear very ~oll aNfIrrt at confer
ence or at an annual meeting" lu'
would east reflection urun Gee r.fr
i0uH icrntionH OF hie WUmH.T h.
about esYoutF-iYn per cont u' .H.
greatest end most llIr#'rIH. W.H r
fh.r nation point with pride fn f'.
fact that their flfhof HlI. H.'
ora. n BE- natural fhaf flo .
rnf te rich. bot lheF fr'i
iheieas ao given su'Nr.'uf OFF i.I
worlds goods add fHH'r r
make thom comfortable n H
arc enearod ln surh o. rf.Ht n...
81 spreading the gospel ani m.rH
tering 20 the needs of "a HH'u
world