Weekly journal-miner., 1918-09-11
 NEED MORE CHRISTIANS-FEWER CHURCHES


 Prescott has too churches and few Christians Most struggling along
 ships and making heroic effort make financial ends but with indifferent The salaries when they get thm and the church organizations doing
 the work the community that they should spend most of their time devsing and their bills Some forced the expedent of soliciting funds from the public and members of other denominations fortunately situated from financial standpoint
 The church puts itself in humilatng position when it the role of mendcant If religion for anything in the life of it should be well worth paying for For what proted shall he gain the whole world his soul? Or what shall give in exchange for his oul The chief end and aim of the church militant
 should be the of souls for the church triumphant and the question accomplish this purpose Certainly with church whose financial condition and atmosphere reahes poverty and epes instead of attracts and the mental of whose pastor stamped with medocrity The church this day and of the world must like other institution itself business basis for the saving business and the business paramount all others The
 preacher who carried the message of salvation horse with other peculiar sparsey settled been reegated the limbo of things in but discarded forever He performed great work in his time but that time has passed and will again this country Institutional churches today catering the spiritual and physical needs of and women And why should remain the tag end of the procession while every line of business is avaing itself of modern methods The church, later will be compelled shake itself and it does very IS likely awaken day from umbes and find that its usefulness has departed and that it death by dry
 When engaged the line ot business ind
 their overhead charges the volume transacted the thing for them do and which they effect consolidation down expenses but the increase the output and greater margin of profit Railroads spend thousands upon thousands of dollars eliminate dangerous and down grades thus materially reducing operating expenses esseng the danger eck which always costly That is modern business The church learn a lesson from the railroads, if it will
 situation today exists in Prescott There efces apen but although the harvest is ripe and ready be garnercd the abore few On the side of there is Methodist church and the there also spiritual leader salary comparable what good laborer earns with the ability should possess acceptaby and successfully fill Such position There difference their policy their doctrine the members burdened with the salaries of ministers, the expense of incidental expenses which just well could be in half Moreover and what important consolidation would doubtless result only effective organization but also
 church building of which the members and the city could be proud instead of shac Some other church consultations could be effected locally and much good and harm be done Differences doctrine irreconcabe but that the bes could get together basis for their good The fact of the is that people getting from de and doctrna ideas and recognizing that there Lord and Saviour Christ whom they worship The ordinary believes in God in Christ and deep in his breast hopes and believes in the immortality of the soul What he for the harspttng discussions of heoogsts: They do appeal him. but religion that holds the gift of everlasting le does
 Under present conditions churches along ineffective heels filling place munity life it granted but approNmatng their mi son accomplishing the work they should If results anything the opportunity bcconing right Consolda ton reduce the number of buildings but will increase the and make instead of mpont few churches would then have in the community One institutional church properly supported achieve oncl the building of character and winning of souls o Christ than all the present churches in the years
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