South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-07
SUGGESTS NEEDS
OF LARGER CITY

When we build let US build
homes. not just houses" is the cry.
Yes, we should build houses that We
will not be ashamed 10 show the Wis
ors in our gates. But, a home means
more than a place TO eat and sleep
in, yes more than a a pretty place
TO live in. A home depends more
on the inmates and this brings up
the problem Of moral training,
were the words Of Rev. Edward J..
Cain. in his sermon on South Bends
Needs for the Present Hour" at the
civic Sunday services at the Indiana
Avenue Christian church.
Continuing he mentioned the
needs of the city saying:
AS the majority OF the new citi-
zens of American birth will prob
ably locate in the south end of the
city we will confne remarks 10 the
needs in this end.
I'VE need at present, a branch Of
the Public Library. If our people
desire a book from the library they
must spend ten cents car fare or
take a long walk 10 get il. We have
little or no use OF the reading room
feature.
1--WE will need another school
building in this end, say situated on
the corner of Michig IL and Donald.
1--WE ned also a community center
OF some kind, some place where pub
lie gatherings of al kinds could be
held and it should be under the
care of the churches of the south
end
Last but by no means least, our
churches must adopt more progress
sive programs TO meet even the pres
ent demands on them, TO say moth
ing of the greater problems before
them.
Morals Depend on Churches.
THE morals of any city or COM
munity depend on the condition Of
/ it's churches. The real cause of the
careless indifference as TO churches
and morals of today is the fault of
the church and it's ministry. We
have been urging more leniency
with our membership and the
church has lifted the ban on one
thing after the other until some
times the only way TO tell whether
the institution is a church or not is
to ask what kind Of a club that is.
Jesus said. Let your light so shine
/ that men seeing your good would
glorify Cod And again, We are the
salt OF the earth a man or woman
/ desiring 10 become a member of the
| church should be made to feel that
they are taking the most important
step one can possibly take one
| that demands the best there is in
them. One should be made TO re-
alize that the old man of sin IS 10
be slain and a new man must be
born. It is no wonder those outside
Of the church look with scorn on
the institution, they are judging il
by its members. We will continue tC
have loose law enforcement, loose
morals, corrupt politics and licenti-
BUSINESS as long as those things ex-
list in our churches.
$50 in getting ready for our city'S
expansion let us put on a program
in our churches that will bring its
members to be imitators OF the
Christ, whose name we wear Let
US preach a gospel that condemns
sin of every type that demands the
Adherence of the very appearance
of evil Let us make our church
houses attract let us make PEG
pie TO feel that they are welcome al
our services. let us make them tC
feel That il is good TO be found IN
the House of the Lord So that W.
will be in a position 10 cultivate and
demand good morals and decent
law abiding citizens
let us then, every one. get he.
hind our city. Get interested. bs
alive to its needs, be a booster. anC
let us make South Bend the best
the most progressive, wide awak,
and. above all, the cleanest. mos
Christlike city in Indiana"