The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-06-05
BUSINESS MAN AND THE
CHURCHES
Continued from Page IL

mss An appointment IN DO1be- II
looks around to see IL some friend
going over to save the fare. II h
finds none he will take the jitney, pro
yiding he does not miss It; IL he'doe
he takes the train. II he has not tn
price he walks; but he gets there
Any one of the ways are legitimat
and once he arrives he ceases Z
worry. He has kept his agreement
He has lived up to his part Of the con
tract. Now that is the attitude o
many toward their heavenly convey
ance. II Is immaterial TO then
whether they go there by the subma r
Inc route (immersion) or under al
umbrella (sprinkling). Once thel
make the decision whether from choic,
or necessity, they will abide by II
but they do not want to be constantly
worried about getting there. As
understand 1t, you are all bound fol-
Heaven and | believe you will all get
there IL you live up to your teachings
or even make good batting average
just 50 the balance Of good deeds Is
on the right side Of your spiritual
ledger.
One reason why more professional
and business people do not attend the
! church is, because your ministers can
not interest them. Most of the ques-
tons discussed from the pulpit they
have weighed and settled for them
selves. The average professional man
and woman of today are as well, or
better educated than the average min
ister and Of broader experience with
humanity, which philosophers tell US
IL. Il
| II Is a study in which the minister
should be paramount II he is to be
leader of men Few of them can
qualify, but when you do find such
one, he is not lacking for friends and
followers among the business and
professional classes.
The fault is with the system of
electing your apostles and in training
them. There is no system of choos-
ing; anyone can gain orders who has
the inclination. But inclination does
not mean ability. There are certain
qualities that 20 with leadership and
the candidates for the ministry should
be picked from college trained men
and women of the age Of 81 or over
by competent board of judges and
then given u three or four years
special training. Out of the multi
tude of followers Christ chose but
twelve to carry his teachings over the
earth, and Christ was the greatest
teacher and psychologist the world
has known.
The candidate is trained in sec
tartan school and taught by sectarian
teachers out of books written by
dogmatists' of the same faith. He is
turned out to teach adults, with little |
knowledge of humanity, professional
or business methods. Hence he must
follow for years, until he gains this
knowledge, before he can lead. You
say his business Is to teach religion |
and not business methods, but | am
telling you that religion is but the
of right living. and If W
are going to live our religion we must
make practical application of it
10 our daily work, and II we have not
trained ourselves to do 1t, we must
have teachers who can show us how
Il IN a task requiring the best quail
fled and best trained intellects. The
reward, while spiritual, is worthy of
he best, as who would not have
part in the shaping of the destinies
If world?
Another side the business man looks
It is the waste of money, involved in
leeping up the several churches and
in community of
his size. One theater and one hall
uffiees for our pleasures and politics.
)ur churches could do likewise II you
would eliminate the creeds. Christ
lid not teach them Or if you did not ,
want TO change conveyances could you {
lot 20 to church on Sunday to listen /,
o his teachings and call in or call on ,
ONE particular orthodox brother some i
Their night of the week to eNpound h
our particular dogma. II you could {
OF concede one night week to your :
artieular brand of religion, then !
IN going TO be frank in saying, ! do !
OF think ii is much of hope to cling 4
, il il will only operate on Sundays. I
/ is too conveniently put off. TOO a
iuch like Hank Taylor's. Hank was q
Kentucky mountaineer whose prin- :
Ipal pastime up TO the age of ~ was \
rhting and drinking, In the fight a
~ line Hank had never met his mas d
NJ, though it was necessary for him q
bout twice year 10 prove his cham
ionship with his nearest rival, one O
ED Smith who lived over the noun 4
lin. In his tussles with John Bar 8
'vcorn, Hank was not so successful. d
Though the bouts We're generally b
rolonged, Hank usually came off the h
orse FOR wear At the close Of one h
these sprees while old man Remorse I,
as riding him hard, Hank accompan- h
d his wife to the local camp meeting, o
nj owing 10 his mental condition and n
le preachers eloquence, went to the h
burners bench aud joined the church q
alter, il not being very clear in his
ind as 10 what he had professed to ii
}, he went to the clergyman and q
al him write out the articles of II
9TH for him. These he kept in his a
,cket as reminder. Zeb Smith .
,ard of Hanks conversion ard con ?,
uded that now was his time to get -
rem for the many defeats he had suf- ii
red at his hands, reasoning that s
ank's religion would probably pre- n
mt him from being as ruthless IN
; warfare us he was in his unregen- Il
ate state. So Zeb drifted over the II
ountain one afternoon, arriving ut II
ank's house in the dusk of evening
lille Hank was engaged in the rural
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