The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-24

4 some Reaso Why.

Erasmus wilson says the reason we
d0i 10 10 church on Sunday is be-
IfSoEe 10 many preachers talk above
1tg heade,l He says 1t does US no
1os ~ listen to- q sermon on fine
point ~ theology that what we want
q 54lnSt thing which will help US live
3 ,l11 q m lives in q more interesting,
1ioxe ctive manner. II some one
tske u ash you why you did not go
~ clintch what would You say? ! ask
~ me question not so long ago and
1eeiYed tome totally different an
very Illuminating, One mai
t5ld ne he felt no need for church;
t|,tl Hi idea of religion meant that he
toi|i NE honest and law abiding and
I fsithfGl worker and that with his
fWn deals and His own thoughts, he
y I1tticient unto himself. He Is
MIN % force and possesses admirable
6n1iitiea. IA woman told me she
tk1nght 81 was nice to 60 to church
Hlien she knew who was going to
rich but that she thought 1t was q
Mn4te Of time to go unless she did be-
S4ti1e 30 often she had been bored to
neetk listening to some one who spoke
shlnteiligently and without inspira-
I'm.
Episcopalian told me she liked
~ church because there was always
the prayer service all over the world
th6 same which was an uplift and a
sermon A itself, and which needed no
preacher to make It complete She
pd she was often tempted to remain
* home because Episcopalians were
born ~ temperament cold natured and
s6e felt no warmth Of spirit from con-
tact with them; but neither could she
lie; satisfied with that over e1uberance
S0f spirit which was characteristic OF
the Methodists. A young business
woman told me she was so tired when
Sunday. arrived that the only religion
she could comprehend on that day was
the religion Of quiet and rest and COM
fort. "0h," she said, people don't
understand one another in this world
what appeals to one won't to anoth-
jer and our imposed ways Of living
Ehave much to do with our religious
trend on Sunday. can find more in.
tense Joy in lying comfortably on my
couch at home with occasionally the
song Of q robin and I've heard three
robin anthems already this early
spring-and with my heart open to
many beautiful quiet thoughts, than
4 could possibly find dressed in my
4 best and at church under my own
peculiar circumstances"
"But, " said young girl Of my &C.
suuaintance, IF / don't go to church
h egularly, I feel so wicked and so un.
comfortable and not at all as though
z could go ahead and live as l should.
I've Just got to go to church, or there's
|Sno living with me!' II usually go
every Sunday" said man this time,
because they need me to pass the
collection plate and do other odd Jobs.
And besides I'm so used to going. I'd
Eteels queer to stay at home" So, it's
Merry fellow to his own way Of think
LING, and most folks 90 to the church
and find they can't get along without
|the comfort Of its peace and beauty.
Those who get along satisfactorily
without worship Of this sort have
much in their hearts to counteract the
lack. Churches are after all, man
made and now and then we run across
|Ia rare character who seems te. rise
above such q need into an ethereal at:
beyond earthly Jurisdiction
Lille the farmers mule that went
tlnough college when he went in one
door and out the other; sopeople can
go to church all their lives and still
Mack much that makes one a graduate.
Milne thinking and noble doing.