Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-24

vertiEing. Most anywhere On the State
highway you viii see q sign IN the
shape Of q book ON one page Of which
in a brief history of tale nex1 town and
ON the other page an advertisement II
a c-rraan- kind Of tire. 1 wish that We
might spend some money IN giving the
people who ride along the highway a
brief history OK TnixsrsRaism znd the
doctrines of our church 20 the travel
ing public viii have before II some Of
the great truths OF the CniTerERlist
church.
1t in not that we are going To wait till
the people want tn open their church,
and hold a service II II rather that the
convention is going into a tpwn and
give the people the services which tnev
nee5. After the convention has worked
for a time for these people il IN hopei
that the people vii do the work them
SELVES. that they VIII be moved to do
fur themselves what the convention has
done for them IF altar a sood trial the
people show no interest and II IL felr
that We viii not succeed there. then Of
course we win withdraw al sftort-
Our Argument
Il would seem that no argument n
favor of cur plan in necessary. Il ouEh.
10 commend itself immediately 70 yua
but il may be well 70 make few OBJ
servasaons. I wonder il Won realize how
many places IN this State have no
preaching of any kind and no resident
minister often wonder that We ara
as good az we are with the conditions
that confront Us. The report Of the
agent Of the Maine Bible Society of 1Ffs
gives NJ 1as towns and townships where
there are no religious services Of anw
kind Il certainly looks as though thers
was need of religious work in our State
and what better thing can We give
these people than Cnivsrsalism.
Il has hsen said that the work OF
cur church 10 done. that we nave
leavened tina lump Of orthodoxy and
that we ought to 50 out Of business.
do not believe II There was never "
greater need of our gospel than today
We mead ID la5ei It Cniversalism too.
Il in said that we should not 20 into
those places that hare orthodox
churches. that We ought to leave the
field to Thanh and that We ought To en-
courage our people 10 support those
churches ] ahal have To take iasuc
again with people who advocate this.
II We do thar what gffI becorse Of our
church in q few yeRrz. Orthodox
churches can flock together They have
more IN common with each other ts,aln
they have with IN. Our Faith in funda-
mentally different from the faith of tha
orthodox churches and we have a dir
tnct1Se work 70 do that other churches
cannot do. I would mot go into a town
unieas there ara enough liberal paupie
to warrant such 4 movement but I be-
heve that We should look after our own
people. Only IN that way can We build
w Cniversaiist church
An illustration. Ten years ago wnfis
engaged in serving the people Of Carl
bou IA the extreme northern part of
the State heard Of q place called Oak
feld where there was no Tniversaiisf
church ana in fact no church of an
kind. I heeded the call and went tners
to preach. They had never seen q Uni
vernalist minister before. did not know
whaf he locked Hike. But there wRs one
family rAere who had come over from
Vermont, the members Of which wsro
Cnirersaiists although they knew little
about cur faith. To make a long STORY
short the little movement has gruwa
TIN they have one Of the most beautiful