Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-10

| been here I have had in the pcws all
kinds of conditions. anarchists. athe-
lists. in1dels and agnostics. The agnos-
tic is the man who doesn't know. but
there is nc excuse for him. You men
are here tonight, business men. n
| ers. manufacturers, machinists. silk
workers. etc. You can tell me more
about your business in n minute
than I could IL I talke n whole day. 1
| certainly ought TO be able 20 tell you
more about these great things that I
have made the study OF my life ever
, since my berth. rve tried to learn
and know a little bit about everything.
II feel now, however, that 1 know so
little and yet there are others who
know so much. That's the danger in
this age.
There are so many people who
know so much that's not so. A great
many people here tonight know a
thousand things about me that's not
so. That's the reason I'm going.
That's true of other ministers, too.
There were people who knew m
thing about President Wilson; that he
had paid ST5,000 t. keep IL hushed up
and that was an absolute falsehood.
If you're an agnostic, it's because you
don't study. and your W fault.
81 believe in the church. I do not
believe in the church hat lots Of peo-
PIE DtlleNe III. Il 90 aOA DtiltN ia NV
church that does not want to CO.
operate. I do not believe in the church
that wraps itself mp in a mantle and
says. I'm the whole show with God.
God is not wrapped up in any n
church, Methodist. Presbyterian,
~Episcopalian. Baptist. Roman Cath
Ollie. Jewish or any other. He is con-
cerned in them all.
"I don't believe in h church tina
iC r1NCnd civ daUa in n waak he
lieve a church should be n great So
cial centre. For three years / have
worked for that in this church. 1
have tried to bring this church out OF
fifty years back and up to the present
time. That chrch which doesn't meet
the needs of the working man, which
Is not up 90 the current times. Is go
ing out OF existence. 1t cannot be
maintained by simply three or four
people coming together once a week
and praying and offering sympathy to
each other.
81 haped to have here a big build
ing to stretch 125x125 feet which
! would combine the Y. M. c. A. and
Y. w. c. A., where there would be q
sewing class for girls and where Young
men could come n study law, where
the people of all classes and creeds
could gather and where they could
hear the Gospel preached in a man.
ner that would appeal to them.
Zone woman said to me: why,
Mr.. jackson, you don't want to change
the front of the church. do your God
help Market street if h is going to
live with the windows falling out n
crumble and fall to pieces.
IT want to show my appreciation
for the assistance which has been CIV
en- to me. There are many people N
this world doing a lot of good and not
receiving any credit. / extend my ap-
probation to the newspapers of Pat
erson which are doing much for the
churches and don't expect any pay in
return. I want to say a good word for
the public schools of the city. There
is a good system here and it is going
to improve. I want TO say a good
word for the firemen, who r always
on the job and the fine way in which
they handle their work. / want to
say a good word for the policemen for
the manne In which they work n
for Chief Tracy who is conducting the
affairs of his Office well and who has
given me great aid on many occa-
sions. And I also var to say a word
| for the city officials who I have al
| ways found ready and willing to help
| me-"
The pastor closed his sermon with
the expression of O wish for success
] and that a greater work might be
done latter for it.