Connecticut western news., 1920-03-04
MEETING IN SALISBURY
 TO HELP CHURCHES
Good Scheme for CanaanSv Writes Sender of
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 One of the most remarkable mees- ings ever held in this town or pes haps any other town was the orfe held at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, which was attended ESS about 125 men of all five religious denominations and others with ns religious affiliations. To start oH things in proper shape a fine suppdk was served by cimmittee of ladiaA from each church. It was the lasA word in the way of banquet and was thoroughly enjoyed. After sue- per the entire company assembled "a the, main hall, and when ttA cigars were going we'll, the Rev. G. D. Quaile opened the meeting, ana after singing the "Star Spanglea Banner, the regular business waA taken up.
 MT. Quaile explained that tAs meeting was called for the purpo3s of getting men to help the churcl1ss In these days of materialism ana Bolshevism the country was menacea and the aid of every man was needed to combat the increasing substitutes to take the place of the religion which had made the country tnA greatest in history. He did not cafw what denomination a man belonged to but if men were ready to form an informal league to get together ana fight the menace it was the only way to save the day. The country needed off .sau H. the big cities. 1t was not merely tho purpose of getting men into tfs church to save them from eternax fires, but to get every man to con- tribute what he can in spiritual way. Clergymen want them and tfb church is waiting for them. It wsim not case of asking for money but to get the men and the money woulS take care of itself. Some of tfia points made by MT. Quaile were:
 It was a mistake to talk Christina fly in an individual sense.
 Don't waste too much time look- ing after derelicts.
 Men who did not attend church were living on the left over morality of their fathers and men that go tp church were contributing toward tfA general welfare and safety of -ttA country. tt
 Ask yourself if you want churchsi less town and if your town is betta1 for having churches.
 All the good in the country in tbaf past had been done by organizoa Christianity.
 Hoped that more enthusiaam would result in a quickening of tEk old fashioned spirit of the town oN Salisbury. Mir. Quaile made many other strong points which space doTA not permit of detailing.
 MT. H. l.. Barnett spoke along tfs@ lines of Organized Christianity. H& congratulated MT. Quaile upon instk- gating the movement for better Church attendance in this town. W maintained that the reason wfft more men were not in church wa& because they were trying to subsCf- ute this thing and that thing, losink sight of the fact that nothing couu compare with the real thing-tll8 religion of Jesus Christ The church needed the service of every maR He urged every man to stick to hn doctrine, to mingle together and q serve God. This was the true foun~ dation for everything.
 Edward J. Stuart, then responded to MT. Quaile's request. He alluded to the great social unrest in the land and said it was worth the deep aul thoughtful consideration of every true patriot. He maintained tha6 the church must take a promineT& stand in combating the evil, as the people are realizing that the morals of the nation were depending more and more upon the church, and that it alone could win the rank and fifs to good citizenship. Tn the old days the church had little competition and the Sunday services were the social as we'll as the religious events of the week. Now there were many diff erent diversions for Sunday which tended to lower the attendance. He spoke of some churches that had abandoned the 10 to 10:30 o'clock services and holding an early service, which would permit of man having the remainder of the day and that if we must use the day for othor things we could take for our motto "Go to church first"
 MT. J. Mortimer Bell took the floor and began by congratulating ths clergymen upon the excellent atten- tion they had given the lay speakers He wondered if the clergyman a. preached his people as he ought t. He advised them to get elbow ts elbow with the common man, should mingle more closely and not hold aloof and beyond them. He thought the clergyman who was fortunate enough to be a chaplain in the war and had mingled with the men in the