The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-03-11
BUILDING ENTERPRISE
SANCTIONED
Christian Church Decides to
Carry Out Plans for Com
munity Church Building

: Rev. j. H. McSparran, pastor, take:
: the public into his confidence ant
: gives in detail the plans and purpose:
of community church building:
"The official board of the Christian
: church took the final steps last Thurs
; day night to go ahead with its build
; ing enterprise. 1t was hoped to the
last to enlist the various churches II
cooperation in the educational, play
and social features of it, and COM
mittee was appointed to confer with
the pastors of the various churches
and solicit cooperation. The board
was willing to modify it's plans to al
most any extent if a satisfactory CO.
operation could have been secured
even, the writer thinks, to the extent
Of staying on its old property and al
lowing its Main street property to
have been used for the community in
terest- under the direction of all the
churches.
"The matter was considered at
the Inter Church World Movement
county conference last Friday At
the conference of the churches there
| the endorsement was unanimously
voted approving the plan of the
Christian church going ahead with the
enterprise with the prayer by the
other churches for Gods blessing up
on it and the privilege of soliciting
any one or every one in the communi
ty for funds; but the vote placed the
responsibility upon the Christian
church in the venture for its construc-
tion and direction in operation when
completed
while the church would infinitely
rather implicate all christians coop
eratively in this community service,
it accepts the responsibility of under
taking to inaugurate and put it
through. The church is well aware of
the fact that it is undertaking a tre-
mendous task which it with few
members alone cannot put through
and maintain I think the church
has eliminated selfish ambition in the
matter and that it's motive is not to
use this plant as bait to catch mem /
bers, but to apply christianity in prac- I
tical service to the community. With I
reference to young people Cope sets
forth some of our purposes in the .
words: "f young people
grow as Christians they must grow
all over. The body must be trained,
educated in the spirit of Jesus to be-
come the servant and instrument of
he viii Of God. Nor does the physical
work minister to the body alone; it
develops the whole by the discipline
md joys Of the body. 1t seeks to in
,ure control of conduct, love of noble
deals, willing service, social cooper
tion, and the development of the
whole self on high level. There can !
'e no other reason for any church |
flaming for physical training
"The motive behind the rest room is
hat the stranger and persons from
yithout the town, while here shopping
r for other reasons, may feel that
here is one place where person can
eel welcome and at home. The IL
rary and reading rooms are to be
ut in in-erder that fascinating books v
lay be placed there which will inspire q
oung people to high ideals. Records cl
the master musicians and great "
acred songs could also be kept there T
nd loaned. Such thing might re- Il
ut in funerals over some frivolous E
Igtime songs, but the dead would be X
lpplanted by something better. A N
We Of art might be instilled by hav-
6 some Of the master pieces to loan gi
to the homes and for time hung Of
side some Of the cheap chromos. sc
ith proper plant and trained di-
ctor OF religious education hundreds
unthought-of-ways to develop high
eals in life and drive home the
achings Of christianity in acts and we
eds would come to light. 80
"Our plans are as follows: We shall ne
i've to build a community plant in .n'
igious education stripped of all de- .ns
What is to be .es
lght within it will be practical and nie
Vantageous to any other church as "a
US if put into practice. We shall eN
for notes payable in three equal
1ual installments, namely October !
in 1920, 1921 and 1922. If we 10,
ure $4,000 we will undertake the at
struction of the first unit includ- Fl
the gymnasium and several other sec
ms. If no more than the first unit
be built upon the initial effort +
library, reading, and rest rooms stol