Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-28
"CHURCH TRAMPS"
HIT IN LENTEN TALK
Canadian Clergyman, at Gar
rick, Raps Those Continually
Changing Worship Place
OTHER NOON ADDRESSES

"Church tramns" were dealt u blow
in the address TODAY of the Very Rev.
Alan PEARSON Shatford. of Christ
Church Cathedral. Montreal. Canada.
at the noon Lcnten service in the Gar
rick Theatre under tn" auspices of the
brotherhood Of St Andrew.
The "Church trampS.' according to
the Canadian divine. are the men and
women who wander from church to
church and denomination to d"nomina-
tlon without remaining StradfaStly with
any one.
Raps Spiritual NagrRncy"
Doctor Stafford said that there was
too much spiritual vagrancy' in the
world TODAY too much Of the gypsy
type" of church -goer. lie pleaded for
stcadfaStnesS in religion and in obeying
the teachings of Christ
It was the last of Doctor Shatford's $
six addresses on the parallels of Christ.
Christ is terminus, not thor
ouGhfare," said Doctor Stafford.
There ar" too many persons who visit
Him only on Sundays. These 90 from
church to church. taking a taste here
and sip there of religion. These are
not the right sort of Christians.
There is as much difference between
pcddler who wanderS about with a
pack on his back and a merchant who
has built up a substantial establishment
as there is between these tranSients and
abiding Christians.
In conclusion. Doctor Stafford paid
high compliment TO the people of Phil
adclDhia who have filled the GarriCk
Theatre at the noon hour every day
during the last week. He said that he
hoped TO see tn" Christians of this cOun
try and Canada make conquest of the
country for Christ.
Too many modern people are af-
flicted with the tear bottle habit. said
the Rev. Phillips EndiCOtt OSgood in
his Lenten address at ST. stephen
Church today.
He explained that ancient Egyptians
carried tear bottles with them to pre-
serve their tears whenever they wept
''aS visible evidence Of their Difficult
ties"
They were measuring their sorrow
bv the pint" said the minister. 1--WE
today are prone TO uccentuate the sOr-
rows and forget TO measure our joys
Are we so constituted we take more
kecnly the things that are difficult
rather than the things that are glo'
riOuSf
From my own experience | know
that many more people ask for prayers
for the afflicted than for prayers fol-
those delivered from. affiiction. Another
example is in the literature Of the day
You will find the books classified a
'rca,istic.' depicting life in back aInc>
in stagnant surroundings. with drunken
sots for characters. And the books la
bcled by 'critirs' as inartistic and un,
real are the optimistic. happy Sroric
like Pollyanna' and Mrs. Wigs of th'
Cabbage Patch IT is emphasizing tn
abnormal as the real.
Heaven save the mark If realism
doesn't includ" tn" joys and optimism
of life !"
Religion, tho Clergyman said. help
people see the difficulties and surmoun
them. using them only as stepping
stones to something higher.
"JeSus Of Nazareth was master o
the art of living" he said "A man o
orrow>, acquainted with grief, He yc
gave Himself to JOY with deepest in,
terest and bouyancy. lie was the sancst
most s"rruo of optimiSts.