Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22
D III: IS ! TOWARD P'AGtN|sM
BRITISH PUBLIC SHOWS ITS
INDIFFERENCE TO RELIGION
Picture Palaces and Other Places of
Arrangement DIspincc Attendance
Mt Churches.
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Arrangement Dispincc Attendance
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LONDON, Feb, ais England as
Strong dcnunciations from the pull
pit have RECENTLY emphasized tho
PUBLIC, 70 religion. ctide need by fast.
diminishing congregations at the
churches. irrespective OF dcnomina-
Despite frequent crusades. revival
the; ,ahuftbes and present religions
than. hitherto. il is asserted that pic
'ture palaces and other places of amuse-
men. are increas .ngly popular on the
ing of'thc churches. Is this tendency
nm. passing phase or definite and
religion ana, its value in our daily
:, That shes le pse is due TO an entirely
iack 81 realization OF it's value as an
Individual asset was the opinion ex-
st PATHS
Indifferent to Churches.
vi think'" he said. "Enslieh people
IrG ,eesr.a,niy Incoming moro and more
The shape Of churchcs hut do not
th !1E they ar. Indifferent to religion.
mas Of dnnsSd Christianity. with a
rs1,si2,n mn .s e*p,Gsses Itself in united
Solsn'p me author OF The Student
by hundreds Of thousands, noted the
S et%een II tbc tthe fnGis Of me soldiers
vices At the front rhoy had d'f no idea
i inn1 chnH ntd a1n WAS more than a.
indiffercncc 'o '''''
show !1ite clearly that THOR work
ana tneir worship arc intimately con-
tSst Tho At sh, nTsssn. The masses feel
3ives exactly on tho same orincin!es Is
Inc. nonchurchg oers. -
pasan: would rather say that many
EapiEsd Sn chr arc becoming pa
Gbris,i.' ana many paeans are more
Priests PessimIstIc Vic,yp. =
An extremely pcseimistic view of
the present-day attitude OF the general
pressed by Father Bernard Vaughan.
~ .srieve beyond evcrything," he
T Taia' TO M, nHSe 70 say how my country
of our ne Lord riet ,ha the esxne
they do not give whole hearted belle:
H., inc Apostles Creed. And Christ
reyerence anu jsometimes to swear nv
am 10 not, for. !. moment think that
iocndation-on the contrary, yhat Is
tdnIuSt before me more and more every
u dsTn rs InaS not Syen the Language and
stood by the people. unoeF-
icct req EN- ,hs late latest book on the sub
gppiry and It's bearing on he Rels..iams
i,,,c OF ,d The Nation I, is complied
evise o, soo memoranda resting on the
oe"ee OIL many hundred Witnesses
"HideouN. Lamentablc.,
When you have nut tina, hooL do-.
yos VIII nnd that there Is h.deous rc;,-
sSSn; 1Ea,mentablc reason. for believing
mat Chriat. 10 So pc. cent of our he,
loved countrymen and counIrvwommr
20 today only one name among other
rclius GUS Az
TO this growing section OF tho com.
anir,,.' en- lst Is not living force. II,
I their Conduct. N'' ana oHFihtianiz!ns
Msss 1iv faE Saa -, he ts seu1quea shat
Christianity, which bcfo.c the '' Erca o,
.Siis IONS revolt IN the sixteenth cen.
se eIg ,o WAS h woven not merely into TIC
losophic, social and domestic p W.
OF 'Mer.ie England for q thousaid
iIust Start With Children.
ITO convert England 20 chris,;o,i,y
. We must start Ike our Catholic mis-
Christianity is nothing and lis d nn1n,
worse tLnn nothing viii refuse TO have
Masters caE, Sufrep " !;,tIo c ehG Divine
eo ne, unto Ne. s1d forbid them not
rags Smsno DIG Win y ,b ask me 4 this neo
7. n
~, lh. war has been The occ, lion ~
revealing it. that Is all. -
you want TO know wha, i,a4 dc.
, mnSeh G to The Provided 'schooi fri,in
the door siammed'in His face.
The though, of it makes mo bury
so y 5SeG an nd s nay, SOP with
An army chhnla:n during The war,
ana The ina usurstor' 6t Zee discus
s shc ,,u pet"'e en-, inc CONGREGATION snd
. sne puip!t. ~ kev G. Clark Gibson
she attitude OF the average soi,!!er
toward religion during tho var.
''War Arccn1uated PnEnnI,m.,
i think" he said "it will be true
10 say that AS . result Of tho s,var; the
organism already eMsi sii, IN, the ma tion
The cleavage gbctwsen christianity
and pagan -r'ord lity. for itstincc has
neen both Widcned and dcepencd This
- SO III the ease OF mor:t.s. The Usual
nrs9ments one wouidsmeot in. mess
OF cua3us io support the action OF n
man VINO regards occasional unchaS-
Wy as peraljs5ible are distinctly Ilagan.
;i,ot lew IND, nd room for the; CHRIS
ian ethse rs 20 christian relationship.
as one OK tho army lecturers on this
SUBJECT | attempted with my col.caFucs
a. rgs,atcmcQt ,ot this, subject from n
christian - ndnetrI. Gin. which the
n ,eyad dngantsE rsniients, were coun-
ra .Wlth regard 70 4aiional and inter
are less pagan than they were
=, 1>i 10 a., as the result OF the war.
and tears into their THINKING. with Tho
result mat the great ideals We have
put before US are far more Christian
npWexeT lar our practice may seem to