Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-15
NEW PASTOR AT
MERIDIAN M. E.
DR.. Virgil E. ROrer breaches
Two Good Sermons.

MANY Of US spend the last half OF our
life uudoing what we did the first half"
declared DR.. Virgil E. Rorer last night
st the Meridian Street NJ. E. Church in
a sermon on Character Building" DR..
Rorer, who preached his initial sermon
at the morning service, win fill the pulpit
OF the church, which has been vacant
for several months.
Dr. Rorer pointed out that Just as the
first half of the foundation IN building
an eighteen story structure is very I'M
portant, so the structures Of mems lives
depends upon their foundation. He said
it Is useless to try to build life upon
record OF shame; for IL is impossible to
say that he viii forget and begin life
again.
in erecting your building you may
have others build your structure. but in
life none may build your structure but
yourself" he declared.
Take heed how re build. Why shall
ye taken heed? First, because We are
builders and no man may build for you.
Second, because Is ye build. so will 9TH
ers build after ye. Third, because
variety Of material may go into the
structure; for just as a preacher may
be pOetical preacher, a historical one
or practical one. so may your building
material Of your life's structure Of char
acter vary. Fourth. because every mans
work Will be tested. Take heed how ye
build. lest We be called upon TO tear your
superstructure down.
Therefore, take heed how ye build,
and built 1t well, build It straight, build
1t strong and true"
MCCONNELL, SCORES
FOREIGN INFLUENCES.
In an address on stay Awake, Amer
tea" at the Big Mems meeting at Eng
Hsh's theater yesterday afternoon Lin
coin Mcconnell scored Bolshevism sent
out by Lenine from Russia as response
BILE In q large measure for the industrial
unrest which is spreading all over the
United States. He declared that these
parasitic priests of Bolshevism" who are
showing "an alarming disrespect for law
of this country are causing thousands
of citizens OF foreign birth TO lose their
faith in the American government. He
scored "as devilish propaganda" periodi-
Gals printed in foreign languages contain
ming slanderous statements about the
Government.
spread the information and teach Il
as a holy gospel that this Is a govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people," he stated.
Mr.. Mcconnell said he believed in Ia
Dor organizations. as he had at one time
been a member Of one, but he censored
the B9lshevist propaganda which is be
Ing spread among them. He advocated
that only American citizens should be
allowed to have a vote In the unions He
pointed out that the responsibility OF
stemming the tide OF industrial unrest
, falls TO the church as the only insti-
tuition which has the power to withstand
the propaganda for foreign agitators.
SAYS PRAYER HAS
BECOME LOST ART.
Prayer and meditation have almost be-
come a "lost art according to DR..
Frederick Z. Taylor. pastor Of the First
Baptist Church. in Il sermon on System
in Religion" at the morning service. He
pointed out that the greatest men in a
community are the men of prayer. saying
that many business men have apparently
lost the power Of contemplation Of the
higher things in life
you are too much occupied with the
rush of the affairs OF everyday life to
have time to stop and consider religion
Systematically" be said. Everything.
whether In religion or IN business, to be
done we'll and successfully. must be donr
with a system. Therefore. II you intend
to be n Christian. do It system ticaIly
and act spasmOdically."