The Meeker herald., 1922-11-25
PRICE. FIVE CENTS
BISHOP INelEY's
VISIT TO MEEkER


err. isolated az 1t is, is fortunate ell
ough to receive visits from the out
standing men Of the State. II tx i'm
pOrtant then that when these distin.
guished men do undertake the ar
duO,,s trip to Meeker we should avail
ourselves Of the opportunity not only
to hear them In their formal discourse
es but also to make every effort to
meet them personally. No doubt such
visits present to us our greatest med
Ium Of making our city and our. re-
gion known to the other parts OF the
state. Happily Bishop Ingley has re-
turned to Denver with the impression
that Meeker IL the coming community
OF northwestern Colorado.
There IL n twofOld duty we owe
ourselves whenever II distinguished
! visitor comes among us, viz: To de-
rive what ever information and know
ledge about the outside we can from
him. and to import to him the charac-
great measure OF pride. OF our COM
munity.
The situation Is exactly this: Bis
hop lngley came here expecting to
find II small. unimprcssivc town which
would he source only OF boredom to
him. Instead. he found that ours Is n
live community where business IL
good: community-and this IL a
rare thing for an inland town-which
can support two banks, a commercial
club which Is on the job; and, best Of
NIL. a group of people eager to make
stranger welcome. His wide acquain
tancr throughout the state will mean
n correspondingly wide dissemination
Of desirable information concerning
Mecker. That IL the best and only ct
lcient way of advertising our town.
During his stay here. Bishop Ingley
preached twice at st James Church
and addressed gathering Of men at
II dinner Monday evening. He is an
able and forcefuI speaker. with .
wealth Of sound practical ideas. His
talk on The Place Of the Church In
the World" called forth the admira.
tioE Of every man present at the
ing such talk could 20 away without
II definite admission Of the necessity
of the work. which the Christian
IL trying to do ~
Among other things. Bishop Ingley
declared that this Is the most NOM
mentous nge In the worlds history.
and that America Is the greatest
country In the greatest age In the hts
tory of the world. In speaking Of the
responsibility placed on the United
States he cited the fact that every
nation In tho world looked upon Am,
erica ns the economic, industrial, SOC
ial. moral and religious hope OF the
world. The ability to shoulder that
responsibility depended. lie said, up
On our devotion to the s., oO' aud the
Church. Roth mus 60 hand In i!anu.
Our government is forlndc,' upon tbs
conception that tic mn jor'!y have \
passion for the right. TO educate the
mind only liz to produce cold selfish
automatom: to educate the heart only
IL to create maudlin sentimental
ism: to educate both Is to maintain
perfect balance. The nose important
buildings in any community, he de.
clnrcd, were the churches and the
schools. A democracy cannot exist
without education and II sense of
right. So
Let us hope that what we have
learned from Bishop Ingley will bear
fruit in an increased attention to
and interest I'm our schools and the
churches; let us hope that what h.
has learned of Meeker and Its citisi
zens will bear fruit in the materials
development Of our community. One
such man who takes with him a Just
opinion of us does more good than
thousands OF printed circulars.