The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-27
WOODMAN
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got into the church. "They gave their
presence for awhile, but not their fell
lowship or their service" said the
pastor.
Church efficiency, humanity speak
ing. Is dependent upon three things.
a mans presence, his fellowship and
his service; and the greatest of these
is service.
'tThe man whose connection with
the church is based upon his regular
or occasional presence and his imam
cial support, is the man who, on the
slightest provocation, Will leave the
church. The man whose connection
with the church is through service, is
the one who builds himself into the
very structure and knows that he Is
an inseperable part of the greatest
restitution on earth. Build yourself
into the church and thus fortify your
self against the temptation to leave
the church." the pastor admomsned
his hearers in closing.
Urges More Support.
a1f tbere were more support given
RI the church and less criticism the
church wodld be able to do much pig
ger work than it is today declared the
Rev DIR. Joseph j. Rae, pastor OF the
FIRST Presbyterian church, who dellV-
cred a sermon before his congregation
at the church Sunday morning on
"whv Not Go to Church?" Reasons
why tpeople do not go to church given
in a pamphlet recently, issued 10 the
ministers of the city were classlileu
and summarized, answers MADE 10
these reasons and statement naue
ast "a WHY people should go to church'
al we're given in the sermon during
the morning hour of worship sunday.
DR. Rae reviewed the spasmodlc IN
tarast of the local press in the aIIalrs
~ the church within the city ana stat
Cd that one of the most commensurate
Efforts is now being made by one OF
the newspapers here to influence PEI.
nIa 10 attend church He stated lnaa
all churches were cooperating IN inc
,yorI in the hope that the four out OF
every five inhabitants of Wayne coun-
" who do not attend church may pe
induced TO become interested 10 tne
extent of attending church on Suhudy'
Reason in Five Groups.
Tho sneaker stated that the reasons
WHY neople do not attend church coulu
he summarized and the 100 non-cnurch-
goars whose interviews appear IN the
namphlet. classified into five groups,
namely persons who do not attend
shurch because of personal reasons
persons who find fault with the churcn
itself those who find fault with tne
sermons, those who criticise the pas
.or and those who do not like the meth
I'd of service.
Answers to these complaints were
made in a forceful manner by Rev
Rae Those who make an excuse toI
heir non-church- attendance because II
lnterferes with their personal freedom
and pleasure or because they need
sunday as day of rest were the first
TO be dealt with in the sermon. The
speaker cited an instance in which the
workers in large factory in Chicago
were asked how they spent their Sun
DAYS and it was found, he stated that
those who did not attend church and
who snent their time in resting" Oh
in pleasure-seeking were really the
workmen who were unable to produce
a good days work on Monday. The
answer for this class of non-church
goers, said the pastor. is that those
who go TO church on Sunday are really
the better rested and the better pre-
nared for work on Monday than are the