Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-07-15

though there were comfortable seats
for several times that number, and
palm leaf fans, donated by /. H. Mer-
ri Company were in abundance for
individual use. A fair percentage Of |
this congregation were children and
young folks as the pastor is making
Il special appeal to them to attend the
twilight services. The drawings and
talks were superfine. Many vaude- !
vile artists receive handsome salar-
les for such work and do not work as
hard as the pastor worked. And then,
too, look at the purpose of their work. |
The vaudeville artist to simply amuse |
fol- the moment; the pastor to instill
lessons into the hearts and minds of |
tie people that will help to make
them better men and better women,
better citizens of this free America,
and above all to Iced them to an etor-
nal home in the skies.
Now, what is going to be done "a
bout this matter? Nineteen hundred |
years ago today Jesus Christ walk
cd this earth as an ordinary man. He
was being prepared for the work |
which He came to do. A few years
later He took up active work and in |
the short period of time from the day
He was baptized of John the Baptist |
until he assembled up into heaven he
led many of the Jews to correct I'M
derstanding OF the prophecies of old
ard trained men to carry C,le gospel
to the world, Those men were chal- |
lenged on every hand, They were
taken before rulers and petit officers
on various charges and preteXts.
Some of them were cast into prison,
some were beaten, some were stoned
while some sufferd death for the faith
that they had in Him who had broken
the bonds of death and risen from the |
grave. Today, when His followers are
not called upon to suffer any such
i; dignities nor hardships in this land
OF the free and ht me of the brave why
are they so Indifferent? Is it posi-
bic that the Lords command to ego
out into the highways and hedges and
compel them to come in that the |
house may be filled" will have to be
put in force to make a decent congre-
cation in the churches of Pocomoke |
do not know what the membership
OF any church in Pocomoke is, as evil
Genced by the roll book, and l am al
most afraid to ask one of the pastors
fol- it might embarass him to tell.
Eut knew of church in another
state that boosted of a membershi
of eight hundred. The attendance at
Sunday School was between hundred
and fifty and two hundred, fifty to
sixty of which were in the primar!
department. The most of them went
home Immediately after Sunday
School and met their parents going
u church. The morning sermon was
&C livered to congregation of between
two and three hundred. Where were
the other five or six hundred men,
bers of that congregation About the
business of their Lord? Not many of
tt EN-. Right where large percent
age of the members of the churches of
Pocomoke were last Sunday evening. |
We're YOU one of those present at
tie services of the church of your
choice last Sunday evening? If not
were you about your Fathers bust
ness? If not why not? Were you
where you would have been had you
known it was your last evening on
earth? Getting serious, am [? A
crank, Ell? Maybe so. But note this
IF the members Of the churches of Po-
co!noke were as full of zeal for tn.
, cause of Christ as the promoters of
tie enterprises of Ocean City are, the
church buildings would not hold the
crowds that would flock to hear the
messages delivered.
Think about it, and make up your
n ind to go to church next Sunday.
Get in touch with the minister. It'll
TO you good. Then forget other things
each Sunday and go out and spend ar.
hour morning and evening learning
more about the life hereafter, for that
is for all eternity, while this one is