Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-13

A powerful appeal for the rank
and file of men to support the
Christian church by their attend
ance that they may derive that up
lifting influence which Is so much
needed in the world today, was
voiced by Judge Harold E. Cook of
the Kennebec probate court. who
brought stirring message to the
Augusta Kiwapis members at the
the Augusta Girls Community club
house.
Answering the excuses that are so
often given by business men who are
not church-goers, Judge Cook who is
senior warden of the Christ Church
of Gardiner, declared that the Ann
erican people today are looking Tor
a remedy to alleviate that turbulant
and dangerous condition into which
we have fallen in trying to adjust
ourselves after the World War.
Yet these conditions are not new,
he pointed out. King David when
he wrote the Psalms must have been
passing through times like the pres
ent.
The long list Of cults, clubs, 'isms"
and "ologys" now in existence, was
referred to by Judge Cook, who de-
clared that now the American home
has come to be only stopping place
for a brief period at night. He
spoke of the crime wave sweeping
across the country to such an ex-
tent that in the larger centers of
population it is appalling. Men are
denounciDg the laxity of law en-
forcement and the wave of crime,
but how much is the average man
doing to stop these conditions?
Only when the American people
show that they are in earnest in
their desire for enforcement of law
will law be enforced" he declared
And the Christian Church, the
Church Of God, is the only Church,
the only religion which holds things
sacred which we hold sacred and
IF American liberty is to be pre-
served the Christian Church must
be preserved and if the Christian
Church is preserved you men will
have to do it. The clergy are do
ing their part. Men like us have
got to do the rest"
The speaker asserted that the av-
erage man is not willing to spend
one hour week in support of this
and is not willing to give his moral
support. He showed how futile are
such excuses for not going to church
as are often given by men whose
interest is lacking and who say that
the church has too much form and
Lhac they do not like the minister.
But the meanest man, in the speak
ers opinion, is the one who sends
ms children to church, but is not
Wiling to go himself-one who is
not willing to go, himself, to places
where he sends his children.
The Church as look at it." he
said, is for the sinner and not for
the saint. The saints do not need II.
The sinners do"
In conclusion, the speaker urged
the necessity of the man who looks
10 an orderly government in Amer
,oa giving his allegiance and support
10 That great fundamental institution
which underlies everything
Judge Cooks address was a WITH,
message for the thinking man and
was accorded hearty applause.
hon. Henry E. Dunnaek
IN introducing the speaker. State
Librarian Henry e. Dunnack gave
Dflel talk in which he opinted out
tnat a durable, perpetual peace Is not
IN sight, but the American peopIe arc
ready 10 cooperate in every effort 10
SSSuiS pence.
"A powerful navy and a resnectea
army must be retained for the nres
emit, he asserted. pres
international law must ha b.o,,
py christian conscience. IF II fails
10 Drlng peace. the white race win ho
destroyed. ace VIII be
Inc white race will never be de
sIoyeo by war. Luxury, self ind1,1-
sence and failure Of the home ~
junction may, however, destroy o,,u
power Te to produce race Of men" ~
mere was a large attendanc. ~
yesterdays session Of the Ancnsss
niwanis club, which was a patriots
mee.ing conducted by the Commits
on public affairs of which M. Duns
mack is chairman. Other members ~
THIS commimttee are: Fred T. Her ~
sey' Keith Ryan, Maurice A. Priest
Aioert E. Hall and Harold d. len.
nings. Frank e. Mace, vice president
VI the club, presided.
a visiting Kiwanian, Rev. Carl n
Sarland, formerly Of Bangor. the new
pastor at the Green Street Methodist
cnurch, was introduced and brought |
Greetings from Kiwanians of the
queen City.