The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-10
THRONES TURN
TO CHURCH IN
HOUR OF NEED
Thousands Find Comfort in
Worship in Days of
Depression.
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N1thAhAAFu EfhH EAtt OutI
to the home Of the new acquaint-
nnce. or church neiRhbor
Hundreds OF men and women who
have visited the Tabernacle Presby-
terrain church. Thirty-fourth street
and Central avenue. recall the
splendid and inspiring visits Of the
Rev. j. Ambrose Dunkel.
What may be recorded Of Dr.
Dunkel may be said as truthfully
OF Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks Of All
Souls Unitarian church. now in
England on his vacation. and of
hundreds Of other ministers.
All Are Visited
indianapolis pastors. both Protes-
tant and Roman Catholic. are going
into the homes Of the chTched and
the non-churched
Opening Of the church door by
any member Of the church-going
cayalcade. whether affiliated directly
with any house Of worship or not.
means the opening Of the doors of
visits from pastors.
Many churches are using the
personal appeal campaign - every
member getting a new member into
the church before a city-wide evan
gelistic campaign starts in the early
fall as one OF the major steps in the
Church Federation program.
The Lutheran Evangelical church
of the Missouri Synod has a city
missionary hospital pastor in In
dianapolis.
Just an Idea
Indianapolis pastors are being
invited to talk at picnics of the
employees OF large industrial con-
Germs.
Mr.. Fackler spoke at such
picnic recently, and ne said: If the
Eli Lilly Company could perfect
spiritual serum which pastors could
apply by means Of a needle. much
could be done
In talking in his study Mr. Fack-
Ter contended that "liberality in
spiritual matters tendeth to a de-
cline I think We are getting too
liberal in some things"
But pastors seem to think that
being honest with God, we Will find
God"
Blame on Parents
The young people in our church.
Fackler points out. who do not at
tend services are not living in har-
mony with the instructions received,
which instruction is based upon
ChriSts teachings. Their spiritual
training should inspire them 10
church attendance.
Il find that too many parents en-
courage their children to neglect
church. They have minimized spiri-
tual matters"
Ministers all over the city are
delivering sermons of challenge. Of
inspiration and an invitation for
social and community service.
As one pastor puts it: I have
taken the he'll Jut of my sermons.
They will listen to a sermon that
has something challenging. some
thing constructive. I am through
preaching the graveyard stuff
Christianity Has Appeal
Returning to the study of Bishop
Francis OF the Episcopal church, we
hear him say: My own experience
when I was a boy was that I hated
Sunday school. They were poor in
stitutions then and we didn't learn
much
If Christianity is presented in
the right way it has an appeal We
Just didn't sit still in church, we
had something TO do - a distinct
service to render"
Study closely the black and white
pen drawing of Berg. the artist. on
the editorial page, in connection
with this article.
You will see the modern elderly
couple, the flapper, the boy Of today
and the people OF another day.
It's a Great Procession
The modern procession into the
church today is a repetition in
much larger way than when they
went TO church in the OK cart the
covered wagon, the horse-drawn
buggy and horse drawn street car.
Today the cavalcade arrives at
the church door on foot. in BUSES, in
big and little automobiles, in street
cars and taXicabS
The echo Of the ages that is be-
ing heard today-"The people want
God"
The next article of this series will
deal with the indianapolis Ministry
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