Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Jul 1938, p. 26

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Is THE CUC AT Fàu.LT?-' A few weeks ago there'were rvCOrded in this col==i the isipessions of la man w-ho. flot,,accùs- tomed to r<èguh attendnce at. church1 servic es. was srpri sed te note hojwfew merr and woten Of the midi age braicket were present. Firther pursuit of the subiec is here. undertaken. not 'in itýicimof the church. but, on 'the whc'-le. ini défense of it. Qehas on1ly te visit anyv af the fine churche s that, dot thet'North Shore .te realize that there is somthmng decidedly vvrong. ýThat which is iwrong may net be the fault of the chu-ch aton-e. It mnay lie entirelv with those people who shou!d'be in the chmdic but are not. or bath chtzrch and ~pope ay ,contribute te the situation. What stanids ,out moost promînentiv in the inid or~ one standing on the side lUnes and viewing the stib 'ect. without prejudice. is that the ehiurche5 are not recerving the support of their cmuxisin the measm're to which they have a right to x pet If they 'rere receiving suich support. there woudd be n eipty pews. anxd every activity ef the church would be going for w rd under a fuI! hea.d of steam.- The pastor would neot netif ta be a in~ania1 wiuad in order te stretch the church usor anflyGutetr capturug. Aumog sugested reasons for non-attendance at church. anid this of course carmes with it non- support, is bzine-ýs. People spend s" much timne on business and social affairs that thev f ccl they m'ust give up something. and the easiest thirg to gieup is the churck- "It's nice ta get ip .in the moning, Lut its nicer te lie in bed-at an cMW sng. and nnquestiooablv it. tits nmanv non- o' ry and the reswr-et-" church. as a whoWe, s standing Dy its gtzns, pre-. pared to de fend its right te existence. which i- 1luesi right, to the presence and support of the Peeple ai it5 cammunity. The% trouble seems ta bé that too. few people aerigion. conscjous. Thev do flot knowho great a part religion i as played in the civilization and culture which they now enjoy. or havin;g known have forgotten.Nô have thev seezningly paused to ponder on, what a tr.agic. thinit ould be Àif-religion were tast ta the world.' ust imagine what" thiS North Shore of ours would be. without, churches ' And wihuîts conSecdrated ýpas*ors! To'ikta f a solution. ta the church's Doablems were îound. a solution ta the maniv problems that nbw harass the world wobuld>alsn be 'found, is not dffcult. If avarice malice.' nvyhaired, covetousness. personia! ambition ard alli, Dhase th-ings that lead away fram religion cudbe destroved and forgotten. the way woul d be made clesar -or a -rtturn to thefaith of u -aters. a faith that has neye r yet faiied ta sus- tain hroughe-ey humadn e-perience. The mis- _i c;ot tht church ista teach and preach that, fîaith. It .iS a holymisin delegated by the SavorUins1f Ncburch &rd no mini*ster holdS a monlopoly Ofi; it. Records szhow that thousands upon thousandiz have -hit the sawdust ta fol- lw:ga-peals by puiplt ons More h- sarlds have been led to fai:h by ,:Ip;t scholars. Leitbte church ufuill its mizssIon. and the people Fieid* under the abclve caption, makes the fol- Iowing appetal ta drivers ta it kill his little giri- Tavmy daughter. who i, S Seven years aid. started ta school as usziab She ware a dark 'blocu dre-ss With a white collar. Shýe had on black snc'-e5 and wore bine gloves. lier Co--cker spa.ei. whose niaine is 'ScottC sat on the frGnt porch arnd' whined 'bis canine belief ini the folly of educationi as she waved' good-l>ye* and star-ted tte E3Ti e datrun ovel y itekr' crease for the Year ot our isiru 93. Ile ovLr that the .Wý%PA is supplying layettes for relief familv, babies. .4ow a layette is--oh. welIl, vou kuiw hata avete 's o longer: need ther be any worry about who will take tare, of the baby., As a matter of. precaution this colum n is writ-; ten in advance of the Fourth of Julv. MissJng fingers"constitute a, considerable handicap to the operà,tion of -a typewriter. Sometimes w-e are astonished.'a 1 Wasmvti- fied, bby the "scoops" made by the metropolitanf press. Actually, thev seem ta et news 'bfrei lias -been made. Fridav's issue of ouý favcrite bekatpaper dev-oted a half colunoh the iront paze 'ta a story of young men painting houSe nrimrbers on the curbs, and gi%-iniz the hou5eholder an opportunity to pay a smail surn filr the eer%-ice" The practice a initiated an the Nor7th Shýore five or more vears ago. Headiines; in 1ast Thurzda\<s papers indicate that the Wag ner Labnr act and the National Labor Relations board leai-e much ta *be ac- complîshed in 'harmonizing employer and em-' ployee.. At Lombard. M.,. Go%-ernor Horner is asked ta 'iejnforce helpless police in an 'effort ta -make bossible the erection nÇofhnnahos v a pany at Naorth Chicago, 111. Al of which if it means anything. that laws are value in brinzing capital and labor toaa tien that their- interesïs are identical. imeans, without realiza-, Ga-igsters live f a.t and stop suddenly. In -point:- In Chicago 'last week one of the hreed left a doox-wa'v to cross the sidew-alk ta his waiting' automobile. Behind bim stepped another man, there was a Ioud report. two more shots fired into. a corpse a quick, getawv-anohriznrc'kp.f L y And so to press- Tim PIRANTIM1RuoRm CIE

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