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VOL. LXXXIV. RICHM
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VV have, in sales and subscriptions, and how
1 lie Sabbath is regarded by "his eminence,"
may be inferred from the following letter
which Cardinal Gibbons sent to all rectors of
flu; archdiocese of Baltimore and published in
llie Baltimore Catholic Review: "Cardinal's
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.Mil., Reverend Dear Father: The directors of
t lie Baltimore Catholic Review are desirous
1 hat I designate the first Sunday of each month
as Catholic Press Sunday. I most willingly
grant their request. Experience has proved
that, if copies of the Review be placed on sale
at the door of the church on Sundays and an
encouraging word be spoken from the pulpit,
the circulation of the paper increases at once
very considerably. Kindly further the cause
of a paper whose only reason of ^existence is to
procure the good of our holy religion. J. Card,
(iibbons. June 30, 1915."*
T N providing for conventions and conferences
X to stimulate the Church in good work the
organizers do not seem to note the fact that
they arc looking after practically the same old
crowd all the time. There is in the general programs
the same list of communities. The cities
that happen to be the centres are always embraced.
And in these communities it is practically
the same splendid "old eruard" that. liwin?lv
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and patiently submits itself to the educationalizzing
and inspirationalizing processes of the
able speakers who make the rounds. Our larger
communities ought by this time to be finely
trained. They have had ample opportunity.
Might it not be well, if general campaigns are
inaugurated, to make out lists embracing those
places, and there are very many of them, which
have been omitted in previous efforts? It
may be thought that the large, central community
is the natural gathering place of representatives
from the smaller cities around. But
has it been the experience of the organizers
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endeavors , to gather more than a handful
of men and women from the surrounding country?
If very many could be induced to come,
it would make the present method most happy.
But they cannot he so induced. So it comes
about that it is, after all, about the same old
crowd of faithful, liberal, educated Christians
who, to encourage any earnest effort, give
their time and money, again and again, to help
a cause to which they are already giving their
best.
CHRISTIAN business man sends to his
-* mends and customers a card on which
is neatly printed the following: "Thank God
every morning when you get up that you have
something to do which must be done whether
you like to do it br not. Being forced to work,
and forced to do your best, will breed in you
temperance, self-control, strength of will, dili
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genee, content and a hundred virtues which the
idle will never know." We wonder how many
people consider work that must be done whether
or not a cause of thanksgiving. And yet is
not this God's way of preventing our becoming
workers for Satan? lie who does faithfully
his God-given work will be sure of God's
blessing.
BE STRONG.
There is no better sentiment our hearts can
hold, as we enter upon the serious business of
life, than that expressed in the beautiful words
of Dr. Maltbie Babcock:
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Be strong.
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift,
We have hard work to do. and loads to lift.
Shun not the struggle, face it, 'tis God's gift.
Be strong.
Say not the days are evil?who's to blame?
And fold thy hands and acquiesce?O shame.
Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name.
Be strong.
It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day how long,
Faint not, fight on. To-morrow comes the song.
ft0 to Church To-morrow," is the slogan
VJ of a series of quarter page articles appearing
each Saturday in the New York Tribune.
These are intended to keep constantly
before the mind of its readers the duty of attendance
upon the public worship of God. The
articles are filled with arguments, based on
moral, social and civic conditions. The appeal
is made on grounds of the benefits derived from
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this generation and the children into whose
hearts and hands will fall the heavy burdens of
the coming generation, and while we may not
fully endorse all the arguments used, the aim
and purpose of these advertisements is beyond
question wise and helpful. Especiallly is it a
hopeful sign when public secular journals
throw the great weight of their influence on
the side of religion and are open and earnest
champions of its teachings. This indeed is
one of the most encouraging conditions of the
social life of today. Men of clear vision are
seeing that to the neglect of religion is traceable
many, if not all, of the difficulties and
burdens which to-day afflict society. May
these exhortations be heard and heeded and
thus our people be led back to the st.Andnnla
and influence which they have too long neglected,
and our nation attain that moral
strength and purity which is suggested by the
words of the wise man of old, "Righteousness
exalteth a nation but sin is a reproaeh to any
people.''
GOD is richly blessing the churches all
through our borders. Many are the reports
that have come to us of special services
held, of which it is said, "They were the best
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we ever had," "our people were never so
much blessed," "the community has never been
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awakened," "the Holy Spirit has been present
in great power," "many souls have been born
into the kingdom and God's people have been
revived." It looks as though God is using
the terrible world crisis through which we are
passing to bring men to consider more carefully
the serious things of life.
EVENING services in churches, especially in
hot summer weather, have always presented
to pastor and people a serious problem.
For some years it has been customary, in many
cities, to abandon the evening worship entirely
during the heated period. Information
received from a number of cities shows that iiie
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services have been held out of doors, in the
church yard or on convenient lawn or vacant
lot. In Atlanta the attendance at such a service
has been a thousand or more each night.
Everywhere largely increased attendance is reported.
It may be that some are attracted by
the novelty, others by the knowledge that they
will be free from the heat and discomfort of
the church building. At any rate they come
and to those who come the gospel is preached.
COMPLAINT is often heard that one's opportunities
are limited, that nothing but.
the commonplaces comes into one's life. Well,
the commonplace makes up the bulk of life, ami
the man or woman who attends carefully to
duty in the ordinary routine of life is in the
fairest way to be pronounced the hero or the
heroine at last. But both man or woman needs
to live a commonplace life. There is always
an open door to the highest ranges of spiritual
living arid spiritual exercise for those who are
willing to enter it. Cherish high aspirations
and live by them; they are your real guides.
r> USKIN wrote well when he exnressed him.
IX self thus: "Sunshine is delicious; snow is
exhilarating; there is 110 such thing as bad
weather?only different kinds of good
weather." The heat in its season, and the
cold in its time, are just what we need. Grumbling
with the weather makes neither it nor
ourselves any better or more comfortable. We
have the right to smile and be glad all the time.
We once knew a fine old Christian who remarked,
when commiserated upon his being
dripping wet, from a sudden heavy rainfall.
"Why, at my age I am grateful that I have
any weather at all!"
When we can praise God at all times, we
have reached the point where we can surrender
all our own plans and purposes in
life, and are willing to let God lead us into
either sorrow or joy as seems best to Him.