A CHURCH PROBLEM.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 942, 8 October 1910, Page 10

A CHURCH PROBLEM.

GITS'>aMd' : P§TOJBAN CHtffiCHES/ '- -"",'"':, r!''?'!*:'"Tit:i vtt ' ' .' '.■ '. ':' ' ,| :. Sir^ini^our^ssise'fjpf. September; 12..;j under.SilieL^ah'oye/iU'eali'ng l is l ,a' -letter' C,: Inthat'il§tt:erVthis:^en;teh i ? 6 'occurs :;.;"The question: iis--askeH^if|/tihis: distribution: !took:%laee :! >Fiat:;:wenld' s ; :-beoome 'of;;-the centtal/ibity'oclrun^The following paragrspbyfemH •* , l phristk'liity'.s, .Sibrni' may inter-; estih¥;.:in::'irefete'ncK:' ''to'J'tithe question 1 ■askef I liSUKe'".Cfliureli'itbiday -seem's to MveSftrriyed'^ .there are; >wib';!iaikl:of ivtbe'^urbli'is'bolding: her ; a . Mbl.|s!fa';^bmtoissi6fi! ; .itoScQ% it..may! whole, .^ : (^nSji^;.^fi^ss|ul^dg^*j^at: tbe'i :;Cfl'uroi city • in 1 :. : Aempvaa ■oi>fe.'.l]ts Sqi^.^elyTPolEfu-"' M^di;se^ipns'.wiera; : ifeeded^K-',; : /:; :-,|':''v^rv :^fti': y''''?- ;^-~i' '■ ;:. '.'We "piant : as arrule,' noiwhereitbe largest number-of. Jeople ■ -live", 'but ;whore, -the ' Church will; re-: ccive.tbe.largestrfinaiicial. support; W-e'; ;«ometinies: : forget' /thai'' the' - Ciiurch.' is.' |. simply,,>.a ; :means:t6. !; an.-ehd.,-We- talk, about building: up' the Church- instead ; ,'bf- building ..up, the people.-' ritb're-!'■-cent''■ years,'':forty;-:Protestant. churches.' moved out of the. district .below 'Twen-. ; tieth. Street, in New York' Git}',. while 300,000. people, moved in. ■vThis --ply. typical vof practically "eveTy city-'in the country.'., Alarmed for her .safety,: and -for:her"very life;■.'the,Ohu'rch'lias' 'soun'ded;a dismal retreat in: the face: of: the' 'greatest'opportunity which .has:' ever' .-come to her-in the" cause of home missions and-.patriotism."—l am,'\eto,, : , c #. EXSTSON, ": Brooklyn; September 14, 1910)... v : : ..!;' "?;[This"letter has. been delayed in publieation.']::' ~',';.,..;' -.:v : .xO