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Show the means taken to spread, to teach, to use that reh.-'on. j And the "matter" to many people who try to think construe-: tively, is that those in authority in the churches place too much em-' phasis upon the mechanics of religion and out enough on the spiritual things of that religion. Church fathers, elders, deacon:; and dig- ; nitaries meet and spend precious time discussing what words to leave : in and what to take from, the ritual; they waste time and etlor trying to decide whether this ban shall be removed and that one put on, while people hunger to be taught of God. Let the churches forget internal fights ever nonessentials and devise new and better ways of teaching men and women the spirit of true religion, and it will be the Sunday moving-picture house manager man-ager who wails that the church takes all his audience, not the clergyman clergy-man who sorrows that his flock would rather see a picture than to listen to him. Moab Times-Independent. LOSING SIGHT OF THE MAIN THING It is always much easier to say of anything "this is wrong" than to say of the same thing, "this is the way it should be done." Destructive criticism is easy. Constructive criticism is difficult. It is simple enough to ask, "what is the matter with the church?" or "what is the trouble with religion?" and as simple to answer "it is old fashioned ' or "it isn't modern enough" or "it lacks courage" or some other complaint which rriakes no suggestion. Of course, there is nothing the "matter" with religion. The . belief in a Supreme Diety, and worship of that Diety is an ingrained human fundamental. The "matter" is not with religion, but with |