Show 1 I The Church and ind Politics Tf I Dy By DR FRANK CRANE Under this title an editorial was published the theother theother other a metropolitan dally rebuking the Methodist Methodist Meth- Meth odist churCh hurch for meddling In politics It intimated that a churchs church's real business was looking after men mens souls and getting th them m to heaven that It had no right right t to meddle In mens men's condItions ons It all depends on what you think a church Is for The old idea Is that tha i It Is the business or of the church and church workers to snatch ch men as as' as brands from fron the burning to make Sure that they get out of this world Into the world of bliss The modern Idea however is that It Is the churchs church's business to make human life more bearable and more ideal wIthout reference to what may happen beyond the grave It If the church Is to male make men more moral and mor more more- social cr creatures and It if It Is to remove those things that render them antisocial th the church ought t be In politics B But t It If Ifa a business Is simply to fold his hands pIously on hIs breast and roll his eyes to heaven without reference to whether his brother Is hungry or not perhaps this papers paper's Idea Is correct It looks to us however as It If this paper Is takIng a medieval point of vIew or of this whole question The busIness of the church Is to Incorporate Into our Jaws and our customs as much ot the moral convictions eon con ot of humanity as possible being sure that these moral ns are not mere opinions but butare butare are demonstrated wa ways s In which men can be happIer happier hap hap- pIer and human lire lite made better S Perhaps It Is the business ot of the church to tomake tomake make sure that people have tickets ticket for heaven but it seems to us that It Is rather the business of the church to make this world a pleasanter place to live In and remove those evils which interfere with the welfare of mankind Copyright 1927 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate |