Show A H. WEEK DAY t y RELIGION Portland Oregonian Under this head bead a we week k or two ago the Satur- Satur atur- atur i day a Evening Post said When the I r 1 new religion comes or ot the old faith ralth Is reshaped to meet the thc modern needs one thing Is absolutely Is-absolutely certain certain It It I must be a religion that shall deal with mon men actively six days out of or seven Instead Instead In- In J st stead ad of ot attending to them only one day Of OC course courso there Is no person person- I al Dt reference In this to certain of or our citizens who attend church regularly on Sunday Sunda contribute largely of their theli means to the support of oC a minister who revamps religion to meet their special characteristics but who are as aH the tile hypocrites arc are when It comes to grabbing franchise wrecking estate and municipal charter manipulating Perhaps however the editor of or the theP theP P Pt st zany may have been reading The Ore Ore- and und has thus found a 0 text for a sermon on week day religion that has wide as ns well as Sl specific cation J However this ma may be the Inferences t h. cc ces cos drawn have personal bearing upon UlOn the Hie dally daily walk of ot a n prominent bu but fortunately not a a. large class o of our citizens and are Worth worthy of ot attention Among the tho logical deductions of ot the situation as illustrated here herc and elseWhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where b by unscrupulous men who dot don the tho cloak of or religion on Sundays and antI cast it off ort utterly during the following six days tIa's of ot the week In their dealings dealing with their fellow men inca Is th the statement that the churches have failed to conf convince con con- vince their followers that religion Is Iy a n apart f part part of or real life and that what they teach to teach to bo be worth the breath that voices the tho teachings teachings must must bo lIo practiced practiced practiced In business Proof of oC this Is seen In tho the large number of professedly professedly sedly religious Ious men who pa pay pulpit tax and pow pew rent ungrudgingly and anti generously gen sen- I but who vho never for one ono moment mo mo- mo- mo mont ment apply appl to the ordinary activities of or their lives what they profess I to be behove bell be- be ll hove are arc the ea of or salvation To lo them thorn the sermon on the mount Is Isas isas as a. much out of or date a as a old century almanac and antI the golden rule Is fit Cit only for tho the babble of ot children The Post thinks It would be lie Interesting interesting Inter inter- esting as bearing upon the lie topic of or a day week to know how many 1 of or the men recently Involved In Insurance u ance anco scandals In railroad graft and In OH Oil methods of ot competition aro professed proCessed Christians and church members In the present condition of ot religious b belief belief l. I. I e. e the theor theory and practice of oC religion religion religion-it It would be nothIng nothIng nothing noth noth- ing strange If Ie all aro devoted members members mem meat bers bars of oC some orthodox church Business Busi ness 1058 Is not religion proclaims tho the successful suc sue grabber franchise-grabber charter charter- manipulator and wrecker of or estates estate Th The inference Is that the last Is for tor torS S Sabbath sanctity the the first int f for r weekday weekday week week- day spoliation Possibly the Ideals of ot r religion bas based d upon UlOn the golden rule z arc arc false lalle to the conditions of ot human I Ii i I life theoretical life theoretical and remote If so It were better to quote again the Posto Post Pos to adjust rell religion lon to the world of ot tact fact and to make It an nn actual working hypothesis hypothesis hy hy- hy- hy In iii the thc lives of ot men Tho The only religion that will wm command the tho re respect respect re re- of or the very eo men who need it mO most moat t and the class Is by no means mean confined to the openly depraved Is th thone the theone theone one that speaks of oC them authoritatively authoritative authoritative- I ly Iy er c every day In tho the week a fI a. a religion that will chasten the tho materialism an antI and subdue the greed of oC th the rich put conscience conscience con con- science Into the efforts of ot wh who toll toll toil pur purge e the poor of or cm envy and th the successful man of arrogance and find Cind expression ii In the principle of or th the broth brotherhood of oC man I |