Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-05-30 | Page 12 | New Kind of Sabbath Church and Then Play

NEW KIND OF SABBATH 2 CHURCH AND THEN PLAY LP e o- o oe to aura It l i h I r rS rL L M S A A ao o a aw Qt w a ar ar r r 1 ItI e c Rev 1 t l r t td's 1 ta- ta taP P e e Hy Dy SE NE Sen Ice I OXVILLE Tenn-In Tenn In order that church members may spend the tho Sabbath In such forms ol ot ree- ree recreation rec recreation as will make mako the th day most restful and enjoyable Trinity Methodist church will hold Its morning services lit at t the early hour ot of 7 every Sunday throughout the summer This unusual step was voted by bythe bythe bythe the church board at the of ot the pastor Rev Jesse p Bogue who recently came to Trin Trin- TrinIty Trinity ity church from Indianapolis In the tho following article written for tor NEA Service and The Ogden Standard Examiner Rev Mr Bogue tells why he ha took this course of ot action and explains his conception of ot the place the th Sab- Sab Sabbath Sabbath Sab Sabbath bath ought to occupy By fly REV RE JESSE P BOGUS DOGUE Pastor Trinity Methodist Church Knoxville The reason for tor havIng a 7 o'clock Sunday morning service ot of odivine divine worship Is to provide for tor forthe forthe the religious needs of ot people who desire to take tak their families and go into the country for tor a day of fres hair rest and recreation In Gods God's great out doors NEED FOR WORKERS I have felt Celt this to be a great need for men and their families who are arc shut up In tho the city dur- dur durIng during dur during ing the week It If they are com com- compelled compelled compelled to wait walt for the th late Sunday service they ar are not abl able to leave the city until tb the sweltering part ot of the tho day Then too the first part ot of the day Is the freshest and It Is the universal testimony of ot people that when they give live the best part of the day dllY to religious thought and meditation they are benefited thereby all 1111 the more As to playIng golf coif going fish fish- fishing tish ing mountain climbing or hikIng log Ing or driving In automobiles I Iam Iam Iam am not nt a Judge ot of the th consciences ot of my m people I I believe bellev that the Sabbath was made for tor man an and not man for tor forthe the Sabbath What Is rest and andr recreation for tor one oni person Is not for Cor another and I 1 b believe e that people should be b free Cree tre to follow tollow any line Itne ot of o diversion that Is best beet suited for tor their own needs so long longas longa Il as they do not thereby work rork the hardship ot of o labor tabor on other people on the day dllY ot of o rest lOT OT CHunCH UNIX ONLY I 1 do not believe belleve that Sunday Is 1 Isa a 11 day merely for tor going to church I believe the churches should ot of of- of offer otter tel ter such lIuch inspiring services and at such times In the day that every everyone everyone one could have bave hav an opportunity to even the men ir-en and women who are ar compelled under our pres pres- present pres- pres present present ent Industrial system to t to work I 1 do not believe that that forms forms torms ot of recreation that give elve rest reet rc t and re- re refreshment refreshment re refreshment freshment to those thos who participate pat pate In them are ar incompatible either with Ith the spirit of the th day or the spirit of o worship of o God Copyright 1926 11 NEA Service Inc