Show S m ALl CHURCH CH DA DAY Y HAS GONE GON GONSo So Declares Hansen In Baptists Sunday Sermon The The Church of Dreams was the subject taken for tor ser a-ser a ser ArthurJ mon neon Sunda Sunday by the Rev Key n v J Hansen before the Baptist con con- con con- congregation congregation He said in part There are too many mony peanut churches Frederick Frederick Frderick ng writ Ing In on Oil the subject Shall We e Tear TearDown Tea r Down the Ch Churches recommends an Immediate reduction In the number of or churches so so that those which remain may be strength strength- strengthened strengthened ened The day of a multitude o of f small churches is gone as surely lS as the day of the tho little red school ouse Unmistakably the tho mOve mOve- mOvement movement move movement ment is on for or th the nd unification of ot Christian forces so are testing days for the church Any church that expects ness to endure must prove Its its useful ness fleas All rill true Ch Christians are ore builders ChrIst came not to destroy but bu buto t to butto fulfill It la le Is an evil cull spirit which takes delight In pullinG g things to pieces The Tho work of the church must must- st above all be constructive o and di display play a spirit of love love and forgiveness a big bli generous generous tolerant spirit The fu tu future tune ture tu e belongs to such soch a t church and nothing In earth or hell can prevail against It It If It the church Is to Is-to to to have a healthy health an and l happ happy family life It mu children t first thought to to the chil- chil chil dren Iren A Chicago o artist has paint paint- painted painted ed eJ a pl picture ture ot of ota a dream church 0 Ind ind plena nd the brightest test part of the tho plc- plc Irp pic na IE to the faces of of happy ri en ion who have found a 0 church which hl h they hey lov love The The great great- great IM tot r f privilege of a R church Is a to t ach aeh ch children the wonderful way or of life the tho wa way of o ot love lo and obedi obedi- obedience obedience ence inc and prayer Bricks and mortar donot do not make a church It takes God to make a church Elijah built an altar but It was only a pile of ot stones until he began begon to pray Then the fire tell fell from heaven and the people were convinced eon that the Lord Cord was God A church that does tot not win men to the knowledge and love of God and the love love of of their neighbors Is a doomed church 00 |