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Show ABANDONING CHURCHES IN STATE OF KANSAS A state conference of pastors and teachers in Kansas has brought to public notice lbnf there are upward of luOO of abandoned houses of wor-Iship wor-Iship In that state It is reported that In thp conference an opinion prevailed that the decline of popular Interest in church service Is due mainly to fondness fond-ness of motoring. The facts are of more than passing 'interest Kansas was founded hardly 'more 'han fifty years ago by men and women to whom religion was as the i breath of their nostrils Zealots In the cause of ahnlition and, of Christianity Chris-tianity as thev understood It the Bible was the household book and worship j something more than a & nray observance. ob-servance. Their spirit was that of I Puritans soinK to Armageddon to battle for the Lord. Their songs were all hymns. Their piety had ever a fighinx edge on it Rehold now their grandchildren i Hoof f to worship, abandon churches and take to Sunday Joy riding' New ,York WorlJ. |