Show WRITERS IN UNIQUE DEBATE ON churchgoing CHURCH GOING QUESTION edgar A guest poet and philosopher and W 0 saunders of elizabeth city north carolina one of the known country co u editors in alifi states have just concluded a debate on the fhe subject of going church in which each has made a case for everybody on either cither of the question neither of the men knew all that other said until the american for january januar appeared the being presented side by side that issue saunders who takes the non goers side declares that he not like to go to church and did that he haa bas always of evangelical methods of condei as an attempt to drive people f church that he regards hymn book music as dismal and depressing do pres si n J and disapproves of the trite phrases of ministers in general x aich are either swallowed swallower lowel whole or beekly ex aused his multitude of ether arguments concludes conclude with th statement that lie he has sought to accept religion but that he has never been able to feel the call guest disclaiming being a religious fanatic takes the premise that while all good people do not go to church and all bad ones stay stai away those who do go are more ilore likely to be better neighbors than those who assume that hat all religion is sham and mockery mockers 1 I would not like to live in a state ora nation in which there were no churches and no churchgoers chuich goers he declares both men have summed up the most modern modem arguments on the age old question in a manner that they hope will be final and lead to the argument being dropped both stick closely to their side and the debate closes with out the bitterness that usually iba charac ruc ferizes the time awl honored 0 ved discussions of the question orr |