Show DO YOU NEED A CHURCH church atten attendance danco has been on the decline statistics Statistic 4 reveal that only 30 per cent of the membership attends church services that is sot not a heartening disclosure in a period when morals and spiritual values are needed by a people grasping for social economic and moral relf relief ef church attendance fluctuates with economic conditions when prosperity is on the wing individuals feel less the need of relying on things spiritual they gloat in their self reliance when men depression hits the nation and men are 0 burdened with responsibilities and hardships they turn to spiritual values for encouragement and Busten sustenance ance such is the record of church attendance the world has undergone great ci changes langes history is in the mak ing political economic and kocaj forces are arc in the throes of revision we toppled from the heights to the depths and hiir our civilization civilisation is floundering its permanency depends upon mans support of moral and sipi ritual values character integrity and the golden rule are arc still more valuable than gold armies and private gain this is not a sermon it is a fact fac t the permanency of civilization depends upon mans acceptance of moral and character values aes ues president roosevelt recognized this truth when he invited the nation to go to church loyalty 1 sunday october 7 merle thorpe editor of nations business says there is good reason for turning to the church today for disorder in the outer world has brought disorder to the spirit of man our economic recovery Is tied in with moral recovery they will go hand in hand when men recognize the rights of others when they live the golden rule the world will lose its troubles the church is in tile the business of building character man is at the task of building prosperity man needs the church the church needs man |