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Aberdeen (Wash.) World
To what cause may be attributed the growing tendency of men to neglect the church? Why is it that men do not go to church? It was once the case that men manifested much interest in religious work, but now that manifestation is almost exclusively feminine. What's the matter with the men—or the church?
They are trying to find the answer to these questions here in Kansas City, and investigators are not numerically small. Interest in the subject follows the late visit of a noted divine who undertook to discuss the problem, and thereby started a discussion that seems unlikely to end for some time. The investigators concede at the outset that men do not attend church. Of course, conditions are not identical the country over. In some communities one will see many men at church. Generally speaking, however, the average present-day congregation is made up largely of women. Not only is the church relying now on the support of women, but even the theaters, music, art, letters, and philanthropy are actually dependent upon the interest of the gentler sex.
It is not to be denied that the moral condition of men is steadily improving. Drunkenness, for instance, is on the decline. The percentage of criminals is decreasing. Conditions have improved even in the slums. In this city of nearly half a million people the spectacle of a drunken man is indeed uncommon. Drunkards cannot obtain employment! no one has any use for them, and the drunkard is also a loafer. Again, the liquor interests are discouraging drunkenness, which, contrary to orthodox belief, is bad for the saloon. Nowadays a drunken man cannot buy liquor at so-called first-class bars.
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December 4, 1909 issue
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DIFFICULTIES NOT HINDRANCES
SAMUEL GREENWOOD.
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FIDELITY TO GOD'S WORD
REV. HENRY M. PERKINS.
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"THOU ART A HARD MAN"
GRACE POTTER.
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OUR DEBT
F. ISABEL B. NORTON.
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HELP FROM OTHERS
WM. HART SPENCER.
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THE CLOUDS OF SENSE
STELLA E. SAXTON.
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HUMAN DISCIPLINE VS. DIVINE
PEARL BEMIS PERSONS
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THE MASTER'S CALL
MARY LLOYD MC CONNELL.
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To what cause may be attributed the growing tendency...
Percey B. Sovey
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In a recent issue of Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger there appeared...
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Jesus did not buy the pardon of the world with his life,...
Frederick Dixon
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So he died for his faith...
Ernest Crosby
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MRS. EDDY TAKES NO PATIENTS
Editor
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A LETTER BY MRS. EDDY
Mary Baker Eddy
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A RELIGION OF DOING
Archibald McLellan
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LETTERS TO OUR LEADER
with contributions from Mary Baker Eddy, E.M. Ramsay, Alice Gray, New York Christian Science Institute, Nellie Neall Trout, Charles M. Howe, Richard P. Verrall, Ida Ehrich, Willard S. Mattox, Annie V. C. Dodgshun, Minnie Smithson Palmer, Frances M. Brown, Sara Susman, Rose L. Dubois, Le Roy B. Cramer, Gottfred Berg, Rosalie Roberts, Alice B. Taber
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THE LECTURES
with contributions from C. C. Rice, T. T. Beach, E. W. Dickey
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About nine years ago one of the popular magazines...
Jane L. Vilas with contributions from William F. Marrs, Emily Margaret Marrs
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It is now over five years since we took up the study of...
Lillie Graybael
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From the time I was a small boy until recently, a period...
George A. Andrews
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Since taking up the study of Christian Science, three...
Irvine McCauley with contributions from Fred Klopping
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I have a great desire to make public at least a small...
Ed. R. Marshall
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I started this year with the assurance that I was on the...
Louise White with contributions from Tessie Rector
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I came into Christian Science for the spiritual help which...
Rose N. Chaddock
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I am indeed grateful for what Christian Science has done...
Mabel E. Cohoe
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TRUTH'S DAWN
FLORENCE HARDIMAN MILLER.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
with contributions from R. J. Campbell