Moving Picture Age (1920) . hireof union operatorand other inciden-tals connectedwith the all is saidand done it is themanifest spiritualresults that have been most gratifying. The church that introducesthe moving picture, thinking that it will solve all problems, isdoomed to disappointment. If the only object is to draw crowds,both church and minister will have troubles greater than they nowhave. If it is to make nothing more than an entertainment it isan abomination unto the Lord. If prayer, consecration and a genu-ine spirit of Christian service is back of the undertaking, it
Moving Picture Age (1920) . hireof union operatorand other inciden-tals connectedwith the all is saidand done it is themanifest spiritualresults that have been most gratifying. The church that introducesthe moving picture, thinking that it will solve all problems, isdoomed to disappointment. If the only object is to draw crowds,both church and minister will have troubles greater than they nowhave. If it is to make nothing more than an entertainment it isan abomination unto the Lord. If prayer, consecration and a genu-ine spirit of Christian service is back of the undertaking, it may bea means of great Christian uplift and salvation. I believe in good moving pictures so thoroughly that I see noreason why churches, even in small communities, should not usethem to raise the tone and control the social life, as well as thereligious life of the community. A new feature of church community service was institutedabout four months ago. New moving picture equipment was in- 14 MOVING PICTURE AGE June, 1920. Rev. E. A. Thompson stalled in the chapel ofthe church and sincethat time has been usedfor showing good, clean,wholesome juvenile pic-ture programs eachSaturday afternoon forthe children of pictures are shownfree of charge and theaudiences have variedan the way from 275 upto 650. This new act of realservice on the part ofthe church has arouseda good deal of interestand has caused con-siderable favorable com-ment among the citizensof Quincy. The resulthas been so favorableand the need so greatthat the leading Metho-dist church of the cityhas installed a similarequipment and began toshow the same type ofpictures on Saturday aft-ernoon, April 24. ? A careful survey madelast December by theofficial board of the FirstUnion CongregationalChurch revealed the factthat there was not to befound in the whole cityof Quincy a good whole- some program provided regularly on Saturdays, which was ex-clusively for the education, entertainment and moral developmento
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