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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 
Question Box SERvick AT EVENING 
MEETING PROVES TO BE SUCCESS. 
A‘ the last Sunday evening service 
at the Congregational church, 
Manchester, Rev. Charles A. Hatch 
conducted a question box service. 
Questions which had been written out 
and placed in the box at the earlier 
services in the day were answered by 
the pastor. Owing to the large num- 
ber of persons who took the oppor- 
tunity to ask the solution of some of 
their troublesome problems only a 
short time could be given to answer- 
ing each question. The service was 
particularly interesting owing to the 
timeliness of the majority of the ques- 
tions. “Mr. Hatch said at the begin- 
ning of the service that the question 
box gave a man a chance to show his 
dexterity in answering perplexing 
questions without time for prepara- 
tion and that it also gave a clue to 
what people were thinking about. 
“What harm is there for church 
people to dance and play cards?” was 
the first question taken from the box. 
Mr. Hatch said that there were many 
Christian men and women who danc- 
ed and still kept up their duties to the 
church. Speaking from his personal 
experience the pastor said that in the 
theological seminary he and many of 
the other men smoked. He was often 
troubled about the propriety of a min- 
ister smoking and finally came to the 
conclusion that it was not right for 
him to do so. He said that one’s con- 
science should determine the answer. 
If a person feels that there is doubt 
of his ability to serve the church best 
while playing cards or dancing he 
should give up the amusement. On 
the other hand if one could play cards 
or dance without jarring one’s higher 
self it was all right to play. He be- 
lieved with St. Paul that “all things 
are right to them who think right.” 
“Which is more conducive to the 
growth of soul life, Bible study or 
prayer?” was another question. 
Neither is sufficient alone in the mind 
of the pastor, but both are necessary. 
“Did miracles really happen as 
given to us in the Bible?” The ans- 
wer was that many of the miracles, 
such as the raising of Lazarus from 
the dead, were probably only para-— 
bles and come to us as a source of 
teaching. ; 
“What is the Holy Spirit?’ The 
answer was, that the mind of man 
was expanding through the ages and 
that his conception of the Diety found 
expression in different phraseology in 
different periods of time. At present 
what is understood by the Holy Spirit 
is some force which comes from God 
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into the lives of men and influences 
their actions. 
“Do Protestant churches address 
prayers to God or to Jesus Christ?” 
Jesus has the value of God. He has 
revealed Himself and God through 
Him. The custom is to address pray- 
ers to God in the name of Christ. 
“Does God control all our actions ?” 
The answer was that many people be- 
lieve that everything in life is pre- 
destined and that they have no control 
over their sinning. Mr. Hatch said 
that this belief takes away the free 
will of choosing good or evil and that 
he believed that God had made the 
will free. 
“What is the Trinity?’ Mr. Hatch 
said that the Trinity referred to God, 
the Father; God revealed in the Son 
and in the Holy Spirit. He said that 
the conception of God as a Trinity 
was opposed by some, but that the 
best way was to “hold to and cherish 
the things which have come down to 
us.’ ‘We cannot know God, but as 
he has revealed himself to us as the 
Son, and as he works in us as the 
Holy Spirit.” 
“Has the idea of ‘eat, drink and be 
merry for tomorrow we die,’ possess- 
ed our young men of today so that 
they take no thought of the future?” 
This question Mr. Hatch answered 
briefly by saying that often it would 
almost appear to be true. 
“What does ‘Holy Catholic Church’ 
in the Apostles’ Creed mean?” The 
pastor said that it meant the “Holy 
Universal Church.” The Apostles’ 
Creed was probably not written for 
the Apostles, but later in the history 
of the church, although probably be- 
fore there had been any dissension, 
and referred’ to the universal Chris- 
tian church as it was at that time. He 
said that now all Christian people 
agree on the fundamentals of their 
faith in spite of minor differences and 
that they still represented the univer- 
sal church. 
An explanation was asked of the 
apparition, which is reported to have 
appeared over one of the battlefields 
of Europe during the present war. 
It was reported to be a man of great 
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size and to have bent over and bound 
up the wounds of the injured. When 
German soldiers fired at it repeatedly 
it still remained for some time. No 
explanation was attempted except thet 
it might have been the creation of an 
excited brain, that one soldier might 
have thought he saw it and had passed 
the storyon toanother until the account 
of it became generally believed. Mr. 
Hatch said that one conclusion could 
be drawn, however, and that was that 
in spite of the hate engendered by 
strife some men still saw in their 
minds the “Man of Gallilee.” — 
“What was the length of the day 
of Creation?’ Mr. Hatch explained 
that the story of the Creation of the 
world was of Babylonic origin and that 
the “day” in which the world was 
created probably covered millions of 
years, the “day” being a figure of 
speech. 
“What are the differences between 
the Baptist and Congregational 
churches?” Mr. Hatch said that to- 
day there is very little difference ex- 
cept in the matter of immersion at 
baptism. He said that he thought he 
could go into a strange place and 
preach in a Baptist church and satisfy 
the people. 
“Should Christian people consider 
Tuesday evening prayer meeting as a 
permanent engagement?” Mr. Hatch 
said that when a person joins the 
church he promises to support all ser- _ 
vices of the church and it is his duty 
to be present at the prayer services. 
At the service next Sunday evening 
there will be a stereopticon lecture on 
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