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Tombstone Epitaph
Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
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Dr. Ernest C. Richardson of Princeton questions if church attendance signifies progress, quoting Dr. Samuel J. Andrews' anecdote: an enthusiast boasts of 1,200 churches in Philadelphia, but Andrews counters that 800 synagogues existed in Jerusalem at Jesus Christ's crucifixion, implying numbers matter little.
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Number of Churches or Synagogues Seem to Be of Relatively Little Moment.
"Is it progress to go to church or not to go to church?" asks Dr. Ernest C. Richardson of Princeton university.
Thereupon he answers the question in this wise: "What is almost the last word that can be spoken on universal progress at the present stage of affairs was once spoken by that most gracious and polished author of the most scholarly 'Life of Our Lord.' Dr. Samuel J. Andrews, apropos of this very matter.
"An enthusiastic apostle of Christian endeavor in a quiet library reading room was holding forth in noisy conversation on the wonderful progress of the church in these latter times.
"Why. just think of it.' he cried. there are twelve hundred churches (if it was twelve hundred) in the city of Philadelphia alone today: twelve hundred churches. just think of it!'
"Doctor Andrews looked up from his book at the strenuous declaimer and remarked quietly: And there were eight hundred synagogues (if it was eight hundred) in Jerusalem at the time when Jesus Christ was crucified."
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At The Time When Jesus Christ Was Crucified
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Dr. Richardson poses if churchgoing is progress and quotes Dr. Andrews' anecdote of an enthusiast praising 1,200 Philadelphia churches as church progress, countered by Andrews noting 800 synagogues in Jerusalem during Christ's crucifixion to suggest numerical growth is not true progress.