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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Aug 11, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 32.

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Churches and Football

The tendency of these times to intermingle Christianity and worldliness until the distinction between the two is almost lost sight of, is illustrated by the interest some churches of the capital city are showing in athletics. Under the heading “Churches Lay Plans for Football League,” the Washington Times calls attention to the projected formation of a football league in the Sunday-school Athletic Association, which it is believed would prove financially successful by reason of the church patronage it would have. “The Gunton-Temple baseball team, which won the championship in the church baseball league last season,” says the Times, “formed a football league at the close of the baseball season, and played nearly a dozen games, meeting with much success. The eleven always had a large church following at its games, and should a league be formed this fall, it is assured of a good patronage from the various churches.”
Just what place a football league will be able to fill in the religious economy of the Christian church is a matter not clear to the comprehension of the ordinary mind.