Religious Appetite Needed
By Editor
Religious Appetite Needed.—This morning's paper (May 22) announces a new tabloid food, of which enough can be carried in the vest pocket to last a day or a week, we do not recall now. That is the kind of church services now demanded. It is a serious condition which faces both Protestants and Catholics. The latter used to boast of their full church attendance, but a prominent Catholic paper before us is demanding a "low mass," or short service. Many Catholics will not attend the high mass, the long service, whether appealed to or threatened. It is a significant sign of the times. Men are turning from the religious, the spiritual. An entertainment three and four hours long does not weary, but a religious service of over an hour is intolerable. Perhaps the service may be at fault; but what about the appetite for the things of God?