human
Almost every church has trouble with it--the different social conditions.
gpt
I thought all the churches here were organized on social affinities?
human
Oh, no; it is a good deal a matter of vicinage. When there is a real-estate extension, a necessary part of the plan is to build a church in the centre of it, in order to--
gpt
I declare, Page, said Mrs. Morgan,
human
That is just what I was saying, my dear: As the settlement is not drawn together on religious grounds, but perhaps by purely worldly motives, the elements that meet in the church are apt to be socially incongruous, such as cannot always be fused even by a church-kitchen and a church-parlor.
gpt
Then it isn't the peculiarity of the church that has attracted to it worshipers who would naturally come together, but the church is a neighborhood necessity?
human
All is, I ventured to put in,
gpt
I beg your pardon, said Mr. Morgan;
human
I'm talking about the kind of want that creates them. If it's the same that builds a music hall, or a gymnasium, or a railway waiting-room, I've nothing more to say.
gpt
Is it your American idea, then, that a church ought to be formed only of people socially agreeable together?
human
I have no American idea. I am only commenting on facts; but one of them is that it is the most difficult thing in the world to reconcile religious association with the real or artificial claims of social life.
gpt
I don't think you try much,