New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
SOUND SUGGESTIONS BY DR.. VIRGIN.


THE CHURCH sBoCLD sYmPArHrzE WITH WORK
soxgS-How 1T MAY HELP THIN.
The Rev. DR. Samuel H. Virgin. Of the Pilgrim Congre-
satienal Church In Harlem, has expressed MS
personal interest In Mrs Helen Campbells con-
riDutons TO The TRIBUNE on I" Prisoners OF Poverty
With Mrs j. g. Auyr he has given much personal afen-
aon and labor TO the work and progress Of the industrial
Mission Of the church. which has been maintained By 1t
Tor many years. He said
The painful facts which the stirring articles of Mrs
Helen Campbell have brought TO the attention OF the
public have long been known those who have inter
OF this city. Many cheek has flushed and hot words
have leaed to the HIPS Of the honest and the re at The
and penurious employer But sense OF
powerlessness remedy the evil has made wish for
en.laved womanhood There can be no questioning
Tuthfuness OF the facts presented. The nes OF the
organizations hss my profound sympathy, win furnish
enough detail to sthe every object0r New York Is Justly
and their conduct above rrproach But there are
some men and women in business too mean 70 i've TOO
civilized society Their elegant homes are built and fr
nlshed out Of the mlsiortunes Of the needy
III the Church OF the Lord Jesus christ does not SYM
pathze with the unfortunate and lift her voice against
he brutal oppresos. she Is unfaithf TO the name she
peaTs III she does make vigorous EFFORT Ia ai1 ID
securing Justice for tho-e who come within her shadow
she Is worthy OF rebuke II she does not strive 10 prevent
he evils by wise provision In distraction "a wen M IN
solemn warming. she sopen To severe criticism There
should he committee OF wise and largehearted men IN
every church specially charged With this Important
responsibility There is National ecLena- IL appears
IN many parts OF the National body. The easiest way TO
deal with IL Is TO scratch tile Affected part This Is the
Wish and the work Of the socialist But the Treatment is
not curative though there may seem 10 be
Back OF all these evils Is the vitiared hre-
current An outbreak on The face may be sign OF leu,
dency 10 consumption. VIII you apply AL Ointment
Yes. and die afterw ard More radical nieasifes must
be adopted Chief among them Industrial education
must he furnished 80 that Erls as well as boys shall
now 10 do something properly Cooking nist De tanght
by the churches till has It's place IN our pubic Schools
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It stated that Of $40 girls arrested in month and
brought u police station in Chicago oniy
100 knew how to sew or 90
lessness lies At the basis or Incompetence which Is the
parent OF want aud Encouragement Let me Industrial
school adjunct OF every church. where free
instruction gwen. and then the brutal employer can I've
left stunned for other work can be undertaken In
temperance is the cnnse Of much reported misery out
inability do anything well Ii the occasion OF empty
hands, empty pockets aud vicious lives.
Willie women justly cry out against many employers
they carefully examine their own Work anu gauge
their ability. and NJ themselves for higher and better
positions They must not Overvaue their LABOR mean
WHILE also Is the duty Of society 10 see 10 IL that ne
OppressOr OF the hreng Ia her wages has none OF
their patronage. Too many are glad 10 guy Articles
price TAR below their value without a
question a thought beyond the price There ought 10
he conscience IN The purchaser as We'll az Ia The seller
The yItuos the ris ohset by the eager aud
happy securing OF prtLe al the store When pubic
sentiment slsts openly every wOrKlngwomAh u main
tanning the right Of prompt payment lust wages TOR er
toll. the UNJUST employer. who Is always coward. VIII
either pay properly or go ont OF the business nen mere
charity for the poorly clad not In the purse only
mat Association snail Oe
qurnt and class distinctions broken almost r-
resstibe help will be furnished the wageworkers tO OPP
pose successfully all unjust oppression Aud this must
begin IN and be fOsterel 10y the Church.
At every point Of the solution OF the dhcuiues OF
modern society forced back u the WORK OF me
Christian Church. which Is educauve. suinu
atise and protective. IL does not exist
siluply for the world beyond, but for the
life that now is Her pulpits should ring with no an
certain soun members should act with no alterine
snrif Christ again in His Church before
fourold before the
are driven TroLu the temple precincts
will be great dressing To hundreds OF poor d1s
tressed women when domestic service shall lose It's
present nenal relations. and The Old word help take
the place servant Till that IL done cannot blame
Intelligent worthy girls who refuse tO be rOdden under
nj those who their Interiors IN ali but earthly
pOsseSsous. by submitting to their halgAty domnl0u
How many Christian families in New-lOrk invite Tie do
mestics family Worship Yet in many Southern
families the slaves present waen God was wor
shipped. Judgment must begin at the House or God
Many Idols fall before the supeudous wrong which
this question sClOses Is T1Shted But ali the wrongs O
society cOmblued 10 excuse for fallen woman
than deDauchery Rose Haggerty falls IA
being erOne and tue pathos dues out OF tue story ~heI
she yields Better starvation Tor herself and the
children than the sailors n-purchased money