National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-11-26
THANKSGIVING SERMONS.
ABLE DIsCOURsEs FROM ELOQUENT d.
VINES ON SPECIAL TOPICS.
Tho Social Question the Greatest Before
the world-Ths Present Against tho
Past = Our Country and Its Safe
guards

The Rev. DIR. Bartlett preached the
Thanksgiving sermon at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church yesterday
morning. The church was crowded to the
doors with an extremely fashionable audi.
ence, many ladies being present. The dis
tinguished divine chose for his subject
1.-THE Relations Of the Clergy and the
Church to the Social Revolution" and for
his text, "For We glory In tribulation
Also" Rom. v, Ill. The audience listened
with Tapt attention for over an hour TO the
dlyine's wonderful eloquence. Space for
bids the sermon In full The doctor spoke
In substance as follows
This country, which is the greatest agri-
cultural, mining, and manufacturing coun-
try in the world, has paid more for educa-
= ton and less for war than any other country
could afford TO discuss these greater prob.
lens and the menaces against existing In
situations.
The greatest question now before the
world Is the social one that ranges from
trades unions on the one had TO nihilism on
the other, affects every nation on the globe,
all parliaments aud cabinets.
Here DIR. Bartlett reviewed the extent OF
| this social revolution, tracing II through
| history, eliminating It's latter days In the
outbreaks that occurred from st. Peters
burg to Chicago. He also discussed it's
| demands and terrible earnestness, and It's
| causes In past tyrannles, feudallsm, monop-
| olies, unjust legislation. bad laws, and
| degradation Of labor.
The Rev. Doctor then examined the fall
lacies Of the average socialist; the fallacy
| that there should be no property in land;
thot labor ia the only value; that capital is
theft; the fallacy that the state should con-
| troll rather than the individuals; that II Is O
matter OF environment. The doctor said
"The human race is only one year ahead OF
| famine. Men mustla Socialism under
all its experiments fails to give labor as
much as 1t receives under the present state
| of things.
1.-THE adoption ofsocialistlc theories would
| relegate us back to barbarism. We are
hardly prepared b. destroy this civilization
ut the bidding OF false philosophy, unsub-
stantiated by facts, false to history, and that
runs directly counter to well established
laws Of God. The only remedy for the
social question is q thorough acquaintance
with soclalistic literature and political
economy, and an application Of the princi-
pies OF the Bible. 1t needs instruction,
patience, sympathy. The Bible is the
laborers' magma charta. 1t has given him
all his rights. The son Of Hebrew slave
wrote its laws, and carpenter was the
savior Of the world.
"The discussion Of this question from the
pulpit will be productive Of good. No age,
hitherto, has been strong enough to endure
the discussion Of such radical problems.
1t will improve tho church's applications of
its principles and send It moro humbly
among the masses. 1t will eliminate class
legislation; control monopolles prevent
Pennsylvania coal and Chicago wheat aud
provision corners, and regulate the employ
ment OF children. IL will abate the tene-
al IL i. al,
OF great cities. The question is now hope
fully being dealt with; laws being executed;
moderation and reason is beginning to pre-
vail.
1.-THE press, In the main, stands by the
right. Great corporations evlnce more con-
slderation for their employees"
The distinguished divine then closed with
an eloquent peroration, rallying all good
men Of the church TO improve this royal OPP
portunity to show the strength Of their
principles, to indicate the power of their
Christianity and the temper Of their heroism.