New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-13
TRUE FRIENDS OF THE POOR
Dr. JUDsoNs PATH THE sAvIoUg's TEACHING
cauRCHKe.

Oh. JUDsoss PATH IN THE sAvroUE's TEACHING
-DowSrowN CHURCHES.
The Rev. DR. Edward Judson. Of the Berean Bapu"
Church, Bedford and Downing sta. IL the son OF Adonsm
Judson the first American missionary to Burmah DIT
Judson New-york Ave years and sought MS
field Of labor the part Of the city among tne POO"
and with the classes who suffer most from the mpouons
of that species OF business that Mrs. Helen camp
he'll has described In stores The results OF MS
labors the West Side have peculiarly gratifying
and the worldly condition of those who have come WITHIN
influence his church institutions has been mshy
improved He believes that spiritually they have oeen
elevated also A summary Of DIR. Judsons views mere
given.
"The people NewYork appear to be better on tnan
they were five years ago. still circumstances are '"1
enough There are want and misery and ignoraneo
than are good for society Unless knows fnn well
the prospects OF finally being successful ana hAs
solue faith that Jesus Christ working to raise
It Is wonder that the Thought soneu
rises that the cham between rich and poo'
will grow wider and deeper more ,'p :.
than the bridge viii rise which Christianity is building
span the division
AN untufored workingwoman or man VINO toiis nai"
and long for what Will buy but little Of LIES needs wno
has congregation after congregation leave "o "
districts OF city because fashion Is retreaung
before the advance Of business, and II u mol coh
cred pleasant In the best form TO maintain cnurch "
region whose private houses being gradually 'rahs
formed into tenemeuts, any hard pressed wageworher
not with faith In God who has seen Ch'
anity moving OF his neghborhood 20 the precinc
wealth. and the churches dying a. II were BEFORE as
eyes apt feel somehow Christianity were ueseV
ing him. as r. there Is deep snow In rront
my door, should infer that there deep snow al o'e
the plain His belief in good God In providing fatne'.
seems to weaken. and must not be surprised thas
doubt last. supplants faith and atheism grows Gu
despair hopelessness carelessness and proV
dence follow ignorance and intemperance, orai
ity pauperism and crime. realize sufficiently the extent
the misery the day The social problem n VAST anu
springs from multitude Of is complex IL has
taken oug time 10 crystalline the conditions OF the rch
and poor present awful FORM and we must
grant that will long time TO dissolve the structure
and form aud better capitalization
." know there are many remedies suggested some
laws may soften the harshps that the poor now have 70
undergo. Enactments from Albany or Washington VIII
probably made reach far as possible tile aVai
ciois men who cheat the helpless employees nave no
objection such attempts rather would urge that sucn
made but after all. when you have looked NJ
the monstrous evil every side the best plan OF ane
ioratiou that can offered the method OF striking
entire wrong. tie only scheme oi per
manent cure must be found ia the practise OF Crists
doctrines by all elements OF society. Character Is
the parent Of comfort There Is no iOuhu*
ton for character but the teachings OF the Christian
religion The rich must have that character as well as
he
into oppressive shirt nufscurers but believe that
we can build up the poor and give 10 the
community generally that kind OF character which alone
bring that then either the hard hearted ell
ployer will yield the everncreasing power OF soften
ing religion and know character IN himself or that
shamed by OF society he viii cease his unrlght
eous e1toruOns from the poor
This character which alone can bear comfort must De
built up by the church The church must befriend tile
poor gain their attention to her teachings
And perfect philauthropc machine can De de-
by the mind OF than the network OF chuehes
that embraces and covers Manhattan Island Each
church really church OF Christ is group OF
His disciples and is the cementng force OF human
society But all churches fairly represent
Chriss Christianity. IL is high treason against Hun 10
seal rluh In reality specimen with thin
veneering OF Christianity The caste spirit which places
this city also places the two great classes ~ society
opposite sides OF AL ever widening cLas Lac ploIs
children sunday afternoons We are paJ Ing AT church
going fail touch With healing hand the great
social sores know there are some wealthy enur n.
doing FourtsenhsL and that soue are left below
hatdviding ne the Withdrawals been too many
In downtown ork there gathered a Of
population swayed oy foreign and eyansseal ideas
hind From this social swamp arises nlltsina which
OF misery surround the people aud make
ne easy prey stern employers whose conscience WIZ
then is the spot Tor work Here If had my way would
put the churches the best preachers and the sweet
Ell music into this diseased portion OF the body
municipal | would inject the most potent medicine OF
the gospel l would stud with churches THIS and
nucleus around which shOad gather the richest and
the poorest III common orolne. sucn -, 1
greed the manufacturer VIM would coIuliiI petty
larceny upon the weak sewing-wOina
But s there Is enormous do the rich
The poor can't 20 them well the rich can coue TO
the poor the ich and the poor are 10 meet together
for tne worship OF God ii must be In the poor mans ter
rlLory. For money Is requisite 20 Iocohiouon- lnIousn
that II is wrong TO rod the worEingwouAh
and the wOkngan and through the rOusing OF puDuc
opiuion which shall prevent such contemplate ats,
tie rich must be compelled 10 cease expressing ther
hired aborers And IN ali this Christ teachings must De
the chef OF reform 80 the churches must be
al work. There should be more who would cover Ile
field aud CT. Georges Is doing under Dr .lls-
lords wise and energetic leadership, More CHRISTIAN
families might Win pront take ~ ne cause ana eacn
efriend "a single family Lat one ana AZ tAcy should
no. i've single uolai money where 1t is possible 10
furnish man or woman Work and let the neeaed money
he earned The aim should be TO help 50 tnat te nelpe
one may thereafter depend upon seLf-nelp
convinced that II every Christian influence
we're worked for all that IL Is worth there
would be grand general uplifting FROM the very bottom
which would so effect society tnat soIuuohs "a ecoc
problems would be easy the sppfOach To more
perfect and equitable adjustment vi social condilons
would be snoOtueri theIe "olI De inVlS 4
the drift would he toward Chrsts socialism,
which, has said differs IRON much 81 the SOCIALISM,
OF present day IN that IL says hat Is mine Is hihe
instead OF saying " hat Is thine Is mine
the ces People would the country and towns
are pleasant places in which 10 work aud To hye The
Factory girls might be brought 10 see that
Disgrace IN cookins meats and baking Dread
and sweeping their living The Immense sur
plus laDOr in cities would decreased and prop
erly distributed The causes OF nerce cope luton lead
ing grinding down Of the to wages just above
the atom point would he lever some form VI Co
operafou IN manufacturing might he successfully intro
dnred Various means might appear 10 produce these
causes. but claim that the principles Of Christianity
would be the chief eayening power and believe that
result will be attained In all talk upon this mOmentous
heart that must be changed change conditions.
Legislative enactment cannot affect the heart Religion
true religion, can