The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-09-12


and culture, while the poorer classes are
left without churches, or, which is just
as bad, are left with churches especially
for the poor. | do not believe in the
charity which POUNDS school for poor
children, and then calls it the dragged
School," that builds million dollar
church, and then builds thousand dol
lar chapel and calls it the mission
Chapel" Workingmen who have any
sense of manhood will spurn such chap
els and schools. No honorable work
ingman will occupy pew in church
where he is unable to bear his proper
share of tietxpenses Of the church.
You may caIisthis pride but it is man
~ pride which protests against being
made pauper or treated as pauper.
2 The spirit of "Caste" prevails in
many OF our churches When God es-
tablished his church, I believe lie
meant that it should be an ideal state, in
which the Fatherhooi of God and the
~ VHEiAoou VI udu SuOuiu Uc ItCuS-
nized as universal; in which there
should be no barbarian, Cythiau, boud
nor free, male nor female" but "all one
in Christ Jesus" What do We see?
If James were now writing his Epistle.
would he write the I'd and Sd verses of
his I'd chapter? Surely these words
are needed. DR.. Pierson said: "The
simple fact is the communion eff saint
illness is displaced bg the communion of
responsibility. Our churches are be-
coming the quarters Of a monopoly, and
the workingman sees it and feels it. x x
"There is no real democracy in the
churches of Jesus Christ in this day
with few startling and glorious excep-
tons" No church which means per.
petuity and power can afford to neglect
the common people The condition of
the common people is the condition of
the commonwealth. Jesus Christ chose
those whom fashionable society had cast
out - he chose fishermen and made
them the leaders in his church. We
must welcome the poor if we follow
Christ. We are bound together in one
bundle of social life, and if we neglect
the poorest and the lowest, society will
avenge herself ia the destruction Of the
highest and the richest and the most
cultivated.
How can these evils be removed?
l. There must be contact, sympa-
thetic contact between the church 60
ers and the non church goers. A kid
glove is said to be non conductor It
certainly is of no use in reaching the
masses. You must come in contact
with people on their own plane if. you
wish to do them good. It is said of
Wanamaker, that he is in a church of
the people and for the people; that he
is absolutely on plane with every 9TH
er man, and that you would never know
that he owns dollar from anything in
his manner, mien, dress or habits.
When Mccall went to Paris he was
able to utter but two sentences in
French, and these two we're: "God loves
you," and ~ love you," and on these
two sentences, as on two pillars, he has
built up grand work to Gods glory,
and to the eternal good of men. The
Earl of SALISBURY went among the
coster- mongers, bought donkey and a
barrow, put his arms on the barrow and
then loaned them to the poor people to
carry their wares through the street,
putting himself on the level with the
poorest of them, and so putting off
everything which would prevent him
from carrying out the grand missiono,of
his life. One such man makes the
poor believe that Christianity is in sym
pathy with his poverty, and is even
glad to lift the poor man up out of his
poverty into wider field of work and
usefulness
2. There must be cordially in our
churches. There must be an atmos-
phere in the church of God which will
produce the impression upon all those
who come into it that no invidious
distinctions is there made, but that all
believers are on equality before AL
mighty God We must make men feel
that they are welcome to the church. to
all it's privileges and responsibilities:
that we are seeking men-their temper
al and eternal good, and not their mon
ey: that we care vastly more for THEM,
than for THEIRS. The church must be
a home for every sin sick soul, and
every such soul must be aoezcomed in
the name of Jesus. Give us this feel
ing, and we shall cure the alienation of
the masses from the church.
3. We must emphasize the democrat
cy of the church. One thing which
gave DR.. Chalmers much of his great
power was the utter absence of all caste
spirit He said: "Many of the clergy
are in danger of dying from dignity
He went into all kinds of homes and
was at home in all kinds of families, and
all kinds of families were at home with
him; and here you have one of the
sources Of his great power. Terrence