Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-11-11
The Episcopal Missionary Convention
REV. C. W. DAME ON THE RELATION OF
CAPITAL TO LABOR.

REV. G. w. DAME ON THE RELATION OF
CAPITAL TO LABOR.
The Missionary convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church held in
Trinity, Wilmington, last week.
was largely attended by the clergy and
the laymen from every parish. The
opening sermon was preached by Rev.
II. NJ. Bartlett, of Christiana Hundred,
Rev. P. B. Lightner, of New Castle led
OIL in the afternoon in an able paper
favOring 1.-THE Order of Deacons.d
The BEST Methods of Gaining Nom
attendants to the Church" was the
subject of an able paper by Rev. L. W.
Gibson, of Dover. He favored daily
service for the clergy. The prime
idea of attending church is to worship
God, and the preacher must have
much of Christ in his sermon if he
wants to do honest work for Christ.
The most interesting discussion of
the Gonvooation came off at night on
The relation of the church to capital
and labor"
Rev George w. Dame, of this town
said that according to the scriptures.
God will welcome the poor to his arms
but the church was not delivering his
messages of love properly. She allows
the rich too many liberties; has not
courage enough to compel the observ.
anee OF the marriage law and does not
rebuke the evils of the time.
There was no trouble he said in
reaching the rich, it was the poor that
was overlooked. We EpiscOpalians
are too respectable; we expect the
poor to come to us but they don't
come. We need an arm to reach down
to the poor.
We must lay down our manuscripts
and go to them aud speak to them in
words they will understand; give
them smile of welcome even if thew
do live in back alley. Although thew
may be charmed by our choral music
our vestments and our well rounded
periods, yet they will not come to us
until we go to them.
I'VE must work to settle the differ
enOe between the rich and the poor
The ohasm Is ever widening. The
cloud of future disturbance is now
bigger than a mans hand, aud it is NOT
hard to see that q storm is brewing
over the social world. It is seen that
the rich grow richer and the Door
poorer. The only hope lies in the
church. One way to interfere is to
take an interest in the politics of the
day and to have proper laws made to
govern capital and labor. The church
must stand boldly between the rich
and poor and show that both have the
same father and the same interests.
Our ministers must know their peoDle
thoroughly and the church must arise
as mediator, faithful friend of the
rich and poor"
Rev. Charles E. Murray, of st. An
drews said in part: Capital and labor
have individual and mutual interest
1t is to the interest of both to prosDer
and neither can prosper without the
other. Capital is concentrated labor.
Wealth is not self-creative. The idea
of every strike is demand for a larger
share of property. When capitalists
try to lower wages to make more
money torthemselves they are subject to
the same condemnation as the labOrers |
receive for striking. The conflict be. |
tween the two grows from distrust
rather than social necessity. The
Church must give her sympathy 10 |
both in the right direction. 1t must
show the rich the danger of valueing
wealth too highly and it must show
he poor that Christ had not where to I
ay His head, and the deceitfulness Of
'lches. We need a broader religion so
hat all may be admitted to the Cbnrch
Is the Kingdom Of God. No literatnre
8 so close to the common people as the
Bible. 1t has a remedy for all duestions
All persons are possessed of one birth
light and before Christ oil inequalities
ade away.
Hubert Sudan, of New Castle. be.
leved that the one tax theory wonId
ettle the question of capital and labor
nd DR.. Edward Fowler, of Laurel
lso spoke upon the question.
La blessing the convocation Bishon
coleman thanked the rector, Officers
nd congregation of Trinity Church
u their perfect arrangements for the
ne delegates. ~