Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-17
THB NETHODlS1S
Assembled In Ecumanical Coun.
ell it Washington
Who Talk Learnedly on Their Several
Subjects to the Brethren.

Il
icsl Methods, council today. Hon. Alden
Speare. sx-president Of tue Boston Cham
Der Of Commerce, read paper on "The
Church in Her Relation TO Labor and Cap
iul." He claimed that protection had been
greatly advantageous TO the wase-esrners
Of the Uniied S,atss. .'It has contributed
more than Any thing else 10 4 people unex-
celied in sill oyp9rsuaiies for useful, well
paid employment, where the price of .
days labor will purchase more food and
implements Of hushandry, In fact more Of
sill the essentials necessary for the susie
than in any other part Of the world"
He expressed the belief tbst lsborers from
other lands were coming hsrs quite too
rapidly to be properly edu ssed and assim-
Hated into our body polite. "Nolwith-
stsndipg the prices paid here for labor, not
witbstandisg the purchasing power Of
day g wages, We fad discontent, strikes,
and sometimes riots. No human foresight
has been able to prevent then; no legisla-
ture has been wise enough TO enact laws
that shall provide al adequate remedy for
their prevention or cure. Possihly--we
may say probably law providing for
State arbitration worked more satisfactorily
\ W uoti tHtFtun aNh ShfAufNs thoh MY
other mel h ID yet devised.
| II seems 70 US the enactment Of the immi-
grant law should prevent any eouatry from
being dumping ground for all classes Of
inhabitants undesirable q, home, would be
just between the different countries and
benefit to the inhabitants thus protected.
| In country like our own elective fran
| chise should not be given any. foreigner
\ h.. "a he. Ion rF
his adoption and long enough resident to
laws sad customs of the land. Without
| this, no one is competent or hiss jdst clsim
| to take Part in BODY polite
Rev. J Perry, Wellington, n Z, made
AL address on the moral aspects of labor
| combinations and strikes. He beiived that
hours was enough for men to work. The
church. he thought, should take hold Of the
great labor questions for the people.
l Il Inch LII. D, Sackvile, N B de-
livered an address on the moral sspects Of
combination capital. He favored combins-
tions in scme things. He raid the history
OF civilizn, was history of combina-
tons. Increase Of powerful enterprises
too great for an iidiviiusl to accomplish,
was done by combinations. He drew the
. iiat httWScu lehhi a1u lS Shi tbhibih Astuh1s
| Legal combinations were tbose that devsl-
oped resources, the others we're those that
monopolizs to the dstrimeut Of men.
| At the afternoon ssion Rev. Peter
Thompson Of the London Mission, Wesley
an Methodist church, read an essay upon
Obligations of the Church ia Relation to
| the Social Condition of the people," He
said there had been cppsbla neglect and
- nFn al Al. has md
| rspid changes in recent years involving the
| degradation ard ruin Of multitudes not
| watched and dealt with as they should have
been. The first difficulty with the church
| was that Chris.'s followers were spart from
| the people and knew not their helplessness.
Where men were hungry, starving and
workless. the first true gospel vas to feed,
clothe and awaken in them the spirit OF
love. Among the sick there was
need for medical milsi ms. doctors and
nurses, and smong the impure sad fallen
need for adequate provision of home life
and employment. For chilli OF evil
parents arrangements shou d be made like
those provided By DR.. Stephenson, DR..
Bsrpardl and others. For the general mass
Of the INDECENT and helpless the church
should provide shelters duriug the winter
uUuNubs oEthhldsks VI uluuCtb tpt hhhsiy
children were . necessity. Almost the
worst doom that could come in this life was
| the workhouse for men and women and
psuper schools for ch ldsen. The liquor
affi was the maia cause of all TINS terri
be life. Toe church should destroy
it. Houses were overcrowded and
| terribl, crimes resulted; therefore
! the church WAS interested in the
T. t,aa
| ths practical duties and responsibilities OF
those who bave civil positions AID control
the commerce and mate rial interests. The
workings of competition were unjust and
| inequi,sble and must be vigorously con-
demned. Every youth should be taught
| trade. The poor should b. housed in
he saithy dwellings which 10 allowed the
conditions Of decent snd pare life. Ex-
cesses of competition should be corrected
and the sweating system abolished. The
Sabbath should be vigi)ently guarded a. q
day Of rect worship for the toilers.
| Rev. VIM. Mckee, United Brethren in
Christ, Dayton, Onio, spoke Of Christian
work among the poor. The church must
sympstbize with the poor, to lift them up
into better condition. Boys shculd be
taught trades. Christians should q I'd
I NDTl9tiHn UCIuse IbT Ucttltutr
| Rev. Thomas Allen, Wesleyan Metho-
dist church, England, spoke on Christian
Work Among the Rich" Msthodism
failed TO attract the rich. some persons
born aud reared in Methodist influence
were led away by the attractions of good
society. Others were obliged to renou nee
Methodism to ensure professional advance
ment. To grow, the church must avoid
l L.. nrt md
thus attract various classes Of society.
Christian Work in the Agricultural
Districts" was the theme selected by Rsv.
JIG Hsrtzall, Cincinnsu, He gave sta
| tisiies to show that at least third OF the
people Of the United Ststes live, in the
smaller towns and agricultural sections.
The majority Of the worlds population
must, he said. in the eDd live in the c9u1try.
From the email churches came to colleges
the larger number Of students. In many
places the native American population was
beirg displaced by the foreign element and
this WAS left to Roman Catholicism or abso-
lutte ignorance Of Christ.
Rev. DR.. f. J BrsiIsford Of Scotland
sad how to purify the moral cesspools in
cities was the question. IL the streams
pouring into the cities we're purified 20
| ~0utl the tstFpoDit Up Cle8lbu. new W.
! T. A1deIs ,n of Il. NJ. Z church, Of Vicks-
burg. said the negro prescher was shut out
from the minister's meeting (cries OF
k"Sh.msn from English delegstes) when
be vent there for sdvlce and help in trying
to save his people.
Hon. II. l.. Sibiey. Marietta, Ohio, de-
clared that in his state no preacher wsa
exciudei from the preachers meetings Of
from the Methodist Episcopal churches or
aeon unt CT color.
Rev. J. Z. Cisphsm, said the Equor chops
could rot be closed until homes were pro.
vided for the people, and the children being
resred in hot bods Of vice c5uld be re-
claimed.
Rev. Lloyd Jones Of Wales said 1t wal
not really true that ve we're . Christian
country. There were certain things which
Christianity had not touched. Money
making hsd no, been touched BY it. Every
man who made money made 1t by under
paying workmen. lCfies Of "Ob, no"
Wealth making consisted in gaining u
much money as possible for as little wages
Rev. d. II. Tribon, Philadelphia, I
chapisip in the navy, said this. - . poo
man sid = wofkingmsn be objected sgains
their being put ever to one side and havini
the rich look upon them - wild animals
The most disgfaceful thing in America va
that the Methodist church should "move u