Telegram-herald., 1891-07-14
GOOD PEOPLE ADJOURN
Clcse Of the Great Christian I'm
dsayor Convention.
PRESIDENT CLARK Is REELECTED.
Opening OF the Congregational csnfsr-
<ae~ ia Memorial Hall tssdss-
Over 90 A msriezn Dtsines
iu Alt. lance.

MIME .roris. MINI. July l3-Ths
Christian EadeasOr convention closed
Sunday evening by a large mass meet
ing. The sessions of the day were
OF purely religions character.
Prayer meetings and church serv-
ices filed the morning. Addresses
on The Young Man at Work,
by A. AloaIo stage, of Springfield,
Mass; The Child at Work. By Mrs.
Alice May seudcer. Jersey City; Cos
pei Temperance, by j. q. Worliey, OF
boston, We're the features of the after
noon proceedings Bishop Gilbert, OF
Minnesota. delivered an address in the
evening, the convention winding up
with a conservation service. led by Rev.
j. Wilbur Chapman, ID. d.. of Philadel-
phia- The next convention will be
held in New York. President Clark
was reelected.
Resolutions were adopted compli
menting the twin cities for their hos
pitality; recommending that all socis-
ties adopt the Revised Pledge" PROM
Using support TO the church, and wei
coming to fellowship all denomina-
tional societies which adept the Chris
tian Endeavor pledge; opposing the
opening of the Columbia exposition
on sunday, and denouncing the in
fuence of the whisky ring over politics
CONFERENCE OF CONGRATULATIONS
LONDON. July l3.-The Congregations
al conference opened to-day in Memo
-, o1 hal Tha A -. s--s
who are to take part in the delibera
tons of the body have oeen in the city
for some time.
Ben Tillett, the well-known labor
agitator, will, at the request of the con-
ference, read on Wednesday a paper on
the relation of the church TO the labor
and social questions. The essay is en-.
titled: ION Earth as 1t Is in
Heaven" It commends the spirit
of the pope's encyclical on
the labor question. though il
repudiates the pope's conclusion that
private property is sacred institution.
The attitude Of the churches in general
toward social problems is condemned by
Tillett, who declares that while the par.
Schs tiS VI aiCS AoI
playing baccarat, they shut their eyes
to the operations of the sweaters and
heartless capitalists who rob the labor
ers of both body and soul II religion
is ever to be more than mere talk,
says he, it must descend to practical
matters. To gain the attention of labor.
ers. it must emancip.te them from the
letters which now bind them. and
which keep them in degraded condi.
ton. The position of the laborers in
America is essentially the same as in
England, the difference being only one
of degree, and even tbs is disappearing
gradually. 1t is necessary for the
church there. as well as here,
to work for the social as well as
the religious situation of the
masses. Il would" adds Tillett, 'that
the beautiful Imagination and the
strong intellect of the preacher be not
used in picturing the felicity of Heaven
until earthly felicity is made possible"
Tiliett warns the church that il it fails
to do its duty toward the social prob.
lem the pulpit rsill :ose its power and
Christianity will decay. Rev. Messrs.
Goodwin, of Chicago; Fullerton. Of
Waltham, Mass. and Cordlay. of Law
renee, Kan, will read pape>,s during
the sessions of the conference. q