Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-17
8. The Sabbath should be vigilantly guarded
as day Of rest and worship for the toilers.
6. The liquor traffic should be abolished.

8. The Sabbath should be vigiian.ly guarded
ss day of rest and worship for the toilers.
9. The liquor traffic should be abolished.
CHRISTIAN WORK AMoxo THE POOR.
Rev. William Mckee OF the United Brethren
In Christ. Of Dayton. Ohio. was the FIRST invited
speaker, his subject being christian Work
Among the Poor" In the beginning OF his
address he said that it was rish. 70 consider
the condition Of the poor, whom we have with
MS not only all the time, but everywhere. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Thompson there were in Lon
don today million and quarter OF poor peo-
pie, wretchedly poor, and according TO Super
tntendent Porter's census there are now Isl 600
paupers. The only way to reach these is to get
down with them and get interested in what is
most OF interest to them.
Mr.. Mckee spoke at length Of the duty of
Christian people in supplying Christian homes
Tor homeless children. Mr.. Thompson had
characterized the work house a. the very worst
place for the poor and pauper schools for chill
dren as failures, but Mr.. Mckee maintained
that they were better than no home and better
than no schools. though infinitely less valuable
than Christian homes
The work Of caring for their bodies was but
part Of the work that rested with the church
in its dealings with the poor. There still re-
mains the duty OF caring for their souls, but
this can be done better after their bodily well
fare had been looked after. Poor people are
more likely to care for their moral standing
when their stomachs have been filed and their
bodies clothed.
REV. THOMAS ALLEN.
Christian Work Among the Rich" was the
subject Of an invited address by Rev. Thomas
Allen. Wesleyan Methodist church, of Sheffield.
In it he said that the rich must go through the
same spiritual experiences as the poor- There
was a time. twenty-five years ago. when it
looked as though Methodism would become the
religion of the middle class, but by wise
change and broadening of its methods it has
renewed its hold upon tho working classes.
MIR. Allen then went on to point out a few of
the reasons to account for tho fact that the
church is losing. or at any rate not increasing
its popularity among the wealthier classes He
spoke Of the deslrability of the rich and the
poor meeting in the church on an equality of
Christianity. He said that Christ had gathered
about Him men narrow. ignorant and full of
prejudice. and had borne with them and advo-
Gated them and broadened them. That was
the function of the rich men in tho Methodist
church.
They should go among the poor and the
ignorant and the narrow minded and lead them
in the right path.
Perhaps the Methodists had been too self
contained and had failed to 60 into the world.
But change had come to pass Methodists
were becoming used TO freedom and were TAX
ing part in public life.
To grow the church must expand itself to
meet the national growth. 1t must avoid the
contracted life of narrow sect and thus at
tract the various classes OF society. The rich
need the poor and the poor need the rich. II
the church was to attract the rich and the cul-
tured and was to retain its cultured young
people il must be up 20 date in church archi-
lecture and church practices and doctrines.
IN THE AGRICULTURE DISTRICTS.
Christian Work in the Agriculture Districts
was the subject assigned Rev. J. c. Hartzell.
N. Z. church, of Cincinnati. He gave statistics
to show that at least one-third of our people
OF the United States i've in the smaller towns
and agricultural sections.
That third section. he said. was of vital i'm
portance TO the salvation of the country and Of
the world. The majority of the world popu-
latlon must in the end hive in the country.