The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-29
CAKE VERSUS DRY BREAD.
5ho Problem 81 tho Ags Discussed
Is the Episcopal Con-
vocation.

vocation.
nv. Blackiston, Of Butte. on the
question Of Unequal
Opportunities"
A Areumsna Asainst . Principls and
Net Against she InAividual-Gsnsral
nusinsss Of the Session.
Tho Episcopal church convocation now
being hsld In Helena has been quite we'll
attended BY residsnts % we'll o. delegates.
The session yesterday Was directed largely
20 business In connection with the work of
the Episcopal church in Nontana. Bishop
Brewer prssides over the sessions, Rev. d.
q. prout, Of Deer Ledge, being the secrs-
vary, and s. J. Jones. Of Helena, treasurer.
Rev. ~ =. Cloves and Richard Harlow have
besn chosen deleRatss to \ the general con-
ventiou' OF the church that meets in Balti-
cnors next October. Tho supplemental
delegates arc s. D. Hooker. Of Dillon, and
q. Hight, Of Butte. Bishop Brewer was
ss-elsotsd trustee Of ths Episoopats fund.
All the branches Of church work will
come up for discussion at the annual con-
v~ocations. among the more Important being
shat Of missions. According to the report
Of Mrs. Brewer, secretary OF the woman's
department. in missionary work, $7.013.02
was contributed during the year by the
various womAn's organizations in the
church in Montana for missionary objects.
The secretary, in her report, speaking of
the work that could be accomplished, said
that home missions should be given the
preference. II only one branch could be
attended to, then the members of the
church should not let chapels decay or
families suffer TO send flannel shirts or an
broidersd handkerchief to tho West Indies.
Last evening there was . reception at the
residence Of Bishop Brewer, on Monroe
avenue, in honor of the visiting delegates.
Of BY residents of the parish to meet the
visitors. and . very pleasant time was spent.
To-day the ladies' auxiliary will tell Of tho
work accomplished and the plans for the
conYinR year. In addition there will be a
business meeting of thu convocation. It ia
There we're q number Of interesting papers
read At the session yesterday. and among
the best was one by Rev. Mr.. Blaokiston, of
". Johns church. Butte. 1t was entitled
labor ! s and Capital. and =, vas IS follows:
utss 10 speak on the most tremendous
problem Of the age. one that concerns the
church no less than tho state. It il the
problem OF capital and labor. riches and
poverty. easy living and hard living, sitting
in IN sasy chair, Watching a clerk cut off
NAnNnnn and n hank haNk rnOiafono1 hpow
and strained muscle; cake and wine versus
dry bread! Twenty minutes means only q
pssp at the subject, but I havn't the cheek
10 consume more of your time when I am
confident thst nothing I can say will be
new 70 yss. Let us not waste many min
stsstn proving hat there is a problem be-
fore The people. suoh as our subject sug-
costs. j presume it will be conceded. It is
heard In eongrsss AID parliament and
sveIy Aad whore men assemble to leRislate
ness Of the people. When Father Hunting.
ton began bio address before the church
ssaRrssslasa year. he said: II do not sup
poso4hatyoua are ignorant that there has
got Ia come about, pretty soon,
.L:.e. sH8ses ct .':ddin.tn.nt in gu,
on. AinA intslligent ~discontent." It was
saAA by HossutA, Of the new armies and
military ustASdsof Europe: 1.-THE ~bayonsts
thiak;n not only the bayonsts. but the loom,
and the anvil, the needle and the hammer
think, and hin to good stteot; Some
never said ii, We have felt it, that some
thing 10 wrong. Tbs people OF this world
ars net ~ content ~ they might be. Con-
tsntmsnt IL q Of the enjoinsd virtues of
Christianity. I believe. but surely God never
condition Of life-for instance, in q stats of
affairs. where labor is uncertain, and whom
obtained the compensation abominably in
adequate TO . decent support Of himself
and family. God never meant that his
children should be content under circum-
40 far as I can see, this is the real
cause of the profound interest that
men take in the question involved
in the caption. labor and Capital"
But for fear that someone may be prone to
question tho universal interest that we
ing to dismiss the whole mattsr a. I'M
worthy of notice. it being the hobby only |
of some few disRruntled men, or the device
of ambitious politicians, let me quote
from the ENJOY clieal letter OF the pope. and
also from one of the leaders of the Metho-
dist organization who is known 40 = bishop,
spoken at their general conference recently
held at Omaha. Neither of these men
would have considered the matter if it were
not q burning question. for it seems to me
th0t religious bodies OF to-day, like the
press and politicians. steer clear of all sub
jects that are likely to create a change in
the affairs of men. until they are forced by
public sentiment to take them up. |
Churches, political parties and the press
seemingly have abandoned the position a.
leaders, and have settled down to voicinR
the feelings of the people. So I take the
words of the great Roman pope and those
of the Methodist pope, to be sure indioa-
lions that the problem of capital and labor
is one for solution.
The pope says: 1T is not surprising that
the spirit of revolutionary change. which
has so long been predominant IN the ma
tions of the world, should have passed be-
yond politics and made its influence felt in |
the coRnste fields of practical economy. The
elements of a conflict are unmistakable, |
the growth of industry and the surprising
discoveries of science, tho changed rela-
tions of master and workman. the enor-
NOUS fortunes of individuals and the power
~ OF the masses, the increased self-reliance
and the closer mutual combination of the
working population and finally a general
moral deterioation. The momentous SER
iousness OF the present state of things just
now fills every mind with painful apprshen-
sions; wise mon discuss it, practical men
propose schemes. popular meetings, legisla- |
lures and sovereign princes, all are occu-
pied with 1t, and there is nothing which has
3 deeper hold on public attention" What
q pity neither he nor his predecessor had
anything to say before the evil
became crying oneD So much
for the the Roman pope. What
does the Methodist saw This: ''l'he tela-