The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-13
out distinction OF race, color, condition
orealling, are brothren. As btothrcn
you arc to minSlo together, to extend
aotivo help and sympathy TO ono an.

orcalling, are brothren. As btothrcn
you arc to minglo together, TO extend
aetivo help and sympathy 10 ono an.
other.
THE PURPOSE oY LIFE.
Tho purpose Of lilo 10 not tho accum.
ulation Of money. neither 10 II tho 80.
curing OF n largo WACO with tho iewsst
hours OF toll. No. tho purpose Of lilo
10 something higher, Irander, moro on.
nobltng TO tho toiler than this. II 10
TO raiso humanity 10 higher lovol I;
to secure tho greatest happiness, tho
greatest prosperity TO tho greatest mum.
her; to dilluso general intelligence and
cultivation; to dispol all moan, low
aud sordid Ideas Of liie--in Il word, TO
bring out the divine which 10 in tho
nature Of every child OF man. 10 do
this all must stand together and work
together 40 brethren. Tho man who
works with his brain or with his money
must uay TO him who works with hia
muscle, Brother stand by mo. Mater.
ial things shall DO our iulcrum, ! will
enpply tho lover. do you bear down
upon me and together wo will lit this
dead weight oil humanity to tho plane
oil lie which II Is destined to occupy
II cannot close my talk without tell.
ing you something Of the way in which
this brotherhood idea Ia being applied
bp tho modern church. In all the largo
cities you will find that tho churches
are becoming the centres OF tho chart
table, rescue and intellectual life Of tho
community. Tho clergy are no longer
scholarly, quiet men who vary tho lilo
among their books by pleasant after.
noon calls upon the good women OF tho
parish, but are practical mon OF affairs,
directing the mechanism OF Ihoir
parochial organization. Tho sermons
preached are no longer mild discussions
Of well.kuown truths. or speculation
about .he structure OF the walls Of the
New Jerusalom., but arc earnest talks
about living questions Of the day. Tho
church editices are no longer opened
one day in seven for the Sunday con-
gregaHon to gather in, but are open
all tho time with numerous services
adjusted to the needs Of all who care to
worship. And no church Is to-day re-
garded rs fully equipped which does not
have its parish house with entertain.
ment hall. gymnasium, reading rooms
and baths. Here are fostered and
maintained ell sorts OF societies for the
be..ering OF tho peoples lot. Hero are
savings societies. fuel and clothing
clubs, debating clubs, instruction
classes, cheap lodging rooms, fresh air
clubs, and even pawn shops. whore tho
poor man, compelled to bridge over
some period OF sickness or enforced
idlenes,, can secure loan at q low rate
of interest instead OF having to isutler
the exactions OF the money sharks. In
my hand hold booS-the yearly re.
port OF St. Bartholomev's church. New
York, a book OF 260 pages, made up en-
tirely OF the reports OF the works OF this
kind carried on by this church, 4. an
annual expenditure OF S250000.<
THE CHURCH APowER FOR GOOD.
"Do you not SEQ what an influence q
church working on such lines must be
in q community? What power for
good. Don't you SEQ how prejudice
must inevitably vanish before such dis
plays OF practical Christianity? Yet,
such, my friends, is tho institution and
sucn is the development OF our modern
Christianity. The Constituent ideas
are old. the methods OF application are
modern; they are in accordance with
the spirit OF the day, they are the ar-
plication OF the principle OF Christian
ity to what are seen to be the needs OF
the times.
"Of all classes, the wage earners make
the most serious mistake when they
hold themselves aloot from an institu.
ton holding the ideas as integral 10 ita
existence which are held by the
church. We talk OF the need OF reform
in politics, OF the e1actions OF employers
and landlords, OF the time-serving char.
acter OF labor, OF strikes attended by
acts Of brutal violence and destruction
OF property. OF cheating, thieviug and
varied forms Of dishonesty that abound,
OF the evil OF intemperance; and from
time TO time We witness spasmodic
efforts to remedy these thiugs-how
by legislation. by party caucus. by asSo.
Citations; and We fail and always will fail
until We come to understand that the
acts OF man are tho result OF the
spirit that is in the man, and that
all successful reforms must begin
first in the hearts OF the community.
When in any community instead Of 66
per cent OF non-church goers, we have
that 66 pc. cent in our churches OF
Jealous, earnest men who truly love
the Lord their God with all their hearts
and minds and strength and their
neighbor as Themselves; who are pro-
pared at any sacrifice to do to others as
they would that others should do TO
them; who do Justly and love m ercy-
then we will have community which
will fulfill the highest ideal We can have
as 20 the best conduct OF life. For the
church is tho Only institution that has
continuously held, and to-day teaches
and e1emplifies, the istherhood OF God
and the brotherhood OF man. and is the
only institution through which wo can
!, ever expec. to realize practical BROTHER
hood and have / its fair fruits placed
within our hands"