New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-28
ORIGIN or THE "PULL."
TIE REV. DR. RAINsFORD EXPLAINS H.

AZ ELOQUENT SERMON on SOME OF THE
SOCIOLOGICAL QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.
.rherc are labor leaders who are Just as gooa'
true and honest AS legal leaders, just as soo''
.r,,, and honest az our political leaders and JUS,
os road true and honest ais our society leaders
exclaimed the Rev. Or w ;. hainsior" i'hp'e
sively IA tn. course OF his sermon at D. george
Protestant Episcopal Church yesterday
Every seat In the church was occupied ana
many of tie powa were crowded WIN i"'"'O'''-
hio cor.,regation d.. Ralnsfo.d told them ne
wanted $1,000 In that days collection TO pay for
renalr,, 10 the church, and few minutes later ne
declared that Undertaking was chronic state
with thousands upOn thousands Of the cniI'reh OF
moor ooplc and that this condition followed than'
from the cradle the grave. Then ne burst lorth
cloqueItly.
'What right have We people OF ST. Georges 10 be
occupying this church when such things exist?
The contribution box looked as II the preachers
reouest had met with n generous ana adequate
response Time will tell whether his appeal In me
other direction will prove equally successful
DR. Rainsford's sermon was sociological, dealing
with the causes OF want and suffering. the unrest
OF the laboring element, and the reason FOR ana
growth OF the pull In politics While ms re-
marks extremely general In their character
it was not difficult to discover that the speaker
had some specific instances in his mind. He took
his text from 81. Matthew ia So: "But when
sion on them because they tainted, and were
scattered abroad az sheep having no shepherd
The following are some OF the things which ne
said:
%; sh Of e Is Sn the Us
look at II and learn its cause. Pity Is love KY
is ycarious love. The highest order OF pity Is that
pangs of her suffering child; All pity not maud
In has the quality OF ycariousness or ssi,s,cfl
Of half-rght people. Their hopes. failures and sal
snTrs ds Tyg tn and pays exclusive
attention the future II mslays the teachings or
ind~ which jesus pltied. The hungry. ard He fed
them; the ignorant. and He taught them, and the
Are Sc 50 small ana deaf this morning that We
cannot gather some lessons from Him? Jesus al
OF social order. He started out to remove. az Tar
as IL could the burden Of hunger from every soul
less common In Jesus's time than i Is In ours
some may doubt the correctness OF this state
direction that such was the fact. There we're occa'
sional local famaes which the limited uanapo.
iaiiOn facilities Of that DAY could not prevent, bht
J say again that hunger wac not nearly 80 CONF
mon then nov Hunger hnd undcgfeeiing from
by The health onirlals have shown that a large
Pc Sndefes s1' Let u" remSer' hat We arc
hound To- recognize these facte. What rgh; have
then. people Of 81 Georges. to occupy this
church When such things exist,
Jesus had compassion on a.. isnoranoe - those
jewish people and lie made Himself thoir teacher
until He died r.. world has stood stool. still WIKI
engagement "a, the wonderful accumulation Of
wealth - this great Nation. and now stands as
founded AT our poverty ~ IDEAS ana r"sources IN
another direction. "" have hslpal np our riches
and .ct the multliudcs grow mp ignorant. And
now comes the rackine and the unrest. We havo
let tn. children OF the poor 20 To the poorest or
-chools We have left the poor without churches
We have let the poor suffer from oppression until
there are now millions all over the land who be-
iieve that the laws nra not fairly administered.
Mr.. Curtis once sald that there were two arstoc-
raclcs: one Of money and the other OF pull. -
Those who did not have money felt that they could
not get what they wanted and needed by buying
IT, 50 they organized the pull II was developed
both In the State and the municipal governments
Woe to the pcople and to the cause that is
without leaders Sociology teaches that We cannot
be great alone. want to contradict the cheap
talk hurled against the labor leaders They are
not all wise and careful Of what they say. fun
~ tho spirit OF Jesus But there labor leaders
who are Just good. true and honest our legal
leaders just good. true and honest our
political leaders. and just good. true and honest
society leaders. know OF a number OF
instances which prove the truth OF my statement,
But better things viii come In time. They VIII
be brought about. however by no social earth
auakes We cannot bring them suddenly. But We
ca feed. teach and lead the poor. a. He did w..
not looking for reward. not looking for applause:
do II lovingly. patiently: 10 II until we die