The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-04
DR. VAIL SPEAKS OF REFORM
AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS OUT
 SIDE THE CHURCH.

Their Relations to the Church--How to
 Deal With Them-Their Benefits-A Sum-
 mary of the Principal Reforms in Detail
 Another Sermon on New Religious
 Movements.
 The Rev. Dr. Vail of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church preached on the above topic last evening, taking as his text St. Luke g, 49:5Os John Said We Forbade Him Because He Followeth Not With Us. And Jesus Said Unto Him, Forbid Him Not, For
 He That Is Not Against Us Is For Us"
 In every age there has appeared great reformatory and religious move ments outside of the church. There are always certain strong and earnest men who prefer to be free from ec- clesiasticaI control; they are some times out of sympathy with the church and they start some great moral move- ment without the blessing of pope or priest. If the pope is a wise man like Innocent III, he accepts and uses the services of a Francis de Assist and thus develops within the church a. great order like the Franciscans, that became right arm of strength to Rome. If he be strong self-willed, over conserva- tive man like Leo K, he drives out of the church an earnest enthusiastic Luther, and turns him into the great est enemy of Rome, and the greatest reformer of the centuries. It is no easy thing to make these devoted conserVa- tive churchmen work harmontously with those outside. John, the beloved, could not allow other good men to cast out devils, unless they did 1t as fol- lowers with the Lord, and he even for bade them. But the Divine Master gave Him and He gave the world lesson in the text, that we are not to interfere with the man who works for the good of his fellow men, and He implies that in the end all of these great reform and religious movements outside the church will be worked into His own larger movement for the saliva tion of the world.
 To-day there are very many and very great movements for the good of society, for the aid of the poor, for the elevation of the masses that are outside of the church. Further many of the leaders are antagonistic to the church because of it's apparent lack of sympathy with their cause. There can be no question that these movements draw largely upon the means and mem- bershipof the church. What should be the attitude of the church toward these societies? Our business men. our young people meet them and are not always sure of the position we should take. We may say at least that we ought to familiarize ourselves with these great movements and to know their spirit and aim. If they are seek ing to cast satan out of the world, we ought not to antagonize them. Some individual leader may give his cause an appearance that does not fairly be- long to it. We need not be frightened by names, or hesitate to approve a good cause because it has some foe of the church among its followers In this spirit let us examine in brief some of these great movements.
 Socialism-The most marked reforma- tory movement outside the church is that of socialism. At the bottom it is a philosophy or even religion, but in its practical workings it is a sys- tenn of morals and reform. It aims, to reconstruct modern society, govern ments, business and even religion. Socialism is the common name for men holding very different theories as to the best way to reach their ends. But they all seek to make men true broth | CTS, and they would have all men enjoy the good that now goes to the few They would tighten the burdens of life, and divide the wealth, ease, pleas- ure among all. For centuries the prog | ress of the race has been largely in raising certain classes to power, wealth honor and pleasure, while the masses have had to bear and endure as best The World Gees Ynn