The evening times., 1896-03-18

The auditorium of the Church of the
| Epiphany was filled by an appreciaiive
audience last night to hear a distinguished
| lecturer, as well as an eminent div inc,
| the Rt. Rev. Nelson s. Rulison, d. d 4.
] Bishop OF the Protestant Episcopal Dio-
cese Of Central Pennsylvania.
Tire lecture was one OF the regular week
| iy Lenten program. under the auspices Of
of Columbia
Bishop RulisOn resides at South Bethle-
hem, Pa, q manufacturing place of great
prominence. and has become quite familiar
with the various industrial problems. He
| was. therefore. well prepared. on this ac-
count as well as from tie Point OF view
Of the church. 10 speak intelligentiy on the
subject OF THE Church and the Labor
Question"
The lecture consumed an hour in the
delivery. and was listened to with close
attention by all throughout. The speaker
gave out a text for his remarks, the famous
Jewish inquiry OF Christ. who is my
neighbour
WHO Is MY NEIGHBoR?'
He claimed that because so many fail
fault of the church today. That is why
in many quarters thoughtful men are IN
friendly to her-why increasing numbers OF
workingmen are alienated from Christian
societies
He showed that every really good mans
neighborhood is as broad as the world,
and that there is need for the teaching
that each man should regard every other as
his brother. This failure he branded as 1.-THE
conspicuous fault OF the church today y"
The bishop made it interesting to inquire
why so many limitations are placed on the
theory of Christian brotherhood and the
ease of the reply in the common cant about
selfishness and natural dcpravity. " Upon
this point he was eloquent in an appeal
for the real law oflove.
In the event of Ierson saying, Il do
work in my own ncighhorhoCd." he wanted
TO know what shall be done FOR those
neighborhooIs where PEOPLE will not work
for themselves and wish 10 Improvement
These were simply oheying the social H.
siinct, are moved by the social impulse
and each is going to its own place. and
so ministering to the worlds progress.
THE TIES OF CLASS.
Then what is TO he conc with the law
which reaches out beyond the vision OF
the rich ones. and what will be done with
,hctestimony of failexperience which shows
hat when men are bound together by
nothing more than the ties OF cluss, and
not by their own manhood, the very laws
that produce union in the small classes
win work tire destruction OF all real and
universal union?
Where men have no common bopd save that
OF their little trade. or party or clique,
their prejudices grow. animosities spring
up. Contact does not becet communion. az
gression leads to hatred. wrong kindles
revenge. He made a beautiful word pic
ture of the feeling of Ishnael arising be-
tween the classes. which is the spirit OF
Cain. the doctrine of the eternity OF the
autocracy. the supremacy offnrce, the power
and ma jesty OF money. and as a naturaIcun-
sequence the blind blundcrs OF socialism
and the atrocities Of anarchism.
He says it is not tie business of the church
to break down all distinctions bet ween
men, but ii has some relation to the labor
question. The church declares men, with
outrespect topersons. the duty ofliving serv-
ice, and further. that If we content our
sSA'So WIN sSiipuS stboul
a materialized heaven which we sometimes
doubt. and do not proclaim the message
of everlasting righteousness and Judgment
to wealthy as well as working men. and that
religion is not system of favoritism and
cant. we have but little sense OF the mean
ing and duty OF christian brotherhood.
CHURCH A HOME
He says that salvation means human bet
terment here and hereafter. and society
goes on believing that all here is anmalism
and heathenisfn: that life is fight where
the weakest must fall, when really to suf-
fering multitutles the earth is martyrdom
and heaven a myth. The real Christian
charity of the bishop was manifest in this
II do not believe this system will be
changed until people with empty pockets,
ragged clothes, and faces that would be
more attractive IL they were cleaner shall
be made to understand that Gods house
is their own sweet home"
Such throughout was the general tenor
md bearing of the address. 1t is possible
here were some present who would not
ndorse all that was said, but at the same
lime it was an eloquent appeal to the
humane and sympathetic Instincts