The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-19

Brought Cup for Serious Consid-
Grafton at Meeting of the
Church sAssociation for the Adj
vanceme4tsof Interests of Labor.
Ever since the days Of the cavaliers
and roundheads the Episcopal church has
allied itself With s8ealth, with the result
That 1T has gained the rich and lost the
people," declared Rev. w. c. Pope of the
Church Of the Good Shepherd, at the
meeting held last evening in the Guild
hall at Christ church for the purpose of
organizing chapter of the Church AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Labor.
Bishop M. N. Gilbert presided at the
| meeting. a.
Mr. Pope presented the object of the
meeting In the following address:
The burning question of half a century
ago s,S Was slavery. They talked of the
terrible the conflict was to be-
Ing burning question of today is the
relation of labor and capital. Labor or
g gan 81 and when opportunity offers. ut
terS bitter inVectiVes against capital
Wnlch IN turn, as in the days of st. James,
srlnds the faces of the poor.
Inc opJect or the association presented
TO you tonight is to bring together in one
pooy commandments of the church. repre-
sentatlVes of both capital and labor. who
VIII view questions brought before them
as christians giving impartial Judgment
mere We're III Plato's day, as he informs
us. IN every city, no matter how small,
| Two distinct cities. the city of the rich
and the the city. of the poor. The Infusion
VI ChT1St1an1ty into society as then or
ganlzed produced effects which were as
ttounoing. The once proud Roman sena-
6of might nave his slave for his bishop
social differences were reduced TO a
H G!inLLluin Tor Christians were one in
christ. The power of the gospel is mani
Iested When all sorts and conditions of
men kneel together at the table Of the
LORD Such thing would have been inn
possible In ancient Rome The caste sys-
| tenn IN India is an instance of the extent
! other. ~
You will want to know what this asso-
clatlon proposes to do In New York it
mas been successful in preventing strikes
| we want to form an organization which
| VIII command the confidence of employer
| ton can be made
| In the Liberty silk works of New York
| a strlKe. mas. Just been settled by arbitra-
| ton. One Of the difficulties was the foul
language used by the foreman to the
girls. Men have told me Of the brutal
way IN which gang bosses sometimes talk
SUFFERING, mental as we'll as physical, is
| endured in this world, of which the SUI
Ie re rso 90 n not dare to complain.
carroll ID. Wright, United States COM
! missioner, considers that panacea for
all the Ills of workman would be what
| ne 2rG cans decent treatment.
Two classes of women go to balls tha
| one class pays for their clothes, the 9TH
! er does not. Honest women should re-
| sent sent being classed with dishonest ones.
friend in our society.
David Harum observed that in Homer
stIIis w Wh iei person wanted to put on
had what they called dinner at o'clock, y
EVER since the days of the cavaliers and
a aad fssis the Episcopal church has
that 1t has gained the rich and lost the
| people. '1i0
The son of God was made man, and
| look upon the form of a servant He was
| him gladly. --0''i -
# the church Of our love is ever to be
| what We wish 1t, it must espouse the
| cause, not Of the few, but of humanitv ms
u D Gaskell, who followed, spoke on
why Do Not Men Go to church," He
| said in part
e. This society as understand 1t, IS
| the werlzingmenC the man who works IN
| me me factory or the man whom we call
seen within the walls of the church, IN
| the case of merchant we could saw that
ms ms tlme was too much taken up with
me aHa1rs Of his business. Now what
about the workingman. Is he so hl1sv
mat ne cannot come to the house Of
| goo | think that the man who leaves
AAOAAAO OF U " ctOCh, or soon after. in
5 5ne morning, and returns at 7 at night,
daily; and on Saturday puts in a day and
a haIT. will be found in bed, and not in
cnurch, sunday morning. Then, take the
St1ung s,. man IN off1ce work. He exhausts
Woqlo rather take his wheel for run
| ana enjoy on Sunday morning soma Of
| the beauties Of nature than go to church
HOW much better 1t would be for the
v WnEE ure ana employed If the hours Of
| ing man could 60 If he pleased. to the
outskirts Of Ethe city and make a home.
| would thereS not be q great deal more
contentment than now? Would he not
Ings around him, and would he not feel
IKE thanking, God by going with his
family to the house of prayer?"
| We are, IN! a true sense our brothers
| Keeper. said Bishop Gilbert. eve can
feeling 1t is painful fact that our
church has not interested herself so much
| IN the past as might be desired in the
amelorat1onA Of the condition of human
| ity. The majority of the parishes are
mean people who labor with their head
and those Who labor with their hands
| Ihose who do not labor at all are the
droneS or society: What we really want
TO 90 Is to md a way to bring into more
| sympathetlc contact the two laboring
| classes. emphasize the fact that we
| are all labor1ng men l would be glad To
| see chapter of this society organized"
| At the conclusion of Bishop Gilbert's
| remarks, Rev w c. Pope, after some
! discussion. introduced a resolution that
! was passed favoring the organization of
a chapter, and Revs. w c. Pope, C. D.
Andrews and E. Dray were designated
as a committee to arrange for another
meeting to perfect an organization to be
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