The sun., 1900-11-23
CAN'T CLUB OFT VICE.
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nm Win IN. Unbbi.h VIII . all, s' Nef"fe'

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nm MI, IN. Usbbi.h VIII . all. q. Hsfors.
1h. prac,ical side ~ religion was 'ak"h w
q, tho state ,onfrt'u'" ~ Religion '''''tlp''
and tho Rev Dr Alg"rnon 't"r'eV' m JUS
cnpnI minister ~ HocHc"'"t fnah" IN addf'''
,.,,ai,t,u 90 tho rtescnt vice crusad" that
rsu..d much comment "" said nav"
bsen walking through your city NJ nish' "nh
I have seen one phase ~ i'' ll'" nav" seen
A. in tho Hsymarket. the Dore' boh"in'h nm"
,,i,o I, 4. the great primal princpl" 81 hh-
r,anIty, the great passion, that - there
.sw letter In THE SrS the other day from
,oio.,an In which he declared this form OF
,tc. had been In existence ~ long "a III" Book
~ deuteronomy lie was wrong u has
been In existence before the language of that
hook va, born. These great primal passions
are the source of all life Now. what are ""
going to make Of IL, You send policemen
to destroy It. but you cant destroy H. Inc
only thing you can do - to convert II. WIN
ont that primal soil you never would have had
. religion In the world. for Il has all been gen
Grated there That which we seek to destroy
4. Gods creation, never TO be touched by hand
Of man without that we never would he here
W. are born OF IL ourselves II needs the seed
NJ the higher life That which manifests IL
sa,f In the form that you call vice is the richest
of the .piritual life Out OF 1t come the great
forces that control human life. IL cannot be
suppressed: II can be converted.
The great troubls with the protestant re-
lgion il that II isn't In the soil IL the church
cannot 90 down into the soil and lay hold OF
the particles there. then II itself Ia doomed
You have set the police after all this with
club. but you can't suppressit
IT ia possible for YOU o make your city pure.
hn, Won don't dare because you wont go down
~ nd
women tonight on your streets s-you are going
70 sweep them OF with your rubbish and cart
them away. and 80 fail again as you have failed
,efore 10 reach the roots of Righteousness in
tho world Ifw are 10 have perfect organi-
zation II is by having our roots deep and then
tho leaves will get the air. Then we will have
a process With it you can produce organism
to burn Take 1t away and all organism IS
impossible
Dr. Cropsey's remarks created something
Ike a sensation. That many felt In sympathy
was shown by the applause. which Tor re-
lgous gathering WAS extraordinary.
Dr Charles r Dole Of Boston read paper
on the same subject. in which he declared that
the church Of the past had largely separated
.atd the call of The world to the Church OF the
twan'iath century was for u TO be universal
and il must serve all mankind
The Ideal Comm9nwealth OF the kinGdon
cf cod the subject u two addresses oy
EdTn Ssns4T Mhham a1d fS Former Included IN his
paper a new poem on the subject one verse OF
which ran;
Thrr. Is a vision waiting and awsr..
And you must draw IL down o men OF worm
praw down th. New Republic held in air
And make for IL foundations On the earth.
Prof Hall made plea for he ideal common
wealth and said the danger 10 our democracy
was he idol Of commercial supremacy
a,ierno"n snIsions Yesterday was larger than
tha, Of the day before. and the assembly han
In the United charities Building was completely
flled Al the afternoon session The ministers
ug all denominations who form the Executive
committee Of the Conference have been e,ehlly
and believe that the meeting which ended last
night will do n great deal Of good in furtherinR
their aims and stimulating ,cordia,i,y between
ence At y meeting in the afternoon resolved 70
hold the next meeting in New iork II lsoI ana
q meeting next yosr in some other city TO the
Executive Committee -
One of the topics for discussion at the morn;
School ia Social Righteousness, and those
who read papers on IL wer" Judge e. Bald;
Vsssar college Judge Baldwin SAID The
principles Of social righteousness could be
and il taught by the school must be with ref
erence 10 the ethical rather than the CHRISTIAN
standpoint preTden "}r In a,'Tnntea at rhs Ts le
lax methods In education ana In the teaching
II the Church. the character OF modern art and
The PRINCIPAL speaker at last evenings ses-
sion al the Brick church. with which the con.
ference closed, was tonip,roller t!et' wnose
iopi, was The Place and Power oi the church
in Politcs" Mr.; Colcr said in part
When our political conditions are oad ar, and
,he real fault lies beyond partisan policy or
fsctional organizati"n derp-roo.e ed % unla4Rht
and misguided pnhhc sentiment ! intend NO
disrespect or levity Nhen J @9y ,hal ! 90 nov
believe vou can win one vote for good govern
n,ent nv telling a man Hs chances of going
20 heaven viii he improved ~ he No,e- certain
ticket But YOU can viii unlimited thou-ehds
homes, citv government means better material
"ondi,,onS Tor them. better education and
opportunity for their children, ,,.,,, ,r,o
crime and puWOrghtN NAV strut n NIUE
hile in the full glare " InadNertprt or in
'ndicinils puhrity, hu' for every S'ar lelt bN
the snasmodc irrup'iuns Of our vices We have
a tbousand enduring monuments Of the vir-
,uous ciii,nnsh ship that will ultimately triumph
over all inferior Influences. TO Great" and main.
t,ir honest Intelligent local government that
will grow stronger a. IN" 'lty grows m la-
,srisl greatness There are di.trict leaders
In New York VINO know more OF and do more
rnr the material welfare "t ~" people In The
di,rirt than is accomplished by more than
orc.haf nf the churches ia N"w York. They
unders,qnd tie social conditions ~ me dis
,rict aud make hpni-aiVo~ necessary 70 IT.
In closing Mr.. Coler spoke Of bishop Potter.
There is no one. n" said. more IN sympathy
with tho great pr"at" who hns S"u" about
tho matter of vice In a common, s"n-thle way
,bap | ar, ~ tho sam" time, IL" asserted,
he favored brirging out NJ" good points or
Tho city 10 Couui"raC' 'h" In0ucu'" ihS vice
cru-ad" had On ia" people not idm'har WIN
nr Wizhart of Trenton said that Croker.
- overt brown. would u" followed oy = nos.
ils, as had unless he ucope went 4" IN" root
~ tho diTlCuity FOR the churches 10 mistake
tho vital issu" hv taking sides IN IA. uarreio of
hosses for roNcr vas 20 invite confusion, d.
,rus, and loss ~ patronage" Other speakors
were the Rrv. =. = 1ippa and Rev. Dr.
Josiah S'rou :, VINO SpGk' on ,hc message on