The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-21
JESUS and TRE TO|LERS.
REV. WILLIAM WILKINSON SPEAKS
AT CHURCH OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD
SECOND OF PEOPLES SERIES
Missionary Priest Discusses the Re-
IatfOn of the Christian ReIL-
giOn to the Working
People.

The second in the series Of addresses
to the people" at the Church of the
Good Shepherd was delivered last night
by Rev. William Wilkinson, whose TOPIC
was Jesus Christ and the Working Peo-
ple."
Rev. w. c. Pope read the service, and,
taxing Tor his text, Children, have We
any meat?" Mr.. Wilkinson said:
In no age or nation of which we have
knowledge has interest in the masses Of
the people been what it is today, and this
Is because in no previous age have the
principles which Jesus Christ taught been
understood as they are now Much can
De said about what remains to be done,
the evil can be pointed out, and the linn
ltatlons of the good be described, the dark
places and the sore spots in our CONNER
cial and industrial life we know are real,
but we also know with great joy that
the darkness is not as dense as it was
fifty years ago. The advances have been
so many, so great and so wonderful in
their results that we can hardly realize
how noble and blessed they are Time
was when men and women were regard
ed as machines when there was no fac
tory legislation worth the name, when
child labor was universal, and when
women in pits worked like cattle: when
in agricultural districts the working men
and women were described as hands:
when few could read, and fewer write.
All this has changed, and man, as man,
stands today part of the great family of
humanity, and honest work is IGNORED as
never before. From the highest 20 the
wa
the race is one, that no man liveth to
himself, and no man dieth to himself, and
that work has in it wand which, in a
more potent and wonderful way than any
held by tabled magician, can change all
things. 1t is not too much TO say that
work has modified the earth itself; that
1t has given variety and picturesuueness
to the world, and given attractiveness to
life on the seas. Not a cathedral or hall
not a church or cottage which adorns the
landscape, not ship which plows the
main but is the result of work The men
who despise work, the women who set
light store by it, all alike come to grief
Those who value it most and who do il
best, come to honor and renoWn. Ia all
human history no man can be found who
put higher honor upon work than Jesus
Christ All day long and every day He
was either preparing for work or doing
it.
He is true brother to and the pa
iron of all workers He was by example
and by precept the king of labering men,
and as the worlds mightiest teacher He
leads all others as the champion and de-
fender of workers, not of one class or
age, or nation, race or color, but of all
classes, races. ages and nations forever
more Jesus did not lay down the
length of hours a man should work, the
dollars he should receive for his pay, but
He did .ay down, as no other man ever
did. all those principles OF justice,
equity, righteousness and love which put
into daily practice will do forever away
with oppression, with low wages on the
one hand and poor work, on the other.
There IS no beneficent reform which has
not its roots deep in the heart of the
system Jesus Christ taught the world
We need now to know that there is a
socialism, which is the very worst and
most nefArious anarchy. But there is
Also as was SAID at a conference of all
the bishops of our church in the world,
a socialism which has its SIP. ings in the
very heart Of Christ. When the masses
of the people undo Il tand the attitude of
the Savior toward the life which now is,
when they hear Him ask, as Of old He
did ask His disciples. Children, have
We any meat% with ell the words
mean, when they understand what
world of JOY the principles of Jesus
would make this scene of toll, then, in
deed, will they see the desert blossom as
the rose, and there will be streams in the
desert
The church which once thought to
be so exclusive, is now putting forth
great efforts to interest the working
classes, It's best men are explaining the
position of the church to all social dues
tons. In some cities very remarkable re-
suits have been achieved. In New York
Drs. Ramsford, w. R. Huntington. D.
r. Huntington. D. H. Greer and Bishop
Potter are hard at work on these lines ;"
Bishop Whippe Is to preach in this
course of sermons at the Church of the
Good Shepherd.