The sun., 1900-12-28
FOR 4 COMMUNITY HOUSE.
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ptsrpttiot :" it-t Nruith ssin rs.t ysu-
Ii hop Potter rr,..Uud url Nutpm
lIoVft 5000. .' ut H meeting .H 'no mot nitc-
drtl gr.',r1pr uiipfuu.r. ,..'.l D.. iIo .-
tension ,uuuui". ul tho ..Ur,u Iur tao iur
pose ol tpI-lus 70 FUND u' E'ur Nru for the hui'd-
iug of u ,uuuunitr .uu.o ,u tho in.f si
a. u l,uIguHr,uf. u. f'' llE VpfFers Of tho
rru-,pfIrdru lu,.f.t- fu tIo meeting.
vith uIl" account oI Hs "n.ct. v'tr sent
20 ever. l'Wtl Iu lu' diocese uf SO" iurk.
and NJ" Iru-tntl"I|u VIVA v"l NIIoi when
tho B-nuu called tI" meeting 80 order The
Bishop t,ld ol tu" lrra' advantage 10 lay
Vor.Hf- among tNv l.Hr oi tho great lust
~. ot h'irg .U"ns 'ho ,rpr.
"iuu tuuI,t N,.I uu.ti4 iIv fcUIi" In "a
lnrgo clt ui" tine today sad th" Iii'hgr.
"rr'".- l.Y ,nDw tie pcnIlo ana their ur"d-.
Aud to know the P"oil" AID then needs you
h"y" got g. 1--we among them and ret tn"ir
Mr Hewitt said that he thought u good
way 10 J,Ir" ~. $4,000 needed for the cOrn-
nr'rit. r"u." would b." Z" get tho names Of
one hundred mon. "1cn one Of whom would
couttI.ut" I,Dtl Z. IN" fund II" ~uid that
Ls woi!d tr ono oi Tao hundred. Nj. Hewitt
Ten or twelve years ago Bishop Potter
asked me 10 help toward the erection OF
great cathedral refused b""aus" ] felt
there were a great many THINKS 10 ho done
in New York Of much greater IMPORTANCE
than the erection oi new Cdthedrai buI
to-day. when he asked my help on behalf of
the pro-Ca jhedral | feel II is my duty to
Respond, ,oo,,h h,s ircro,,od
five tiue- 10 fast e. oar population. VINO
shall say tnHt with that wonderful increase
H. our wealth there l. not means ~ abund.
ance 10 remove all the misery ana all the tvll
conditions among tie humDIa classes, NhICh
at present are stains ana sores on the Dody
polite.
The advance Of industry which has
brought W. th. wealth beyond the widest
dreams of aytTico has also brought on con-
dltonS which make II an ab-olItc ImpoS-l-
blllty for some people TO live decent. respect
able lives.
The rich have not even begun TO do what
they ouLhL to do. Men that | almost wor-
those thai have Ie~- ar" not giving IN pro
portion t. their wealth the hdi that was
given by their families generation ago,
Have We the right t. take all this wealth
and do nothing to correct tho evils created
iu T. productions Can you accept these
millions and shut your eyes To the "vllS Nhi.n
weave themselves about the prpiuccr-P .
Good cod j. this the end I" which We
have been working all these centuries? Is
this the rssllt Of our industrial d"Helo pment.
aud must our prosperity As nauoh DE rur-
chased at such a staggering price
II these terrible tenelneuts, these over.
crowded districts, these dark and foul DWELL
ing places and all the attending ml-eries must
go with industry. then l would to God that
every industrial centre could be destroyed,
as we're Sodom and GomOrrah OF old, and
mon be driven back 10 the land where they
can ct least havo tho hree2eS and the green
gras, and tho sunshine and the blue OF heaven
but there is thing more melancholy.
perhaps. confronting u AT the close OF this
evlldoers are instead protecting vice and
iniuuity and growing Fat on the revenue
Everett j. Wheeler and the Rev. DR., David
rs' Tns tae6 9N' Tbose present cont Gontrbutcd R6er
ally, but no announcement was made OF the
amount taken up.