The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-07-26

| It's own resOurcCS ana develop llh COM
merce, but that is not to be permitted
while We send cheap hands to Wash
ington who fall under thesubtle infiu
ences Of the almighty dollar and th,
captiyations Of sassiety. What business
have we to have hsTbors? All We are
6t for is to pay tolls to eastern stock
iobbers and sell our producta among
ourselves. The open-door is only good
for camsign purposes.
. .
Rev. Ward Beecher Pickard, d D., Of
Cleveland, Ohio, in a sermon at the In.
ternational Christian Endeavor pictured
the possibilities Of the institutional
church, as he calls it, and he pictures q
wonderful field Of diversified agriculture
for the Methodist church Of the future.
Besides going into kind OF unlimited
partnership with labor organizations for
the reformation Of politics and the solu-
tion Of economic problems, the sphere Of
the churchfs 30 be widened "to save all
men aud all Of the man and by all kinds
OF means" After condemning the
doctrine OF the Jesuits for a century,
MethOdism on the home stretch adopts
the creed Of Loyola, that the end Of pal-
walton is to be justified by the means
employed. So the church is not 10 be
used as house Of worship anl opened
only once or twice week, but IS to be
run all through the week end have a
corps OF workers instead Of just one
preacher and few praying elders.
Besides educational work, all kinds OF
recreation and an industrial system, II is
TO carry on business on good business
principles. The gist Of his argument was
that the church had been spending
millions on dead brick walls used only
part Of the time TO sort off the saints
from the sinners and keep the wearers
Of silks, laces and diamonds from rub
bing against people who work for q
living. That policy pursued by the
devil would have driven him out of
business long ago. lie wants the church
10 adopt the methods Of the Hampton
Indian school aud the Tuskegee negro
school, and seems to realize that
there is good deal OF injun aud
niger la the white savage after
ali, and that you can't save
his soul without teaching him a trade
or giving him some culture and splice
his main brace 70 some kind Of useful
ness. II is all right b. tell a six.footer
that salvation is free, but II everything
else is charged for in the world and he
don't know how TO earn II or produce il,
he will let his soul go TO the devil in
his efforts 30 oil his breadbasket. Tell
woman that IL is nc use 90 gain the
whole world II she lose her own soul,
but let her grow up in ignorance and all
the modern exhortera can't keep her
from selling her most precious jewelry,
the very jewel Of her soul, and not
always TO the highest bidder at that.
The Methodist church and all others
are finding out that education that only
touches the intellect, and religion that
only rests on the emotional nature, are
mighty thin material for the salyation
OF the individual or society. But there
is absolutely nothing new about this dis.
covery. II is old as the Jesuit fathers
and old as John Wesley himself. The
founder OF Methodisn kept in closest
touch with the masses. His liiework |
was mission against the cruslties of
prize-Bghting, bearbAiting, drunkenness
and immortality OF the rich and fashion.
able people OF his times,and he convinced |
the poorest that he had a soul 10 save az
valuable as any tinhOrn gambler, though |
he had an hereditary right toa seat in |
the House OF Lords Wesley organized |
the city OF London aud other cities 10 |
fight destitution, established free dis.
pensarieS, taught the poor trades, or
ganized free industrial schools. and |
recognized the principle that il is not
all Of religion TO get some ignorant per.
son 10 shout in meeting, or have some
halt-baked sinner or hypocrite get up
and say he loves Jesus. To bring out
the Jesus In every man and women and
enable them TO become honest men ana
woman who scorn 10 live by any other
means than their own honest industry,
ought to be the mission OF the church,
and IL will be some day. But we are
sceptlcal about converting the church
into kind OF workshop or Indian train.
ing school. IL hardly approximatea the
Kingdom Christ came TO establish,
which he said was spiritual kingdom
and not OF this world. because when the
church takes up the management Of all
the industries and amusements il will
have TO hire an army OF salaried officers
and It's new plan Of plurality OF
workers' would live OFF the rest, and
there is where the shoe pinches.