The Washington times., 1903-03-23
BISHOP -SPttbiNNIGG' ON ON
THE LABOR MOVEMENT
Delivers Sermon AT St. Patrick'S
Church.

The services at St. Patrick's Church. /
Teath Street, yesterday. were especially /
notabIe in that two distinguished digni- /
tarics Of N Cstbolic ehursb.' Btshop
s2alding and Archeishop ireland, deliFz
ered the sermons-of tRs daysArchbishop-
Ireland preached at The II O'Clock mass
and Bishop spaldiug spoke at the even
Ing service.
Bishop Spaiding chose for his subject.
Christ and the Labor Movement" In
the course Of. his sermon Bishop soald-
ing said
men for the purpose or 'setffug- their
la abor were put under the ban OF the law
fof Ave centuries. down TO 1924. When.
however. the Industrial evolution. which
Transferred production from the homes
of5the workers to factories. took place.
redncing the laborer to the extremity OF
wretchedness. trade unions became an
ind spensable measure of self-defense.
They began in secrecy. and were often
maintained by violence. but at length
they won liberation. and finally. in 1871.
Legal recognition and the approval OF
the public.
ssCompetition leads to overprOduction.
and oyerproduction 10 a, fahipg magAet.
and consequent stagnation;, and so, In
TINS Industrial age It dasfly happens : NAT
poverty is born Of plenty. 10 such sys
ten human worth comes TO be less con
sldored than material possvssions-the
value of man less than that OF the
fittings which minister 10 him. Justice
and fairness in the relations OF employ
ers and employed give place 20 greed.
dfstrust and, hate The captains OF in
dustry. UNLIKE AheScAptastEs Sss ssaia -ftst
no pride in the men, whose .couTage. and
endurance enable them 10 win the vic
tory. and the men. unlike soldiers. take
10, delight in their leaders, but look on
them rather with envy and suspicion
When such is the spirit OF industriallsm.
Il ceases TO be a school Of moral cooper
alton. and becomes breeding ground
and nursery OF anti-soeial continents and
srehbishop rr~anSs arsanls az- sased
on the gospel OF thE day. He ssid in
part:
-Jesus fed because the time for the
fun manifestation or His power Ild dig
nifty had not yet arrived. Furthermore,
The Jews had not understood the true
character OF the royalty which He
claimed. TnsS imagined a worldly
kingdom: ChFlst-s Kingdom is spiritual;
He reigns over souls. over minds. over
hearts. We recognize the true character
~ L "A I'm
Jesus. be our King.
t"vhat are His credentials? I might
quote the miracles which he wrought.
one OF which is the multiplication Of
the loaves and fishes, as narrated in
the gospel OF this day; but. to under
stand the full proving force OF those
miracles. we must see them. not one by
one. but IN their entirety. and in their
own perspective We must see back
OF them the persepaI ISy voa Jesus; we
must see, too. the sequence of them in
the work of Jesus. throughout history
whatever the attacks OF unbelief against
the miracles Of Christ. His historical
figure remains. The main lineaments
oFgthe person and life OF Jesus are un-
uched, undisigured by criticism says
.dr Harnack. himself That is eneugt
for US. -CnTlSlt AttfrfIa@s ndt -. s1tt7ti-t =
10 the only religfo0.stAE only tnorA lsiap
that ever viii be- Chris ., says Renan
viii remain unparalleled. DE is th'
son or man, the best that ever went
forth from the womb OF humanity HC
is the son OF God. the most perfect
manifestation Of the divine that th'
world has ever seen.
THAT the Christian religion has no
taken within its. embrace 'the a whOl'
world. that It's growth is gradual tha
etfn under its standard there is yic'
ant sin. IS no adverse argument. Cod
Ways are slow and gradual in their ad
vance. He places germs in the worl'
which develop with time; and We mus
rc1nember that He IS dealing with free
wllled man. who Is able 10 set at naugh
the best and the most powerful. W
Judge Christianity not by what It ha
not done. bur by what II has done an
what a Is able ao--s~hsre- resist
anre is made"
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