The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-19
Addresses by Henry ID. Lloyd, DR..
Buckley, Bishop Galloway ID. ID.
woOdmansee and Others.
AN OPEN-AIR SONG SERVICE
FEATURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION AT DETROIT.
"Coronation" Hymn and "America,
Sung by 10000 Persons Gathered
on the Campus Martius

DETROIT, July 1S.-Ten thousand Ep-
worth Leaguers gathered on the Campus
Martius in front of the City Hall this after
noon IN the short open-air song service that
was the feature of the sixth international
convention Of the league. and one of the
most unique episodes in the history of the
leagues conventions.
The great crowd of leaguers filled the
square in front of the City Hall and
stretched up and down Woodward avenue
for several hundred yards. The service
was short, merely the singing of the old
Coronation" hymn and America led by
two cornetlsts. Between songs they gave
three cheers for the United States, for King
Edward and for the league.
To-nights three meetings in Tent Onta-
rio, Auditorium Epworth and the Detroit
Opera House were devoted to addresses on
The Church and Civic Righteousness
THE Church and the Industrial Masses
and 1.-THE Church and the Liquor Problem"
The attendance at the meetings was not so
great by many hundreds as at the preceding
meetings, perhaps because of the admission
fee that was charged to help cover the ex-
penses of the convention.
Henry d. Lloyd, of New York, was the
first speaker on The Church and the Indus
trial Masses at the Auditorium meeting.
Mr. Lloyd made strong plea for municipal
ownership for cooperation in business, for
direct vote of the people and for old age
pensions. He then said: THE very heart
of democracy Is love of God and neighbor.
The republic, equality, citizenship, doing as
you would be done by in government, is the
political side Of Christianity. The religion
of labor, doing as you would be done by, In
the worlds work, is the industrial side OF
Christianity. To make the most or our
selves, human and divine, to help others to
make the most of themselves, to recognize
that we are not getting our best unless all
are getting their best, to create the institu-
lions that will make 1t possible for all the
people to lead this life together-this Is de-
mocracy and Christianity; this democracy
and Christianity are now moving FORWARD
TO civilize and sancitfy the largest of all,
the fields of human association-the COM
mon toll. This is the religion OF labor.
d. d. Woodmansee, of Cincinnati, said on
the same subject, LET us not bring the
church down to the masses, but bring the
masses up to the church. Our church
homes should be common meeting ground
where all classes could mingle together
and put forth their efforts for the better
ment of the world. Let the men who labor
and the men who employ stand together on
a common Christian platform. Let the Ten
Commandments and the Golden Rule be
the basis of all settlements, and then this
mOmentOuS problem or strikes ana StrlK-
ers would cease to disturb the business
world
DIR. ]. M. Buckley, of New York, was the
third speaker. He said that in the consid-
Grafton of\industrial questions there was
always two sides and urged that this be
not lost sight of,
In Tent Ontario, where the subject was
"Civic Righteousness" the smallest crowd
that has gathered in the tent during the
convention was present. The three speakers
devoted their time to condemnation OF
the liquor traffic. DR.. p. A. Baker, of Co
lumbus O., gave a history of the work.
ings of the Anti-saloon League in the State
of Ohio after which Bishop Galloway, of
Mississippi, discussed the result of temper
ance work in his own State. 81 believe"
he said. that the ballot Is as sacred as the
Book of Common Prayer and 1t Is there
fore the duty of every Christian man to see
that he votes in accordance with his relig-
tate how the temperance question shall be
handled in other States but l know that
down in MY native commonwealth a move
nIent along non-partisan lines has been
found the most successful. Bishop Gallo
way was followed by DR.. Albert Carman,
Canada, who spoke along the same line of
thought.
John c. Wooley, of Chicago, former Pro-
hibition candidate for the presidency, was
the speaker of the evening at the opera
house meeting where 1.-THE Church and the
LIQUOR Problem was the subject. Rev. j.
S. Oliver, of Listowet, Canada, also spoke
on the same subject.