The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-13
PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED,
,oJ IiBOR TROUBLES or THE
QUESTION or TRUSTS.
y,,,s,rrs should stick to the Gospel.
Saws the REV. l.. y. Osborne. and
tca,c out Politics and Economics
work OF Church TO LIT Up Man.

Ica,c out Politics and Economies
work OF Church TO LIT Up Man.
Tho Roy. Louis Shreve Osborne of Trinity
r,scopal Church, one of the oldest churches
,, Newark. y j., and the Rev. Dr. William
Il N,rgan of the Central Methodist Church.
Icliyerad addresses on Monday night be-
,,re tho PRESBYTERIAN Union in the Central
rrssbytcrian Church. Mr.. Osborne caused
come excitement by denouncing the ten
doncv Of soma preachers to take up politi-
,al social and economic questions. He
or,ticised ministers who preached on mat
,srs with which they were not familiar.
II was the annual meeting Of the Pres
h,-erian Union and the church was crowded
p-, Morgan disputed the Rev. Mr., Os-
bornes views Speaking directly to Mr.
Osborne he said -The coal strike was just
and preached on It, too
-Oh, we'll you know something about
H." rcturtcd Mr.. Osborne. referring to Dr.
Morgan : assertion that he had worked
IN coal mine in his youth.
MIR. OSBORNE said that the more he went
into the questions of social and political
economy the less he thought he knew about
tenn He said that there was time
when it was considered a crime TO drag
such matters into the pulpit, but il is now
lard f. Sad a minister who does not take
40, 'itt fling a, public questions, and the
IcnuDi,m sometimes swings too far,
They forget that there is an old-fash
Ion,d Gospel he continued. A short
while ago something big happened in this
CITY, and every day there were six or seven
columns in the newspapers about it com
posed 10y the expert writer's Of the daily
tapers. and vet there were plenty of min
,., oh. n lfiiit nn
n,l Get as the writers-who got up in the
IGlrt and gaze it to their congreg cations
N sunday. II should be the purpose. of the
minister's Of the Gospel to preach Christ
AMI him crucified, but that seems to he
coreid. red oId-fashoned by some. think
should he left out of pulpit discussions:
r., With justice. truth. brotherhood, father
hood AID the uplifting of man the church has
everything to do.
s'rife. The great leader Himself said
Render unto Cesar the things that are
e.lr,. and unto God the things that are
GuG's' Theoretically, capital and labor,
wisdom ard unwisdom are TO be equally
loved by the Church, or how is the Church
- represent humanity? Is she to take,
>j'os with labor against capital or capital
against labor? No! She must preach
Brotherhood and unity. She must say to
hem. You are equal II was once said
that the Church was dying of dignity, but
think that there is not much danger of my
branch and yours and some others dying
Il dignity now.
There was much said about the coal
strike, and many fools rushed in where
angels feared TO tread ! studied econom-
is for four or five years, but ! was rather
afraid to discuss the subject; but | can
lame three or four brothers and | am
sure that l could forget more in one night
than they ever learned-who got up like
professionals, and was surprised at the
ROT they gave out. I thought the question
ought not to be ignored, and !! finally
preached a sermon in which endeavored
Money is the root Of all evil and l was
imparialy cursed and blessed by both
sides in the controversy.
The speaker said that he saw no trouble
in getting worSngmen to church, and he
saw no need Of discussing the labor ques-
ton. He did not believe, no said, in sing
ling them out and preaching sermon to
workingmen any more thar he believed In
preaching a sermon to storekeepers or
bank presidents. Neither did he believe
peop pie or to women, for he considered
that all had the same average degree of
understanding. He told how he had worked
for the half holiday movement, and had
spoken for II with Mgr, Doane and
others in the Newark Theatre, but when
Not on your life
Mr.. Osborne, ito go into half baked, I'M
digested fads. Why not preach on the
t pics, Take little wine for the stoma, chs
sake, or Be content with your wages or
Go to. Va rich men?
An enterprising reporter uncovers
political mare $ nest, or two or three police
men are found acting crooked. where
upon occupants of the Christian. pulpit
rrd their garments as though the eter-
nal bottom Of the earth had dropped out
and present much the appearance OF
vaudeville or comic opera. Such things
have done more than anything else to drive
many good people from the Church
The speaker made a reference to the ate
Bishop Brooks, who, he said, stuck to the
Gospel, while petty men were blowing e
gongs to attract attention. Mr.. Osborne
ended wit an appeal for ministers to preach
the BEAUTIFUL things in the, Bible.
Dr.. Morgan said at the. outset OF his
IA not accord with those of Mr.. Osborne.
lie held that the Church should always
'ake UP the cause of the weak. Continu--
ing, he went into a lengthy discussion OF
he trust problem and traced the course
If combination from its inception. he
spoke Of railroad combinations. and he
declared that in spite of the howl which
rad baen raised over business combina-
lions they were here to stay. The amass-
ing OF capital, Dr. Morgan added, had re-
suited in the massing of labor. He de-
cared that it is the so-called respectable
mon who keep the Hobbies at Washing
ol. and the Government should be no
onger passive policeman, but should
regulate the trusts.
The minister then outlined the gradual
lire Of labor TO an organized mass of men
until now, he asserted, there are labor
trusts.
These trusts oppose each other he
other Of mus Gle and blood. One is mighty
and the other is rapidly growing mighty.
It will not be long before the labor organ
cations will be a unit.
We must emphasize as Christian min
isters that there is higher law than. the
law of demand, and before God his minis
'ers should expound the fact that there Is
something bigger than dollars.
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