Evening journal., 1907-10-07

less contracted by myself
o7-St WILLIAM LANGRELL.
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cent but bungling and inexcusable ut
terances of the pulpit are enough to
estrange. any worldngman OF ntelh-
gence This subject is more vitally
related to the work OF the church than
are all the dead languages. and an
other dead things, for that matter
2. Get in Touch.
That means to study the men as we'll
as their books. II means contact and
sympathy with the man in jeans Not
on sunday, and in the home alone. but
in the shop the factory and the union.
Make him 10 understand that he and
his cause have a friend in the preacher
and the church. This would mean no
radical change OF heart and purpose
in most ministers and a large part OF
their membership, but il would require
vast change in their expression and
conduct This does not mean that the
ministry must endorse all the policies
and deeds of the labor movement Few
Puritans endorsed all the deeds Of
Cromwell and his Ironsidcs; few Re
formers endorsed all the extravagances
1 Of Luthers followers; fow Mothodists
endorse all that was done under Wes-
/ ley; few patriots will defend all done
| by the Union armies; but in no case
We're they the less loyal To their cause
for these reasons Labor is wronged
| and oppressed The cause demands
redress. We are bound to be on the
side of right or forfeit our claim to
respect The church should be en-
/ rapport with toiling humanity no mat
ter what the cost In the way of hnan-
cial loss and the sacrifice of the favor
of tho rich.
3. Active Effort.
The ministry ought TO take an active
part in the actual progress Of the
4 struggle
In the worlds broad field Of battle,
n IN the bivouac of life.
n Be not like dumb driven cattle
BE a hero In the strife
All efforts for the bettcrment of
labor's lot-factory laws-child labor
laws-employer's liability laws-a roa-
sonable limit 20 hours OF work-move-
iments for enforced arbitration and in
dustrial peace-all these and many
other reforms. that may be unpopular
to-day but win lind plenty of defend
ors to-morrow should have the active
hearty constant support Of the Chris
tian ministry
1t appears 10 me that we may safely
go even further in our activity. The
social program has already been adopt
ed i'm many things We have this pro-
gram adopted in the public education
md in the postal service and In muni-
ipal ownership and conduct of pub
c utilities. / believe that it would
le 10 the interest of the church anc
humanity for the ministry to talk,
he side of labor in advocating, in
weet reasonableness. the extension OF
his policy still further-especially az
applies to natural monopolles. anC
'eh vast aggregations Of capital az
'ush competition and enslave an op
ress the people.
AS President Roosevelt has well said
We /shall find it necessary in thu
iture to shaclSle cunning as in thu
asst we have shaclSled force"
Nor can legislation stop with wha
re termed labor questions. The vas
Individual and corporate fortunes, tn
vast combinations of capital, whlcl
have marked our industrial system
create new conditions and make neces
: sary a change from the old attitud'
Of the State and Nation toward pro
perty"
A transition of this sort is in pro
l gress. 1 would not advocate partici
patton merely because Il is in the air
and is the coming order; but becaus
Iii believe IL contains the right, an,
the degree in which honest study Of tn
subject shall lead good people 10 al
\ La g.. =. 1frr
up TO their light and help on the eman
/ cipation of our modern industria
slavery which, in many respects, !
as iniquitous as that against which on
nation went to war.
Mr.. Carroll d. Wright, United State
| Commissioner Of Labor, says: 1T mus
be granted that Industrial condition
constitute the basis of society, an
: that all social reforms must hinge upo
: industrial conditions, and. therefore
the economic trend of these condition
/, toward what we popularly know a
\ socialism constitutes a vital question
There are three forces tina
we must recognize in this economi
! trend toward socialism-the first,
= socialism Itself. the weakest Of tn
/ whole; the next strongest is organize
y labor; but the third and most power
= ful force that is driving this and othe
I countries rapidly into state socialisI
is capital itself; and the capitalist
when you talk with them confiden
TALLY, do not hesitate TO say that thi
) is inevitably the result of their com
binations."
In all this movement the ministr
should have, nay must have an in
telligent conscientious, active part,
: drop out as a. factor in the world
: progress and forfeit the pleasure of HI
II Master who has sent him into tn
world to destroy the works of the dev
| ana to make the kingdom of this cart
L the kincdnm OF our Lord and h