New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-18
CLERGY TALK TO LABOR.
CHEST i WORKINGUAN.
Ministers Discuss Subject in Many
Churches.

After ten days campaign Of religious services
for workingmen. conducted in various shops and
factories throughout the city, many ministers OF
various religious bodies gathered together last
night and discussed the general theme Christ HIS
Church and the Workingman-"
The labor problem is the problem Of problems
sad the Rev. Dr. William Carter. pastor OF the
Madison Avenue Reformed Church As Thomas
CARLYLE has said II is the universal. vital prob
lem Of the world II We know nothing of this we
know nothing Of life in its largest meaning Il
sly one should be true 10 Christ Il seems 10 me
II ought 70 be the workingman. II He were here
upon earth to-day I doubt not that He would ap-
ply for admission into the carpenters organlza-
ton. HIS thought ever for the teller ms
divine heart ever going OUT for the masses,
rot the classes. They were workingmen He called
SIS HIS disciples. They were workingmen that
thus were nearest and dearest Unto Him NAY the
workingnen Of to-day take the lesson and apply It
10 themselves"
The Rev. Dr.. r 5 Macarthur, pastor Of CAL
vary Baptist Church, said, il part:
Christ is definitely called the carpenter, and It
IS natural TO suppose that He actually worked ct
the trade Of his repuIed father, lie IS the trtern
away from Jesus Christ reject the friend OF hu-
There ought 70 be no conflict between labor and
capital Rightly understood. they gre friends 4oT
enc 10 % ne rsIfaf5Y Of Inc Golden Rule formulated
BY Jesus Christ Then strikes viii be no more;
then neglect Of duty on the part Of WorIIneh WI
tai viii he no mere.
At the Hanson Place Methodist Church, Brook
Ign. the pastor tie Rev. DR. Charles Edward
Locke. said:
The paramount questions Of the day relate to
VSorEinemaa. and Is the workinrmans best friend
eli men Jesus dieni6ed labor by, Himself learning
but blessing. To work IS TO worship.
Preaching in the Brick Presbyterian Church, tie
Rev. Shepherd knapp the assistant pastor, said;
# the rich man contents himself with the thought
fbe the usSfa 6r5fssz.oa or business IN which he is
which he helps TO support or direct {heq attn 1sh
he is aoEg as far r. as h9 E9esd deaf aG IS " |
IN Grace Episcopal Church the Rev. Carl Rel
land. among otker things. said:
The Gospel IS both medicine and healing 70 the
grievous ms which are yexng between e,apitet ana
labor The CEurch Is the s2ecla! %. OF LIS
cation 10 ell conditions Of life Both the Gospel
ina me a1r'a ar min s needs the Presence and
counsel Of his plain, hard, practical common sense
II the Adams Memorial Presbyterian Church the
pastor. the Rev Jesse r. Forbes said. IN part:
with al the world from which to choose. Jesus
thereby. He has especial sympathy with toilers'
horn OF his own experience
..Conce6ing that the Church o. Jesus Christ has
-ot reached the limits Of her possibilities in her
efforts 70 bring the Kingdom nigh TO the working
man" said the Rev. DR.. c : Young, IN the pres
bytersn) Church o. the Puritans, 1t Is neverthe-
less true that she has alway led the struggle for
human rights and liberty
1t is the province Of the Church said the Rev.
Edwin Whittier CasweI, pastor Of the Beekman
Hill Methodist Church TO reply 70 the CRY Of the
millions. When the universal church thus
follow her Lord there viii be no labor problem no
caste problem, immigrant problem, no japanese
problem
In the Church Of the Covenant LPresbyterian) the
pastor, the Rev. Dr.. Georse ,. Webster, sad tlat
The toilers Of the earth look to-day al the Church
much "as they looked IT Jesus Christ, when He
lived in Palestine Some he said. ''desplse.
others accept and trust
The pastor Of the First Noravian Church the
Rev. DR.. Morris W Leibert, another to speak
on the general subject.
'Christ's teachings are meant fer the many on
all classes and conditions. He IS the Friend in
general perhaps. mere than the Saviour in the
abstract"