New-York tribune., 1908-09-27
ru1R4CTER rs CHANGING
FOR BETTER.
Rel;epes Church Should Stree 10
Meet Eristing Needs-Predch-
ers Should Be Leaders
By James b. Morrow


- =. Cornwall. y. Y unoe1 '"e
F., ~ storm King on the HUDSON 49,.
ccsn - e1l- Dr. Abbott answered mere as -
>ol1 -a.4z concerning wealth How WIS II
oe How is Il being spentT Inc lIan AO
e0''..h,nr FOR nothing has been inFoiNeU Z" .
-, transaction. The man VINO wants sotle
oisnoI .nt-g the instinct coming before the
- - the act may not have come "a o4i' n
-, No matter how man may ger ilONeS 40
hoIS..-.s- ~ he has given nothing In return
,al,s -ecsived' must be written on every
-,,.. end in morals on every dollar that
fl IS ro~session- We are induiring more aho
: = ,scfecaIy and persistenty into The sources
nD .,s,,s1 millions The day Of addition, division
q - IS mast We want 10 know the facts
/ ~ ~ - aaishouorable' is yet 10 be written on
= ,-ookea fortune. But il viii be written
/ e.. e. ,,--alafes OF wealth. luxury and enerva-
:. rr4s ore hand. and the condemnation OF
- ,55o disheIleye IN wealth altogether are out
-,stn o.,eestion. Wealth Is one OF the lawful
So. and obligations OF civilization Combined.
-. fhat which cannot be done separately
-, = - a, .ba man who can build railway from
~. YORK 10 the Pacific Ceean out OF MS own pocA-
~ rr. -su-obats corporations. but they are one
e. rrus+-st,ous OF g workable democracy. That
- -. sisboaestly managed Is another matter
- -heir object IS TO bring hundred men
- a. g thousand men together in ownership
,s-ric,pancy Of resultant benefits Here we
80 -. ,,,.Is republic in the world OF business, with
II s-..s and responsibilities
su-, s.. n Idle man, and are told that no one
- - him Job. be is incompetent, you un-
d .-.,s,s n make Job for himself A corpora
60 - wealthy individual with enterprise and
-. gives him employment The employer.
..s ~ pe-sonal is entitled 10 profit on
- 1.,o- 81 purchased The profit may be 10
=. sav or more Be it little or great the
/ ,ssrrsug principle IS sound IN economies ana
II ,.ss.sible II ethics If the employer takes 100
- >. must be dealt with by law and public
sentiment
Some one has said that formerly PofticaI
.o,c,v had 70 do with the accumulation OF
r.,,.s bu+ now with It's distribution That is
Ga NJ Rockefellers money should not be scat
-,-ed IN tire ground but should see that men
- hs tvpe and class do not get an unrair snare
# ire profits. SO We come straight back 70 the
fundamental questions: How did the millionaire
get his money? and IN what way Is ne using
~"
In your view. DO any dangers threaten the
,surt-y7" 7 asked
The orly thing we have 10 fear is ignorance.
re fruit OF which IS passion and violence
Through passion, which IS violence not yet IN
motion leadership IS given 70 unworthy men
There IS always & grave menace IN that bduca-
iun means the thinking Of matter consecutively
szd reasonably to its enc. With education, there
y the demagogue, and also the iiterate zealot
IEo may Be fully as dangerous. Happily. every
one in the United States almost s going 10
EboOl"
is the American character undergoing any
Caanges for the worse?"
our character is changing, certainly. but for
ne better. There IS more honesty IN business
Ead in al OF the relations Of life than ever. with
Out talking prohibition or total abstinence, let me
observe that respectable men don't get drunk in
this generation. Lyman Bescher has told US
that il customary II his time TO serve1iquor
At tie ceremony attending the ordination OF a
minister Such e performance now would be a
national scandal and send every man present TO
the ecclesiastical axe
n The whole movement o. mankind is onward and
upward There are eddies. backwater and obstruc-
tons. but the river. halted for g moment. sweeps
o. We have 6 boy. He Is q good boy, and is
/ getting better al the tine. But bad day comes
LOng as bad days vii come with all OF US The
soy goes into tzntruIn, and We send him Of to
aA Il we are pessinists We Will mourn and say
tat be lg going 10 The devil But the boy, there in
rs bed, eUlp-it for the hour. refutes US Frauds
arg uncovered specifically those concerning our life
hs1rance companies. and We lament the present
snd shndier for children But the frauds were
aa not new. and they were discovered. mark you.
aha exposed, and the guilty Of them. you must
na ierget- were driven from Office. Oh, yes. our
81 L improving E1EH[ along.
/ TEE CEURCHS GREATEST NEED.
Il WHAT is the greatest need OF the Church TO-
eayT'
tcn might as well ask me to name the best
oA Each q Us has his Own point OF view. I
I'hE ne Church shauld meet the existing needs
n j NE word anG not be satisfied with sixteenth
nl0FT Interpretation OF its duties and functions.
u -ans religion was celestial and men gave them
Il @'ss entirely 70 God. as they believed, by going
4 :" mohasteraes, where they deprived themselves
.ooo and scourged their bodies with knotted
~ pf1ckly shirts, and so on That sort OF re-
e|a vas srti-hurnanitarian- Some might say il
- i1oleuious, Then followed Z period when men
- 1eiglous a. family prayers and on Sunday,
~sa-F limiting their Liabilities. as is sometimes
4 n Z corporltlous and partnerships.
II - S1sre e absolutely no end 10 personal re
Il -A0-g UNDER the law. Payment must be made
II = 4 religious man cannot practise at home
before breakfast let Us say. and then
anner IN -he street and at his place OF
= lis life must be Uniform. and his spirit
-, enle the Church that il may meet human
- sno its manifold and perplexing emergen-
- s--AlSteTs should be educated men, and stu
- p11 they cannot see the practical side Of
n Ses smut themselves up in their libraries.
Sescher ought % be leader. IF he is in the
H. III nim inform hineet about agriculture
-. = may stand with mis- men on their own
H sAa talk % them in their own language. not
- -'a teacher but who understands
l. -ta-aizes Wtth their problems and necessi-
l. A-hg to thc people n their own language
L. -'poftart The most eloquent preacher on
IS, NOaia make headway with Anglo
H.. ngregation we're he TO speak 10 them in
lE,sy soaio preach in New YORK about Wall
-, -oot cornpTehending the subject or ap-
- lhe difference between legitimate and ,
ksEs - - Speculation the brokers who heard me
s,s-t- sa1ter question everything 1 said Alb
: teex would exclaim. aRd properly. doesn't
tt5s - he Is talking about So ministers
ES - themselves not inquisitorially ike q
-, sOt -t Or census taker. but easily and nat
Art. toere is q carpenter. or blacksmith. |
a. or e grocery keeper in the congre-
Il e,r, IN M Zee that the person IN the pulpit
= 'cl q the sixteenth century and that he
I'm, -. . lead men rtght row. and lead them |