Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-27
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The work before the churches of
Christ is to preach the gospel in its
integrity and purity. They must set
themselves to it with more statesman
ship. The religious basis is recognized
as underlying civic loyalty and the
apprehension of the ideals of America.
All churches OF a city should meet to-
gether and work in the interests of
the nation and the kingdom of Christ.
1t is not time. however, to give up de-
nominational lines.
do not fear the future If the whole
church and the whole people will
arouse to the need there is for serv-
ice. Like the work of the American
brotherhood attempted by the Y. NJ.
c. A.. where personal service can
count.
The afternoon session closed after a
hymn and benediction by DR.. S. II.
Howe.
The Church and the Labor Problem.
Again at the evening service the
congregation was large one, the SER
vice beginning at 7.45 with an organ
prelude by Frederick w. Lester, organ
list of the church. The pastor, Rev. K.
S. Worcester. read q shors Psalm and
prayer was offered by Presiding Elder
Rev. j. Fl. Newland Of the Methodist
church. A hymn, oh for a Heart, pre-
ceded the scripture reading by Rev. c.
A. Northrop, after which Rev. Mr..
Worcester made the announcements,
and then presented Rev. Orrin r. Gift
fold, D. D., OF the First Baptist church,
Brookline Mass, for an address upon
The Church and the Labor Problem.
This was a mastery presentment OF
the subject which charmed his hearers,
strongly arraigning present conditions
I a ~ onFTnIfncr a lraHnnta that the Ia
brr problem was an economic question.
the relation Of the man to the. mud
under his feet. and its solving lay in
guaranteeing equal opportunities for AL
men.
Defining first what he meant by the
church, the speaker said that Christ
came with a call, and at his going
turned over this call to his little grour
of followers. the church Of Christ.
Wherever these disciples went with
their call and me1 needed II, churches
were for mel. Tho prism If den nina
tionalism hadn't divided the light into
the seven fold beauty Of Baptist, Com
gregationalist, Methodism, or any other
ism. So by the church in the early
times was meant the men and women
who had heard and needed the call OF
Jesus Christ; and that is what we
mean by the church-all the men and
women in Norwich, in Connecticut, in
the world who have received and heed
ed the call Of the Christ, the new tes-
lament conception OF the church.
The labor problem, he continued, is
an economic one. the relation Of man
to the material universe, and that IS
the best form OF government which
gives a nan the best chance. The Ia
Dor problem is simply the way OF re-
lating the man to the raw material, 80
relating the man to the raw material
that his condition shall be fair. The
strength OF a republic comes not from
its poor or Its rich, but out Of the great
middle class, and the question is how
TO get the man into such economic
conditions that he can provide for
those that he brings into the world.
Presenting some striking figures Of
the control OF capital and the payment
OF taxes by the rich and the poor In
England. where one in twenty dies in
the poorhouse or an Institution, DR..
clifford asserted that the leprosv Of
old England was in the blood of New
England and the English problem will
be but child'S play to ours IL the
spreading out Of individuals TO control
immense tracts of land isn't stopped.
DR. clifford indicated how the labor
problem had been solved in Denmark
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