New-York tribune., 1910-09-05
CHURCH AND WORKMAN
Labor Sunday Talks Emphasize
IdeaIism OF Workers.
GROWTH OF SOCIAL UNREST
Responsibility Attributed to the
Church-Golden Rule Urged
on Capital and Labor.

The Church Is responsible fo- tEe spirit
of social unrest which exists among wo-k-
trgmen to-day. said IRE Rev Charles
SteIz1e YESTERDAY At the Labor Temple. Sec
ond avenue ana Iith street toward the
end Ct a talk on Why Is the American
Workingr1an DissatisAed7- a. ire labor
Sunday mass meeting Re then said
Somebody recently said at a Sociological
conference tnat during re lest t.e-,y.1ve
but trat during the Same period social
unrest had also increased threefold- there
fore he concluded TIRE Church as means
Of keeping down social unrest cas oee1
nor-e-actfve Just as though i we're t1s
business If The Crurcn 70 keeP aon soclal
There ara no labor troubles n darzes,
Africa bur II the missionaries that we a-e
sending there are on 70 fheir JOBS We WI
soon hear OF labor disturbances N the hear
OF the dark continent These F7!ss'orarieS
Will find a people satisfied with !oT pnys.
fca1 mental and moral ideals. 1neT Ttt
point out these conditions ard show them
the possfrfli,ies for them tnev viii not "a
satisfied until they have broken the oancs
which bound them through many GER
turv This has been the history OF t1e
Church IN every generation Ire g-eaI
task before the Church today is 70 H-is1
the work which she SO long ago began.
leading the people 70 the fun realization o.
the IDEAL which the Church has been hold
ing before them
Previously Mr.. StelzIe said that ore - ire
elements Of social unrest ar'org WORKING
people Of this country was the increasing
power of wealth which is manifested n
land monopoly He discussed the cost OF
living. declared that lack OF opportunity
was the real curse Of poverty and main
tanned that the tdeaHsn Of the workinsr1an
was responsible for much OF the social un-
rest On the last point he said.
The idealisr1 OF the organized workers
often leads them 70 do what would orcl-
nariIy be considered foolish and disastrous
They viii engage IN sympathStlc scr1Hes-
for instance in spite OF contract or agree
uenr They will sacrifice their poSiuoEs
and often go hungry for the sake OF
fellow worker thousand miles away, ard
whom they may never have seen or heard
Of This cannot be attributed 70 sel1sn-
ness. There IS, To be sure. an elem snr OF
self-interest in such action out this n
reresr is so far removed that il actually
plays a very small part in the sttua-1on
Az the Chelsea Methodist Episcopal
( Church. in West 19rh street the Rev.
George ". Grinton preached yesterday on
How the Church Can Aid the Working
man He depIcred the delay IN reaching
a settlement OF the oIoaknakers strike
because o. the suffering II incurred. both
70 the strikers and 70 business The ob-
iect Of the Church, he said. was TO bring
unity. peace and good will between en-
pIoyer and erpIoye-
In the last OF a series of sermons cy TIE
Rev DR.. William Wilkinson az the grounds
Of the Cathedral Of 81. John the Divine
last evening Or. Wilkinson accsrtuatec
the need Of ore days rest IN sever and the
importance OF rendering the highest service
possible during the six working days
The Rev. Joseph r Sizco. assistant pas
tor OF the Middle Collegiate Church, IN
street and Second avenue. IN 4 sermon
preached yesterday morning said that much
of the strife OF these times was due 20
hitter and cruel hatred He spoke OF ne
pledge of fellowship and cooperation be-
tween Boaz and the reapers when they
besougnt heavens highest blessing upon
one another
'One Days Rest in Seven" was the theme
OF the Rev. Andrew 2. CnderhiI, assistant
rector Of the Church OF the Ascension n
Fifth avenue. last night. He urged
closer spiritual relation between the Vorz-
ingnan and the employer and expressed
the hope OF a new era in which capital
and labor would join hands in the interests
OF peace and good viii.