The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-04

Nst . Psutl-al ss-taIs.s fa- tIus',
AettanHts IN the Natt.r Esuaan-a
The Rev. Dr John u Ling. Win n--sI
On give srs'tsltst,c aaslr----s and wIts H-,~r--
tary - the CHRISTIAN Socialist Fsll.y~uhip,
has got out 20 th. Socialist party RrUvne
4 Hammond. WIN u-.si a. b. q tr'ist--
IN De Longs church On Lemon rad near
flatbtlzh avsnu-. Bruoklyn. and - the
financial SECRETARY 20 N. kikhtssnth ~
nsmbly dlstrict Socialist organization.
aasd that u Dr ls1nE hadn't got nut II
the party organization charges Of sroial-
istto her~sy uould have b-eR brought
against him and that would have wound
him up for sure
Mr.. llammnnd buys and s~llz real
estate IN the frunt part II a u ,rs at liza
I flatbush avenue. which srrV~s alsn a.
the meeting room Tor th. Socialists % tho
district. He hasn't been a trustee 81 the
ParkHtde church for a year. lie says h.
I graduated about a YEAR ago.
IL was a qussr bunch of trustees Long
hat when was there he said. There
was Bernard J Riley. who usesl 90 be a
Catholic. and SOL schwartz. a HEBREW
Mr.. Hammond described himself a. an
atheist. agnostic free thinker or sump'n.
dunno
Mr.. Hammond's friends became as
sociated with thw Parksids church about
three years ago. II was about that time
that DIR. Long was bushes, In his propa-
ganda Of religious socialism. lie had
small congregation there already. but
when Mr., Hammond and the others came
good many Of the old Attendants left.
When We joined the others faded
away said Mr.. Hammond. waving his
hand. They didn't like us much
Mr. HAmmond's turn came to lsave the
Parkside Church last June The others
went at about the same time. We
dropped It. said Hammond. -hecausc he
made his prayers too long. And no went
through too much ceremony installing
deacons. rlInnin' through the e~ta blished
| socialists all Of It 4 sociallir, don't h..
long in the Church. you know
Mr. Hammond said that tbs. socialists
didn't like the way Long was behaVing
and that in all likelihood they would
have got HIM up before the club on
charges The principal offence. Mr. Ham
mond says, was DIR Longs connection
with the Merchant Marine La gus" Dr
Long has he-n making sG--eohes Tor the
league In the West. arguing Tor ship
subsidies
We don't stand for his COMPANY
declared Mr. Hammond That Mer-
chant Marine whatever " - aIn Z work
.ng for the god Of tn" people IL all
Wall Street interests
Mr. Hammond received word from
DT Long recently that h" wanted o.
resign from tho district organ zation
He wrote hack asking the minister II
h a. -. T..
district or association would mean the
severance % conu.eiIor with the Socialist
rarity a. "a hob. Ir Long didI reply
aud h,- resign .tion Wa aCt.i upon on
last FRIDAY night ~ IA" reguhr hl-w-ekiy
Meeting
IN, re- wasn't any troubl" g..ttInQ It
through r. "a ia Hammond. "a" only
had one man to stand az ios him
" Long aid yesterday afternoon that
hr h9dn changed his views rTeaty
H." slid "A" had never h"ru a I'"liJlrh
: sClaltst solely roll gi1u- soCia li-t.
=. a he. dldnt car what political I4rrv
Undertook the things d" Jdvocit"d a.
long - ~ -IVi.0~t was cr"C'Ivt- II.
G't' IL red that bp,H the democrats and
E.ruhh"l:. s-- ioo-tilE s1cIa l.S'Ic priv
cIyt..s ana 'u-t Icy ~, ~ . ~ mo.
ara nor" I.r'-'--'Cu ~ IN" dost' me- -
s,clat-n a. tIrn- gpr uI.
IN lorg sad ne ""v"T cared much
:Ug New York r. rIai,-'s ANYHOW The
vsrvu "a" tItnr broad minded me-.
b." found m NilvaGk"e Her. thny
stuck too much tor dDctgia"- ard there
IN" socialists a." up amt dCtHs "" aal
lr had never h"sa aCtly" "a thu .1Cialfst
orgalization h'rv ard that L." Aad re-
siX.s,i Just Ar OF" resign from n club
on l-H.' fngyh % t.r.rstd ~
I don. Sant 20 critIci>.- aoin.tnIrg
| never Was very aCtIN" r. %" sad
I have no quarrel with them ! simply
don't apUroN" oi their tCtlCs | will
-'Il teach religious socialism that -
the Application 81 the OoG,.u Rul" to
business and lily nf- out Ia DO that
| am t--tter az u | am not a member
81 "A polI'I zeal Orga nizatIon
Dr. Long ~ 'hs man Who aucti pn"d OF
a couple 81 dozen unemployed men from
the pulpit 81 ms church last winter The
men had looked for work without success.
ana Dr Long thought They would make
good material for an object lesson u social
conditions 50 he knocked them down
to tn. highest bidder The Pr-sbyt.rv
81 Brooklyn two years ago asked him 10
drop the term Prc-bytc, iaI. when had
been attached To- the name Of the Parkside
Church. Inasmuch a. II didn't have any
rpla tons vi IN the Pre-hyterian- " ~
now an independent church