The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-30


Pittsburgh's4 oldest and most aris-
tocratic Episcopal pulpit tonight,
when the Rev. DIR. Alfred w. Arun-
del held his farewell reception in
the parish house. of Trinity Church.
Doctor Arundel had been the rec
tor of Trinity Church. for twenty
yeas, but during. the last two years
he had had the hardihoodl to preach
Christian Socialism to Pittsburgh's
money aristrocracy. laundering
from the pulpit against the exploita-
ton of labor and denouncing Pitts
burgh's scared steel and oil institu-
tisns as "monstrosities of conse-
Grated and extortionate wealth."
He has dealt unsparingly with Pitts
burgh's money kings, though most
of them belonged to his own. church,
and he even took in vain the rever-
ed names of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. the Republican party, the pro-
tective tariff and Senator Boies PEN,
rose. ls-' .s
Soon Doctor Arundel's sermons
on "the brotherhood Of man. met
with opposition, and when he re-
fused to listen to friendly advice,
about the folly of killing the goose
that laid the golden egg" he found
himself embroiled in determined
combat with w. r. Blair, a corpora
ton attorney. and Fl. A. Phillips,
the confidential man of Andrew W.
Mellon, Pittsburgh's master money
maker, who recently failed in his
attempt to divorce his wife privately
under the notorious Scott divorce
acts smuggled through the last ses-
sion of the legislature.
Harrassed Into Resigning.
-a3oth BIafF aud Phillips are menu
bers of the Trinity Church vestry
and exercised much power to handi-
cap, irritate and humiliate Doctor
Arundel, who at last was obliged to
give up and resign.
Pittsburgh's millionaire aristroc-
racy, of course, did not descend to
plebeian methods in ousting Doctor
Arundel from the pulpit he has toc-
cupied for twenty years. They did
1t in true Pittsburgh style by ten
dering Doctor Arundel farewell
reception tonight an dgranting him
bonus of $4,000 to keep the wolf
from his door while he looks around
for another job. 1t would not do to
appear cheap, even when squelching
a socialistic priest.
Bishop Whitehead of the western
Pennsylvania diocese, attended to-
nights reception to Doctor Arundel
and the social work of the departing
priest was also eXtolled by the Rev.
DIR. L. II. Ward of the Episcopal
Church: the Rev. DR.. a. J. Bonsall,
Of the Baptist Church: the Rev. Dr.
A trnSGpr let
Church: DR.. J. Leonard Levy, a
prominent habit: Harry Lewis. Hal
p. Denton and C. X. Harvey
'I have always been n Christian
Socialist, but l did not know it un-
til a few years ago. when 1 learned
that the gospel that 1 have been
Ism," were the parting words of Dr.
Arundel. when our wealthy
church members went to the su
burbs. to New York and to Europe,
went into this downtown district
of our parish to fill the empty pews
1t was n revelation to me when. in
the poor district. among underpaid
and underfed laborers. in the slums
and in the terderloin, l saw the re-
suits of eXtortionate capitalism
Tue OIL lue Ie"
and the undersigned poverty of the
many.
Gospel as He Sees 1t.
'As firm believer in the gospel
that we are our brothers keeper. I
could not dodge the truth. The on
lv salvation of our nation lies in the
enforcement of the golden rule
against the rule of gold
The combat which has resulted
in the ousting of Doctor Arundel
from the Trinity Church pulpit has
in reality been as bitter class
struggle as ever has been fought by
| any labor union.
Trinity Church is the Protestant
| Episcopal mother church of Pitts
.=Wrgh. 1t dates back to 1877. when
the ground occupied by the church
in the heart of Pittsburgh's shop
ping district was donated by vii.
liam PENIS grandson, John Penn
Jr., and John Penn. The church
stands in the center of buriar
ground in which sleep many revolu.
tionary heroes. a noted Indian chiet
of George Washington's time and
several forefathers of Pittsburgh s
! later-day captains of industry
When Doctor Arundel arrived al
Trinity Church twenty years ago the
cdifice still reared its lofty spire un.
| CHALLENGED over Pittsburgh'S busi