New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-16
NEW LABOR LTANY
SUNG AT CATHEDRAL
Evils of Child Labor and III
Paid Toll of Women Cited
by Social Service Board.
IN ST. JOHNS CRYPT
ALI Shades of Opinion Expressed
by Speakers at Mass Meet
ing-Much Credit Given
to Bishop Potter.

brand new litany. citing the evils OF
child labor and the Ill Uaid toll Of wom-
en-" was said last night In the crypt OF
the Cathedral Of st. John the Divine, on
Cathedral Parkway. The meeting. under
the auspices OF the Joint commission on
social service, was the first Of its kind to
be held since the commission was appoint
ed, three years ago. so the new prayer
to meet modern social demands was used.
The mass meeting was opened by the
singing Of Onward. Christian Soldiers
followed by the Lords Prayer and the
social litany." which. in part. follows:
From the sins that divide us. from all
class bitterness and race hatred. from
forgesfuness of Thee and indifference to
our fellow men, good Lord. deliver us.
From the corruption OF the franchise
and civil government. from greed and the
arbitrary love OF power. good Lord. de-
liver US.
From the fear Of unemployment and
the evils Of overwork. from the curse OF
child labor and the Ill paid toll Of wom-
en-, good Lord, deliver US.
That the labor movement may be con-
firmed in disinterested honor and the en-
ployers OF labor may fashion their deal
inss according TO the laws Of equity, we
beseech Thee to hear us. good Lord"
The new ltany was prepared by mem
bers of the Diocese Of Pennsylvania and
sent TO the convention by Bishop Philip
Mercer Rhinelander. Of Pennsylvania
The four speakers at the meeting were
Bishop william Lawrence. OF Massachu-
sets: Bishop Franklin s. Spalding. OF
Utah: Dean Walter T. Sumner, OF Chi
cago. and Rathbone Walter. delegate
from Providence. All the speakers en-
phasized the value Of the social service
as a part OF the modern tendency In the
Episcopal Church.
All shades OF opinion were expressed
in the speeches, from that OF radical So
ciallsm to praise by Dean Sumner OF the
men of wealth In the Church who had
dedicated themselves TO the cause OF So
cial reform.
Bishop Lawrence said the new move
ment. which has become known as social
service in the Church, was due 10 the
activities OF the late Bishop Henry e.
Potter, who had inherited his sense OF the
new social spirit from his father. Alonzo
Potter of Philadelphia.
"All new movements" said Bishop Law
renee. must be traced TO the enthusiasm
and genius OF some person. and II we go
back it will be seen that the pioneer in
this recognition on the part OF church
men to what has become popularity
Id - al Toe
was Bishop Potter"
Bishop Lawrence said that neither So
clety nor the Church could afford TO
ignore a ''seething spirit of restlessness"
on the part OF the working classes.
The address Of Bishop spalding. of
Utah, was more or less a plea for the
soclalistic idea. lie characterized the
as capitalistic. but he depre
Gated sabotage, and said that the worker
needed the spirit OF Christianity TO fur
nish him with enthusiasm.
The mass meeting was well attended, al
most a thousand persons being present In
the crypt
Several social service conferences"
were held yesterday morning in the
chapel OF Columbia University. The con-
ference at 1880 a. ~. was on "Co-opera-
ton with Secular Agencies" The spea0
ers were the Rev. Samuel Tyler. Of Gin
cinnati; the Rev. Or. j. l.. Peters. OF this
city: Robert a. Woods. OF Boston, and
Clinton Rogers Woodruff the secretary OF
the National Municipal League.
Education for Social Service" was the
afternoon topic. Dean Susan T. Knapp
OF Barnard College, was followed by the
Rev. Or. George Hodges, dean Of the
Episcopal Theological School. at Cam
bridge.