The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
BISHOP QUAYLE
RAPS SOCIOLOGY
In Sermon He Calls Its Advo-
Gates "Quacks and
Incompetents. /"
DIVINE FORCE NECESSARY
Delegates and Visitors to Woman's
Home missionary Society Pack
Foundry Church.

Bishop William A. Quayle, Of Mime
apoiis. attacked sociologists and charac-
tertzed them as ''quacks and incompe-
tents" In a sermon last night at Foundry
NJ. E. Church. Avenue Of the Presidents
and Church Streets Northwest.
The sermon was delivered before dele
gates and visitors to the convention OF
the board OF managers Of the woman's
| Home Missionary Society Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church.
Police were on hand to keep clear the
aisles OF the church. Many persons were
unable TO gain entrance, and many more
heard the sermon through open doors.
Bishop Quayle took as mis- text the SEN
tence, Our Suficiency Is in God" He
argued that religion, and not simply
soap. wide streets. and sunlight, is
needed TO bring about better conditions.
Bishop Quayle said that the woman's
Home Missionary Society had recognized
that divine force Is necessary to a re-
Organization of the world. He continued,
In part:
1T is no good to prevaricate. We are.
beyond doubt, insufficient I'm ourselves.
In saying this, have not forgotten the
miraculous achievements of man. There
are two courses open to him who would
better the world. He may cope with
quacks and incompetents. or he may
fling himself toward God. 1t is no use
arguing that We are what we ought to
be:
World Is Better.
"Sociologists cannot remedy the world,
but God can This is recognized by you.
Sociologists say the world is badly out
OF tune. II is. and 1t always has been.
The world is not what Il used to be. II
Is better. II Is nonsense to say that peo-
pie In cities are worse than those in the
country. The reason for assertions that
city people are worse Is that they are In
Job lots. Wickedness is more evident
Some persons say that the world will
be better IL We hand to each person a
cake OF soap. The result will be that
that person will be cleaner physically
They say that II you widen the streets
the people will be better. It In true be-
yond doubt that the streets will be
wider. They claim that. given sunlight.
poor persons will change. do not doubt
that they will change: they will become
freckled. Sunlight alone will not do any
good. Water and soap, properly adjust
ed, will produce lather. Wide streets
will be wider than narrow streets That
is all. II you take people from the slums
and leave them slumish, they are no
better than they were before. They have
undergone merely change Of environ
ment.
Everybody Can he Good.
Some persons say that 1t is hard to
be good II you are poor. have found
that It Is harder, Infinitely harder. to
be good IL you are rich. I rejoice to
say that low wages do not cause bad
ness. A person can be good, no matter
how poor. Nobody needs to go TO hell
~ lAGa - - CtaN a. -
contrary are untrue, wholly untrue.
what we must do Is to move the
bad not out. but UP. Give them re-
ligion, and you will have solved the
problem of sociology. Contemporane-
GUS reorganization of the world is in
competent. God is not incompetent"
IL was announced by the Rev. DR..
William r. Wedderspoon, pastor of
Foundry Church, that Secretary of State
Bryan would be the principal speaker at
the meeting of the missionaries this
evening.
Wants Five-Acre Lot.
Mrs George o. Robinson, OF Detroit.
requested for the Home Missionary So
ciety that Washington members donate
a fve-acre plot Of ground to be used for
the work Of the society. She said that
all the money that could be obtained Is
Eeeded TO combat conditions facing the
members. Mrs. Robinson mentioned the
prevalence of white slavery. and said
that it could be stopped IL attention were
centered on the problem
Bishop Earl Cranston, Of the Washing
ton District. delivered the sermon at the
services.
Election of officers will be the princi-
pal business before the society today.
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