The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
l. W. W. SCORED BY N. Y. PASTOR
FORMER RECTOR OF oLIvHT
 CHURCH DEGREES THEIR AT
 PROTESTS AGAINST PASTORS ATTE0fP4fNa TO GOVERN CITIES

The Industrial Workers of the World, their good faith and their re- suits were scathing1y denounced by Rev. pr. George R. Montgomery, ass- sociate pastor of Madison Square Presbyterian church, New York, be- fore the Mems League of Olivet Con- g1 egational church last night Dr. Montgomery met many os those with whom he worked when hs was pastor of the Bridgeport church He was i11- troduced to the assemb1age by Rev. George o. TaTnblyn, pastor of Olivet church..
 Dr. Montgomery said the church is right in refusing the demands of the I. W. W. He explained that the Est woman was saved from a, much more severe sentence through the interces- sion of Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, whom she had attacked verbally, and the duties of the church towards the social sys- tenn were clearly and interestingly portrayed.
 The good fait11 of the organization
 was attacked by showing that the leaders, crying for employment res.
 mained idle while the New York au-
 thoritfes were searching for men to
 shovel snow. He believed acauies-
 cence to the dernai1ds that the church
 be opened for sleeping places for the
 unemployed would defeat the aim Of
 philanthropy and would serve to en-
 large the dependent classes.
 He contended that the purposes Of
 Christianity are not so much to take
 care of men as to teach them to take
 emergency he did not object to the
 churches being opened for such pur-
 poses.
 He believed Christ would openf up the churches for the unfortunatea If
 He thought that 1t would do the men
 good. But, if they were to be made
 lazy, shift1ess and dependent through a home being provided, he believed
 that He would show them the door. send them forth and tell them to go and earn their homes. The same ap-
 piled to the I. W. W. contention that the churches distribute free aims.
 Dr. Montgomery believes that time will come when gymnasiuTns, boy's ana girls clubs and similar organiza tions now under the same sdirection of the churches will be taken over by civic government for supervision and support. q
 The example of a man trying to be both pastor and city executive was attacked. Such a pastor was charac- terized as primarily a dreamer or prophet. He could imagine an excep- tiona1 man who could preach on Sun days, administer his pastoral work, and also direct the affairs Of 8 Ynuni- C1pallLy n1T Jh6ss man Wh0 dreams he said, is not ordinarily the man who is able to realize the dream. A pastor trying to solve civic and ecoho- mic questions, theoretically CT prac- tica11y, will find that he is trying to do too much History shows that it is better for the church and the state that they separate in their organiza- tions.
 It was his contention that the church is not for police duty and if I the policing of a city is being neglect ed, only a most desperate situation would justify the church in organizing a police force of it's town. In such an | instance the pastor and church work CTS should return the responsibility to | the proper department as soon as able i to do so.
 The success of 8 pastor, hespointed | out, is not to be measured by the man | ner in which milk is inspected in his | district, nor by the condition of the l streets. the prosperity of his parish | or the donations to charitable work, but rather aoy his success in his ability | to cause men to realize the actuality | of mans divine destiny and the reality of r1ar1.s relations to God.