Evening journal., 1915-02-22
DIR. REED QUOTES
Church SOCIAL Creed
Tells Socialists Problems of
the Worker Will Be
Solved
WANT SUBJECT
KEPT ALIVE


men. which filled the Majestic Theatre
yesterday afternoon. the Rev. Dr.
George Edward Reed pastor of Grace
NJ e. Church, addressed public
meeting under the auspices Of the So
cialist party. DR. Reed had been
invited TO speak on the subject. "Thc
Attitude of the Christian. Church To-
! ward Men and Women Engaged Ia
Industrial Pursuits" The meeting
WAS attended by a delegation from
Grace Church, and members of the
Nomen's Committee of the Socialist
I party acted as ushers.
During the meeting the following
/ resolution was presented and unani-
mously adopted, a copy being directed
10 Delaware's representatives at
] Washington. six million unemployed
in the United States constitute a ma
tional menace. Government may re-
lieve the situation Immediately by
building more roads. rushing wora
or reclamation, irrigation and refor-
estng projects, opening more mines
and inagurating public enterprise
and industries. Adopted by mass
meeting TO consider relation of
church TO present social system"
+. X. Miller, of the Socialist party,
presided over the meeting and intro
duced Humphrey b. Campbell who.
/ in a short address. spoke of the good
that may be expected from such meet
iugs. He urged that similar meet
ings be held in the near future Mr.
Campbell said that If other societies
/ did not continue meetings the Social
/ lists would.
AT the conclusion of DIR. Reeds ad-
dress numerous questions were asked
him by the audience. These were sub
mitted in writing and included such
] queries as: when do you think the
war will cease" "Why arc capitalists
rot poor when they spend more
money for booze than the poor. "
| why churches vacate neighborhoods
when the residents become poor"
After reviewing various questions
prepounded by the Socialists, DR..
Reed said il might be well for him
to say that the Christian Church 1f
the present day is not without a So
cial creed
"On the contrary" he said. 1T has
a social creed, and one. as | confident
ly believe, far more far-reaching and
satisfactory than any as yet formu-
later In any purely Socialistic, plat
form that has ever come under my
observation, and which commend
TO you for your consideration.
THAT this statement may not ap
pear to be wild-the statement. a,
Disraeli once said of sophistica
rhetorician inebriated by the eNuber
] Of D.. al
TO call your attention 10 the sOcla
creed of the Protestant churches o
the United States as formulated by tn
Federal Council OF the Churches o
Christ i'm America at Chicago in 1917
body representing thirty-ono de.
7 nominations and comprising more
than seventeen millions of members
That statement is as follows:
The Federal Council.
"The Federal Council OF IN,
Churches Of Christ in America stands
4. For equal rights and complete
Justice for all men in all stations oi
life.
"2. For the protection of the fam
lily. by the single standard of purity
uniform divorce laws, proper regula-
ton of marriage, and proper housing
80. For the fullest possible develop.
ment of every child. especially by the
provision for proper education and
recreation.
"a. For the abolition of child labor
-. For such regulation of the con-
ditions of toll for women as shall
; safeguard the physical and moral
health of the community.
ne FOR fha abatement and nravau.
tion of poverty.
-. For the suppression of the
sweating system
IS. For the protection Of the indi-
vdual and society from the social
economic and moral waste of the
liquor traffic.
49, For the conservation OF health
40 For the protection of tn,
worker from dangerous machinery
occupational diseases, injuries, ant
mortality.
I'll. For the right of all men TO tn,
opportunity for self-maintenance. fol
> safeguarding this right against en-.
. croachments Of every kind, and fol
the protection of workers from In,
hardship of enforced unemployment
"12 For suitable provision for tn,
old age OF workers. and for those in
capacitated by injury.
"i3 For the right OF employer.
and employees alike to organize. anl
for adequate means OF Cancellation
and arbitration in industrial dis
putes.
IA For release from employ
men one day i'm seven.
rs. For the gradual and reason
able reduction of the hours Of labo
TO the lowest practical point, ant
for that degree of leisure for al
which is a condition of the highes
human life.
"16. For a living wage as a mini
mum in every industry, and for tn
highest wage that each industry ca
afford
1T. For a new emphasis on tn
application of Christian principles {
the acquisition and use of property
and for the most equitable division {
the product of industry that can ult
mately be devised.
"In passing, allow me to say this
d this great social creed of the Churcht
= of Christ, as represented in the Fec
. eral Council of 1912. was but a r.
! affirmation Of similar declaration /
u the council of 1908, which declaratio
e in turn was but the affirmation OF II
; social creed formulated and adoptt
q by the General Conference OF ii
Methodist Episcopal Church. held
: Baltimore in the spring of 1908. an
u anterior to the meeting of the Fec
7 eral Council of that year.
while l have not had time to e,