The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-28
SOCIAL SERVICE
PLAN OF CHURCH
prpsbyterians Seeking a
solution of Every Diff
~ ficulty.
$500 CONGREGATIONS
Each and Every Flock Is
summoned to Give to the
Success Of Cause.

Tho Presbyterian church in the
United states OF America is EN- ,
.ntu,, upon a definite program OF
t',i oni "'i'' service looking toward the
e"''on by Christian education OF
s'aoJl',s,rial troubles and IA movement
M ~" Ihe bctterment OF the social
.V aIt being and welfare OF all
classes ,,,,,,, .,, Dr
,.t,n Mcdowell, secretary OF the
D.shyisrian board OF home mis-
q !,,,s and director OF the social
division OF the Presbyterian
zf.y era movement, calls upon all
80 500 Presbyterian churches or
,hs country TO relate at once their
a,sanizations not officially but
,,,ouch their members TO The out
.,trdiug groups of the community
.,,b as Industrial employers and
| .rnloyes capitalists and laborers,
.SDcaiiOuaL boards OF education and
scbool teachers, political. recre-
,nonal, the press group. the social
rroup and the disturbing group or
nose who inclte violence and law
lsssresy This would mean church
n,mhers and pastors sustaining
ne,sonal relations with these
groups. getting their points OF view
And siding with them when right
Program Explains Need.
The enlarged program or the
church on this great question. as
nrenared by Or. Mcdowell. explains
he need for the church's co-opera-
tion as follows:
Changes In our economic and
political systems will have only par
uaI and feeble efficiency II they be
,ot reinforced by the Christian view
a, work ana wealth. No program
A, betterment or reconstruction Will
nroye reasonably effective without
A reform In the spirit OF both labor
and capital
THE laborer must realize that he
\ owes his employer and society an
5.ehonest days work In return for "A
cdr days wage and that conditions
c(nnot be improved until he roots
out the desire to get a maximum
OF return for minimum OF service.
The capitalist must likewise get a
rev viewpoint. He needs to learn
n. long forgotten truth that wealth
Is stewardship. that profit making
. not the basic justification OF bust
ress enterprise, and that there are
such things as square profits, fair
interest and fair prices. Both the
hborer and the capitalist should
kar In mind that brotherhood. not
veslth. Is the only secure basis OF
human society
1T is not the office OF tho church
70 determine the form OF social or
rani1ation. 1t is It's work to in
fuence tho spirit of It Tho func-
ton Of tho church is not to take
tp and do tho actual work OF po-
liiica relief or OF the business
world or OF manufacturers But
taking her stand on the word Of
Christ she is to train her hearers
In the principles OF love and truth
and Justice and send them into
every department OF haman life to
see that the will of God Is done on
Earth as It is done In heaven"
His Views on Strikes.
nr. Mcdowell also has some in
,eresting views on the question OF
strikes. which are now being gem
rally accepted by other thinkers.
SAYS he; "In my opinion the indi-
vldual has a perfect right to stop
work when he wants to. Within
certain limits, n combined group
OF workers have the right to stop