Evening journal., 1919-08-27
CHURCK'S PART IN
RECONSTRUCTION
Eminent Leaders. Prepar.
ing for Convention. Tell
What MNst Be Done
BISHOP SCORES
BUSINESS GREED

pEn 7oIT. Mich, Aug PA hand
book on "The Church and Recanstruc-
ton issA ca Dy the De,voit Committee
IN preparedness for the Generaa Con
Seniion or tlAe Episcopal tNurch, which
.noets in This city October 5 to Y. con
,sin. some rinAing deliverauc for in
duslrial democracy in the new world
order ana for reA1ion Of the divided
bodies Of Christ a. the onl Y hope OF
q Christian world civilization W ahe fu-
fure Here are two striking q'soNations
frOm The handbook
III IS not that Christianity hiS Deen
fried and found wanting, but that .at mas
been found dnlcult aud not tried.
-.rhe democracy of tomorrow Isl not
so much a matter OF social and poN tl.
csl arrangement as it is mattei.A OF
tavs Of thinking. Of ideas OF llfa
values and Of The rights Of oilers. ~
calls for new motives IN livlng' neN7
standards Of conduct and new ethics. I'M
word the changes that must come ~
.econsiruction, are changestn the wits.
ideals and motives Of men and women.
The bishop Of the diocese OF Delfoi'
the M. Rev Charles d. Williams, Is ma
fionallv known for his progressive
Views ON IIf NiI~nNrNNNAlA lA'NAH'N ~
-apital and labor As a member Of the
commission on Social Service Of the
GENERAL convention, Bishop Williams
himself makes a special appeal in the
handbook 10 Christians 10 show fortl
Nc spirit Of the founder Of their faith
saws the bishop.
eve can. by though tlessness and ne
pieet hv spiritual and mental laziness
and timidiiy. simply let an old and in
tolerable world dissolve into anarchy
mr. we can help create a new world
wherein shall dwell a larger righteous
sess The choice is between some form
m Belshevism and some nearer approNi-
nation 10 a Kingdom OF God celestial
civilization. a heavenly order IN mls|
present world To air thoughinh minds
certain things have grOWn clear IN the
lurid llght Of this supreme tragedy.
~ Admitting TO tha fuit that the IN
sane ambition Of the obi imperlalistio
germany. her mad mislarism, her tyr
snnons autocracy. her hordnate and
arrocant racial egotism her utterly
ruthless and heather philosophy ana
slbics Of the afe-admftting fully tllat
shcse were the Immediate occasion Of
.he world war. vet we realize that its
fundamental causes lie deeper, ont OF
ordinary sight. This wT roofs ilnally
In international commercial competl-
tion. In the ambition OF Individual ma
tions 40 dominate the worlds markets
ana trade and as a means thereto, the
greed of territory. especially the desire
for possosslon and colonies In the uhde-
Naloned regions Of the earth, IN ofuer
IN create new markets for national trade
ana cxnlot the national resources anu
me peoples Of those regions.
Commercial Greed. a..
- The same commercial gleeui We
same desire 10 exploit for priVaR pron'
oy means OF special privileges ai'i pvs ~,
session both men and resources, Is the
,oot cause in every nation of thai per-
neiiial industrial war between classes
which i far more destructive OF hle
and well-beng than any military war
between nations. 10 is the source @,
those twin curses-unearned wealth anu
unoarned but inevitable poverty.
% The eighteenth and nineteentt
centuries democratized our politics, put
This war has awakened us TO the laet
.hai me democracy Of political forms
nav but serve as a camou1age "a con-
seal a ruthless and oppressive autoe-
raey. in Industry. finance and commerce.
And uutn democracy is established IN
am fliese realms. IL has no worthy sis-
nifcance or real value. No civilizatloh
can stand half free lin political forms
ana half salve lin industrial condi-
tons.
.These are the sins. International, ma
iionsl and social, OF which the war mas
convicted those who think.
Church Unity.
The deliverance in the convention
handbook on the question Of churcn
unitv is made by the distinguished
~Hch Churchman," the Rev William T.
Manning. D. H.. the rector Of Old Trim
ity Church, New York city. says Dr.
Manning
sThe World War has brought out.
with tragic clearness, the weakness ana
the sin OF the present divisions, among
Christians. Never In history has the