New-York tribune., 1920-09-20
DIR. Manning
Calls ON Church
To Fight Reds
Pastor of Trinity, i'm Ser
mon ON Causes of Wall
St. Explosion, Discusses
Remedies for Discomfort
Scores S'Intellectuals9'
Declares Those Who En-
courage the Radicals Must
BE Rightly Dealt With

In Trinity Church, which stands in
the shadow of that part of the Wall
Street financial district damaged by the
;; explosion last Thursday. the Rev.
DR.. William T. Manning yesterday de-
voted his sermon largely to references
to the causes and remedies Of indus
trial and social unrest In the United
States.
He said that the full power of the
law must be used to bring the perpe-
traitors of the crime to justice, but that
this action must be followed by a
deeper and truer understanding Of
American principles.
IF we are to keep the life of our
deeper than the furnishing of these
murderers. We must not only repress
the evil, but we must also upbuild the
good"
He declared that brothe rhood and
fellowship were the antidotes for the
spread of ultra-radical doctrines and
called upon all true patriots to join
the church in its efforts to spread this
spirit throughout the land.
Rebuke for 1ntellectuals
He rebuked "intellectuals" for their
share in the work of spreading discon-
tent, rs we'll as those who encourage
them.
His text was the thirteenth chapter
Of Hebrews, first verse: "Let brotherly
love continue"
"our first great ideal as a nation is
justice, fair dealing and equal oppor-
tunity for ALL" he said. 1--WE do aot
say that this has been yet fully
realized, but we are realizing it more
and more, and in this land TODAY every
man, woman and child has fuller,
fairer opportunity than in any other
country in the world.
"Our second great ideal is liberty
based on and protected by law. In this
land law is not for the restraint of lib
erty but for the protection of the his
tory of each one of US.
sour third great ideal is brother
illness, good will to all. We think of
the American people as one great fam
lily. No one here is oppressed or held
down. Every man and woman can ad-
vance to any position for which he
can fit himself and which he can at
tain by his own honest effort.
'In a country with such ideals as
these it seems almost impossible that
there should be people among US who
are striving openly and secretly to
overthrow and destroy our country and
its institutions.
"And yet we know there are people
that are endeavoring to do this. We
had evidence of it this last week in
an act which took the lives of between
thirty and forty honest, peaceabie, law
abiding men and women and which
manned and cruelty injured some 200
others.
For the perpetrators of such an act
of wickedness and murder there must,
OF course, be stern and unhesitating
justice. There is also another class
which needs to be rightly dealt with,
those who call themselves intellectuals,
and by making themselves safe, by de-
claring that they do not advocate force,
sow the seeds of discomfort and spread
propaganda which produces acts of
this sort.
Condemns Aid TO Enemy
ut is shameful thing that by some
among US these people are encouraged
and given countenance. Against this
there should be tide Of public senti-
ment and righteous condemnation which
will cause it to see itself in it's right
light. In all Of our lives we must stand
for justice. for reverence for law and
for the spirit of brotherhood and good
will.
''In any of our American communi-
ties in which this spirit of brother
hood and fellowship finds expression,
where people know each other and are
able to come into friendly, human rela-
tions. anarchy does not exist. It can
not exist in such an atmosphere. It
grows up in communities of great size
where conditions make it dif1icult for
this spirit to exist.
"The Church must now give it's whole
strength to preaching and keeping alive
the spirit Of brotherly love in our
American communities"