Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-03
PASTOR GIVES
RALLYING CRY
FOR CHURCHES
Cause of Human Brotherhood
Championed in Interchurch
Movement.
PASTORS POOR PAY UP

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Pleading for working conditions in
society that will establish human
brotherhood, DIR. A NJ. Crouch, New
York City, yesterday addressed the
preachers and laymen of the Indiana
conference of the Interchurch World
Movement IN Tomlinson hall, the sec
ond day Of the Hoosier gathering.
"Can we expect religious development
to come from the sGualor and filth ana
miserable conditions Of our Pennsylvania
mining towns? No." Numbered DIR.
Crouch.
Does not the interchurch world move
ment go on record here. standing Tor the
principle of a. decent workday Of eight
hours, decent living conditions, chanc"
for the workers to develop individually
asked the speaker, and as he asserted a
belief that such working conditions
should be brought about there came a
deafening round of applause from the
delegates.
TOMLINSON HALL
PACKED TO GALLERIES.
Tomlinson hall was packed to the gal
Ieries. Delegates were seated ON the
main floor according to county repre-
sentatiOn. DR.. Frederick W. Burtman,
president Of the United Christian Mis-
sionary society, presided.
"We have today not slavery in the
Industrial world, that is, not Slavery as
we did know it in this country, said
DR. Crouch "but we have a basis for
what might be termed compulsory serV-
ice in Industry One of our greatest
men in sociology has said, 'SOciety's dirt
work must be done, but he who does II
should be well paid We are, in many
cases, making semi-machines Of these I'M
derpaid workmen. Shall we endure Ia
Dor for the few or for the collective
good? 1 say for the many, and not the
few
Human brotherhood must be the rock
of foundation of industry. Those who
control industry must be willing to
meet the workman half way, or they
will bring down upon themselves ca
laU,lty. Workers INST have fairer
chance. Until better working condi
tons are brought about in the world, we
are building trouble for the future. Take
from others what you reserve for your
self, men, and you are negating democ-
rscy 1 believe the voice of God IS raised
and speaking 10 US in these days Of m
dustriaI relationship"
DIR. Crouch spoke on the subject, I'm
dustrial Relationship
URGES MORE PAY
FOR MINISTER'S.
Rev. S X Arbuthnot Of Buckhannon,
W. Va, OF the department of ministerial
relief, startled the session with some facts
concerning the financial support Of min
listers.
Preachers are not strikers and brawl-
ers," he asserted. but their wages should
tie in proportion to other wOrkmen. Not
four ministers in one thousand ever re
ceived $1,000 a year, and they have not
one chance in 300 the opportunity the
lawyer has to earn the same money, not
one chance in 500 to parallel the pay of
the physician And of the 10000
Protestant ministers in the country only
l.6I1-legs than l per cent-come within
the So ,O00 income tax limit.
In these days when a dollar is worth
b cents in purchasing power, not one
half Of the ministers OF the 10000 are
receiving more than 500 annually. Think
Of that! Let us in this big world pro
gram not forget~tbat old minister, gray
haired and feeble. who has served the
Lord, and Is entitled to more substantial
support for the good work he did
NJ. A. Hoaline, Dayton o., professor
of religious education in BonebTake
Theological seminary, spoke on "Relg
Gus Education"
''The agencies that exist to do moral
repair work can not be compared in
importance with those other agencies
that exist to make moral repair work
unnecessary" declared DR.. HonHne.
1.-THE church of the future" he also
said, will concern itself with social NAL
adjustments and industrial wrongs. a.
the church of the past concerned itself
with individual vice. And IL educa ton
is to be truly good and socially useful
It must be fundamentally religious. The
church of tomorrow will stress service
rather than doctrine, for men who are
accustomed to serious thinking are be-
ginning to say that religious doctrine
that does not modify social relations
is bordering on the ragged edge OF the
nonessential"
Of college survey in Ohio, member Of the
executive committee of the International
Sunday School association, spoke at the
morning session on the subject, Amer
lean Education" pointing out the need
of religion in Americanism.
DR.. Frank D. Rines, Baltimore, Md.
field representative known as the Gen
tenary Cartoonist," spoke on the statisti
cal features of the interchurch world
movement.
ASSEMBLE BY
COUNTY GROUPS.
Representatives to the conference were
asked to assemble by county groups at
the morning session and appoint depart
ment heads for missionary education,
stewardship, spiritual resource, life serv-
ice and publicity work.
Mrs. Edward Hirsch Of Anderson, Ind,
who for fourteen Year, labored in Afrl-
can missionary fields, spoke at the wOm-
ems meeting at the Y. W. G. A audi
torium.
DIR. W. e. Doughty of New York City,
director of spiritual resources of the In
terchurch World Movement, spoke in the
afternoon. thrilling the ministers with
the need of spiritual development of the
world under the movement program.
Rev. E. c. Rapp, New York City, ma
tional director of the department Of
stewardship, who spoke in the morning
on "Interchurch Literature" in the aft
ernoon delivered an address en- Steward
ship"
CITES WOMEN'S
GREAT POWER.
Mrs. William Fraser Mcdowell spoke
i, the afternoon in Tomlinson hall on
( the work of women in the movement. She
emphasized the vital power women play
in the home, church and social work.
Sherwood Eddy, missionary, IN 4 stir
ring address last night, pointed out that
If America failed to measure up in the
world wide program for educational and
religious uplift moral delinquency would
cloud the world.
''This is the greatest movement in
four centuries of world history" said