The Washington times., 1920-12-21

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x<v row are you. Mr.. Hodder7
- I'm sorry to have kept
L L you waiting, but matters
of some legal Importance have
arisen on which 1 was obliged TO
make a decision. You're well. l
hope" He shot a glance at the
rector and sat down again. still
holding the sheets. "If you VIII ex-
cuse me a moment longer. I'll nnish
this"
Certainly" Holder replied.
At last the banker rang, sharply.
the bell on his desk. A secretary
entered, to whom he dictated tele-
gram which contained these words;
.Iangmaid has discovered q way
out" 1t was to be sent to an ad-
dress In Texas. Then he turned In
his chair and crossed his knees, his
hand following an ivory paper-cut-
ter. He smiled q little.
well, Mr.. Holder" he said
IT was sorry the banker con-
, tinued, after a perceptible pause.
sthat you could not see your way
clear to have come with me on tho
cruise
II must thank you again." Hold
der answered, but felt-as i
wrote you-that certain matters
made II impossible for me to 60"
Mr.. Parr waited.
cit is not much OF An exaggera-
ton to say that ever since / came
here / have been aware tina st.
Johns considering the lang stand
ing of the parish. the situation OF
the church in thickly populated
district, is not fulfilling its mission.
But 1 have failed until now to per-
ceive the causes OF That meHl-
cheney"
THE BATTLE BEGINS.
"Inefriciency?" The banker re-
peated the word. -,
'Inefficiency," said Holder. with
The responsibility IS
largely mine, as the rector. the
spiritual head of the parish. 1 be-
Iieve I am right when / say that
the reason for the decision, some
twenty years ago, to leave the
church where it is, instead or sell
ing the property and building IN
the West End, was that II mlsnt
minister to the poor in the neigh-
borhood. to bring religion ana nope
into their lives and to exert its In
f,uence toward Graduating the vice
and misery which surround it."
But l thought you had agreed.
said Mr.. Parr, coldly. that we were
to provide for that in the new
chanel and settlement house.
For reasons which I hope to
make plain to you. Mr.. Parr,' Hold
der replied, chose people can never
be reached, as they ought to be
reached, by building that settle
ment house. The principle IS
wrong, the day is past when such
things can be done-in that way
He laid an emphasis on these
words. 1T is good, l grant you,
to care for the babies and children
of the poor, it is good to get young
women and men out Of the dance
halls, to provide innocent amuse-
ment, distraction, instruction. But
ii Is not enough. 1t leaves the great,
Transforming thing in the lives OF
these people untouched, and 1t Will
forever remain untouched so long
as sense of wrong, continually
deepening impression Of an I'M
christian civilization upheld by the
church herself, exists.
Such an undertaking as that set
Element house, see clearly now
is palliation, a poultice applied
to one of many sores, a compro-
mise unworthy of the high mis-
sion of the church. She should go
to the root of the disease. 1t is
her first business to make Chris
tians, who. by amending their own
lives, by going out individually
and collectively into the life of the
nation. will gradually remove these
conditions"
Mr.. Parr sat drumming on the
table. Holder met his look.
$50 you, too, have come to it,"
he said.
Have come to WHAT"
Socialism"
Holder. in the state OF clairvoy-
ance in which he now surprisingly
found himself, accurately summed
up the value and meaning of the
bankers sigh.
SAY, rather" he replied, that I