The Washington herald., 1920-05-09

They go far beneath mere questions
of wages, hours and profits.
They reach the roots of organ
fzed life. the basis of government
itself, the province Of law and the
stability of society as based on law.
Everywhere free institutions are
threatened. The church must not
fail in the effort to preserve them.
A steady Course.
Between the anarchists, the
bomb thrower, the red terror on ono
hand and the roek-rIbbed contender
for special privilege. feudal brutal
ity and domination of wealth on the
other; between wild radicalism and
inhuman standpatism; between au-
tocracy at the top and anarchy at
the bottom: between tyranny OF
wealth and tyranny Of strength, the
church Of Jesus Christ must this
day hold a steady course, speaking
in clear tones and ministering to
order, stability End righteousness.
Those who now array class
against class, man against man In
any manner are foes. not friends, OF
society"
The specific things which the
Methodist Church hopes to remedy
by regeneration of the individual
were expressed as follows:
of course, the church will stand
like prophets of the Old Testament,
like apostles Of the Nesv Testament
and like the lord Of both in un-
ninching, uncompromising denun-
citation Of all violations Of law.
To, Fight Lnxury.
1T Is against all murderous chic
labor, all foul sweatshops, all un-
safe mines, all deadly tenements, all
wages, all excessive hours
for those who toll. all profigate
luxury, all standards of wage and
life below a living standard, all un-
fairness and harshness of conditions,
all brutal exactions whether Of en-
ployer or Of union. all. over-lord-
ships whether of capital or of labor,
all goddess profiteering, whether In
food. clothing. profits or wages:
against all filthy gains. no matter
whose hands grasp them; against all
inhumanity, injustice and blighting
iniquities. and against all class
minded men who demand special
or exemptions on behalf
of their class"
On Teaebers' Pay.
The need for higher pay for teach
ers was discussed as follows:
THE Protestant Church as a
whole has never been wise or ade-
quate In its care or thought of
youth. 1t has made adult creeds,
adult orders Of worship. adult
life, even adult buildings;
or middle-aged churches with mid
dle-aged standards, practices anu
urges. The church has been senti-
mental and unrational concerning
childhood. impatient and inefficient
youth.
1T has left its work for young
persons to persons who make that
work a speciality. and has regarded
such work as a thing apart from or
subordinate to, or even somewhat
beneath. the larger life of the
church. And the loss is beyond COM
putation."
After committing itself to fight
the liquor traffic, the letter urged
the necessity of establishing com
munity centers to take the place of
the saloon.
League of Nations.
On the league Of nations the let
ter said: -. ..
Surely we must commit our
church to the principle that inter-
national troubles shall be adjusted
by counsel and arbitration, not by
guns and slaughter of men; that
the nations OF the world shall be
bound together by working cove
nant or peace; that, however IL
shall be brought about, such COM
promise should be made between
the President of the United States
on one hand and the Senate of the
United States on the other. as. shall
secure a real and effective league OF
nations in which the United States
shall have a proper and honorable
place among the nations of the
world In preserving the peace and
bearing the burdens Of the world;
that narrow nationalism shall not
set itself against world unity and a
true internationalism; that we shall
unite with the churches of all coun-
tries that are even now seeking to
promote international friendship
and good will; that weak nations
shall not be the prey and victims Of
stronger ones; and that all nations
shall reduce armaments and armies,
and navies to a minimum
with safety, and that the
vast expenditures for fighting pur-
poses shall be used for educational
Industrial and domestic welfare in
stead"