The Washington times., 1921-01-10
BOWERY
/ PACK TRINITY
$50 "Sborn Lambs Of Labor"
, March to Old N. Y. Church
! i For Humble Prayer.


cry went to church yesterday al Trim
ly.. Quietly. but with apparent en-
joyment on the attention they drew
$50 members OF the Big Brother
Movement" which has sprung up al
ST. Mark -in-the- Bowerie, marched
down the lower East side. through
Nassau street to Wall street to Trim
ity, where they attended the morn
ing service at the invitation OF the
rector. DR.. William T, Manning.
MANY BEAR BANAERs.
After participating in the regular
morning worship the procession form
ed again for the return TO st Marks
halted at the entrance of the church
while the event was properly NacJTd
ed by batteries OF moving ana still
cameras ana paused again at tho In.
tersection o. all and Nassau s'rcets,
where the leaders and standard scar
ers were photographed once more. \
II was an unusual procession, this
line or unemployed, as IL swung down
past Chatham square and into Park
Row on the way TO church. Bobbing
above the heads of the mnrchers were
"a dozen placards bearing Inscriptions
telling the world just who the church
goers were ard where they were go
ing. ITO Trinity Church. broadway
and Wall street" one proclaimed.
The Shorn Lambs OF Labor, was an
other and Labor, the Shorn Lamb
OF God" third. At intervals
throughout the line were. other scrip
tural quotations: II was hungry and
we gave me no food" 81 was thirsty
and We gave me no drink" II was
stranger and We took me not in etc.
LEDOUX HEADS PARADE.
At the head marched Urban J. lie
doux, originator of the work In behalf
Of the unemployed that is being done
at st. Marks. and Charles Kruse. pres
] ident Of the International Brother
| hood Welfare Association. The lat
| ter wore dark overcoat and soft
hat. a sack suit. and carried a cane.
Mr.. Ledoux was clad in corduroy
trousers. a corduroy sheep lined coat,
| with leather cuffs and a cap.
Trailing in a column of twos the
"lambs" moved silently. a procession
| for the most part made up Of men in
early life. many OF foreign birth. or
descent. and at intervals a duslsy
negro. Three white collars were in
| line, but the paraders were mostly
unkept figures. with disheveled hair,
and bearded faces, tattered trousers,
gray or olive colored blankets worn
in place Of .overcoata 1t formed a
| picturesque line as II swung into
Wall street and moved quietly n few
| moments later into the old church
on Broadway. which rarely, II ever
before. had housed such a consrega-
! ton.
The mon arrived while prayers
were being said. so that by tho time
| the bowed heads in the audience
were lifted the transformation had
| taken place and the reserved seats
at the front and on the sides had
been occupied quietly.
DR.. Manning preached a brief ser
| mon. choosing the eighth verse Of the
twelfth chapter of John for his text:
| "And Jesus said unto them, I am the
light OF the world; he that followeth
Me shall not walk in darkness, but
| shall be the light Of life" He made
| no direct reference ito the visitors in
| his audience, but sought to drive
home simple, impressive points which
could be grasped by all that heard.
TURN ON CHRIsTs LIGHT.
Are we doing anything real to
make the light OF Christ shine in
the evils of others and in the dark
places of the world?" he asked. we
all know what some of those dark
immortality which still exists among
men, that awful evil against which
our church mission is struggling. We
all know the dishonesty and selfish
ness that are still in human life, not
especially in any one class, but in
all classes alike, in every one OF us
without exception.
I'VE all know the difficulties be-
tween capital and labor, the hard
situations there of want and Of I'M
employment for men who honestly
want and arc looking for work. We
all know the racial and religious
prejudices which make such bitter
antagonism among us. The reason
that these things have not been
overcome, or, at any rate, greatly
lessencd, is that we have not tried
the light of Christ on them as fully
as we should"
MANNING WELCOMES VISITORS.
At the conclusion of the communion
service and the occasional hymn Dr.
| Manning spoke briefly to the men, ex-
tending a welcome and the assurance
! that the doors of Trinity Church are
! open 800 days in the year"
1--WE are turning the tables on the
preachers and giving this demonstra-
ton because in the old days you will
| recall that IL was carpenter and
| fishermen who taught the Pharisees,"
! Mr.. LedouX said. This is solely a
! humanitarian work, affiliated with no
organization and seeking no charity
We are trying to brin Rorder out OF
! disorder and find employment for
every ono OF the men you see here.
"All these men are registered with
| tn state employment bureau, at I
! Cooper square, and are only waiting
for work. You might be surprised to
know It. but we arc praying for snow
more than anything else. so that there
will be jobs for some Of our men.
1--WE want no parasites: we take
none. No one is accepted who has
not previously registered for employ
mcnt."
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