The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-21
GOLDEN RULE
IN DAILY LIFE
DAVIS PLEA
Secretary of Labor Says Mas
ter's Words Need To Be In
terpreted by Employers and
Workers.
ADVISES CHURCH AID
nv As~oriated preSsl

WINONA LAKE, Ind, May 21.--
The golden rule in daily life is advo-
Gated by James J. Davis. secretary of
labor. in q message from him read
before the Presbyterian general as
sembly here today. Secretary Davis
had been asked for an address bear
ing Oh the possibility Of the church's S
aiding in practical solution of tine
problems of the nation. His message
follows:
No better exposition of the prob
lem that today faces the American
people can be found than that out
lined in President Harding's speech of
acceptance, delivered in Marion on
July %. This speech. which every
church paper might reprint, suggests
solution, a task which the churches
of America should make their own
send it TO you.
With membership of nearly fifty
million, our churches today constitute
world IF this force would help in
solving the national problem. the
problem of the Individual, it must be
rore practically applied.
Urges Application.
81 should like to see the teachings
of the Master interpreted in the light
of modern conditions to both. the en-
ployer and the worker. Ours must
rot be a church OF pacif1sts. but a
church of fighters, fearlessly taking a
stand for the right.
with both employer and employe
sitting before the pulpit, a complete
understanding between the two be-
comes almost a church obligation.
Why should not the church help bring
this about? Why should not ministers
talk to both employer and employe
with a view to bringing about bet.
ter understanding between them?
Churches Can Help.
MANY ways in which the chruch
can help solve industrial problems will
present themselves to our enlightened
ministry with thoughtful study of the
presidents presentation. For instance,
the church might we'll consider the
organization of national employment
bureau. and through it's membership
ascertain where there is demand for
labor. and where the unemployed may
be found.
Let the church preach economic
anu ooSioi Jooli\c, SSOhoIdy ILL IL L.
"And above all. let the church teach
the practical application of the Golden
Rule. not as millenial theory but as
a vital principle for our daily guild
ance in all the business affairs of to-
day-'Whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to
them
The practical application OF the
text iS real ChriStia anity
JAMES j. DAVIS,
"Secretary of Labor.
Commend Billy Sunday
Resolutions commencing the evan.
gelistic work of the Rev. William A.
Sunday were adopted today at the
i33rd general assembly of the Pres
byterian church in the United States
following representations ma de to the
commits sioners that Rev. Sunday con-
sidered that his evangelistic activities
had been impunged in a committee
report.
Action toward union of the five
branches of the Presbyterian church
was virtually postponed when a re.
port from the committee on church
cooperation and union. expressing
the sentiment that nothing less than
an actual union of the different or
ganizations will be acceptable to the
assembly of the Presbyterian church
in the United States, was adopted