The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-22

Louis, and Michael Girten, a Chicago
attorney. featured the mass meeting
Sunday night which closed the first
days sessions of the st. Joseph's State
League convention. The sessions are
being held at the ST. Andrews audi
torium
The convention got under way Sun
day morning. Delegates were met at
the Westcott Hotel Sunday morning
at $3.50 o'clock. The delegates and
members of the league paraded down
Main street to the st. Andrews
auditorium.
Visitors were taken on an inspection
tour of the city Sunday afternoon in
cars which were decorated in red,
white and blue. The auditorium is
decorated with the same colors.
The Rev Muntsch, Sunday night,
speaking on The Four Pillars of So
cial Progress" said in part:
The church and the educated lay
men must work for a new and better
social order to safeguard Christian
civilization.
Need Better Order.
I'VE are living in a period Of social
reconstruction. While many agencies
are trying to undermine the base of
society, there are, fortunately, sound
forces working to remove social ills
and to upbuild new and better social
order.
I'VE need to work in unity. and as
individuals. Employers, wage earners,
young and old, church members, nom
church members, and all must work on
this new social order.
For more than so years the Central
society, now we'll known over the
country. has been force of social
good and social progress. We hope
that the delegates assembled at Rich
mond will continue the good work
under more trying conditions and in
the face of difficulties.
Safeguard the Family.
Unless America gets back to a sound
family life, regulated on Christian
principles, there is little hope for our
country. The well regulated family
is the mainstay of every community.
We must fight the many disintegrating
forces of the family, notably divorce,
and the hideous vice known as race
suicide
One of the most outstanding Of the
disintegrating forces which is contrary
to the welfare of the family, is d.
vorce. Great America stands second
to Japan, a heather nation, in the
number of divorces. The Fifth avenue
high living millionaires pride them
selves on their record of divorces TO
get their pictures in the papers.
Private Property Rights.
The second pillar of the new social
order which we have to construct is
respect for the right to private prop
erty The institution OF private prop
erty found wherever civilization has
flourished You take away from man
the right to enjoy the fruits OF his toll
and you take away one of the main IN
centives to work and to the develop
ment of ones own powers and facul-
ties. The family has certain rights
which the state dare not take away.
Without respect for legitimate author
ity there will be no social progress.
We must teach our children obedience
and we ourselves must be careful to
give them the good example of respect
for the law OF God and for the ordin-
ances of the civil powers.
Respect Authority.
Keep up the spirit of George Wash
ington, and the children of America
will not walk the streets from the
hours of IL to IL every night. A COM
munity is built up through respect for
authority and if this is followed, then
you will find progress.
This country has seen immigration
trouble since 1883 and we in America
have blamed many Of the flaws on
those who came into our country, In
stead of taking them and teaching
them respect of authority, we have
taught them contempt for authority IN
our own habits Instead of lifting them
up and giving them good example
we let them drop. Let US get busy
We should work with those who come
from foreign lands and teach them the
respect for principle of responsibility
Throw out the lifeline to them. This
is the big third pillar in the social pro
gress, the respect for authority.
Charity and Justice
Finally we must work for the diffu
sion of charity and justice, If these
two virtues guide US in our socla
duties, we may hope to do away will
some of the long standing evils pre-
venting social peace and progress.
unless the educated Christion takes
the responsibility upon his shoulder
and gives an example, where then, vii
our country end?
by Rev. DR.. Joseph Och, rector of the
Josephineum, Columbus, o. In hi
sermon he spoke of the Christ as beins
the true educator of society. He show
ed that the gospel contains, in germ
the principles for all solid social ad
vance He especially referred to tn
need of we'll established family life IL
this country, deploring the disintegrat
ing process now at work in the fam
lily which must remain the unit of SO
ciety, and which is the basis of al
social progress. He also referred t
the dignity of labor, saying that al
labor is great in the sight of CO.
whether that labor Is of the brain o
of Drawn.
Referring to the great work Of tn
Central Society, he exhorted the mem
hers to keep up the glorious tradition
of the past and to work in the sam
spirit which had already achieved 8
much good for God and country.
Societies Patriotic.
The Central societies have Away
been patriotic in character" declare
Michael Girten Organized in 1855 i
Baltimore, the organization had for it
purpose the development of feelin
of solidarity. 1t desired to see tina
all German immigrants were right
directed. II believed that moralit
must be based on religion for natio1
al morality cannot prevail exclusiv
of ral;qia11z rrin ninlac - We stand fa