Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-06
Be FAIR TO LABOR,
BISHOP EXHORTS
Dr.. Lines Opens National Epis-
copal Convention at Port
land, Ore.
STANDS BY PROHIBITION
BIZ Associated Press

Portland. Ore. Sept. G.-"The
Church cannot countenance violent
methods. or an unfair days pay. or an
unfair days work. or the breaking of
agreements" said the Right Rev. Ed
win :. Lines, u. d.. Bishop of New
ark, in his convention sermon heie to-
day at the opening session of the Forty
seventh TriGnnial General Convention
If the Episcopal Church in the lniteI
states.
Thousands Of churchmen from al
most every county in every State in the
United States and also many from for
eign lands. joined in elaborate celebra-
tions OF the Holy Communion this
morning in every Episcopal church and
mission in Portland.
The convention will be IN session until
September % Prominent among the
problems which delegates will consider
are proposed changes in the Book of
Common Prayer and the adoption of
program for the next three years. The
first great mass meeting of the conven-
tion assembled at the Municipal Audi
torium at 10 O clock.
The service started when the choir of
2JO singers marched down the main
aisle, followed by the bishops, who were
led By the presiding bishop. the Most
Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, u. D..
Ii. d.. OF St Louis. The first few
days will be devoted principally to or
gGn!zation and the hearing OF reports
from various commissions.
In his sermon Bishop Lines said;
The Church must be able 20 give
voice TO the aspirations and hopes &nd
desires of the multitude for something
better in life for themselves and their
children. Out from unspOiled honlcs are
TO come those who shall maintain iht
life Of the Church and the service Ct
religion.
Must Aid the Oppressed
The Church has stood for cAarity
and relief and mercy. Emphasis must
be put on social justice aud fellowship
and the Golden Rule, upon duties
rather than rights. No one can see the
way in which our great cities have
grown w with their homes of luxury
and extravaganza, waste and selfish
I comfort at one end, and mean streets
/ and comfort,ess houses and indecent
! conditions at the other end of the
town. without feeling that it is semi
pagan!Sm rather than Christianity.
! The Church must make its own the
Cause of the unprivtIescd people, those
who are in hard places IN life, of those
upon whom the existing social and
industrial order presses heavily, while
it must stand against injustice and
unfairness on both sides.
Il wonder not that the world is in
revolt against the old and existing or
der, whether it be in society or industry
or in customs and manner of living.
1t Is largely revolt against sup.
preston and worn-out customs and
! traditions. and it had TO come in q
world which was settling down under
! the impression that money making and
selfish prosperity and pleasure seeking
are the main things i'll life.
Labor Not Mere Commodity
we will rejoice that labor Is nc
more thought Of as a mere commodity
! by right minded business men and that
! human welfare is counted more than tEC
/ value of property, and that the remedy
! for the worlds i'll is recognized as mora
and spiritual rather than economic.
! Bishop Lines declared that pcrpIeX
! Ing industrial questions and conten'
! t!Ons cannot be settled without re-
| lgion. His sermon, which meaSura
! bly, strikes the keynote ut the r"nven
t!on, was a strong appea. for th'
. Development or CAHrrA ItaNcE>H1P u
meet present world conditions.
! In concluding hi> sermon, B!shol
Lines referred briefly 20 the subjcc
of prohibition. He said in part;
II recognize the right to difference
OF opinion and expression Of the SAINT
as regards the wisdom ot placing thi!
subject in the fundamental law Of th'
land. But there i is by tile aCtio,
of forty-s!x of the forty-"ight States
approved as other amendments hav'
been, and a self prospecting people vii
see that it is obcyed.
The minority have not forced thei
will upon the majority. II final ac
tion was quickly taken. that is III
way our people act when they hav'
been long making up their minds an
have decided that a great evil mus
end. What a great juriSt called th
most insolent business in the land
had warnings enough and Needed the!
not.