Evening journal., 1922-05-10
ISHOP COOK UNFOLDING PROHIBITION
FAVORS SUPPORT OF STATE SCHOOLS ADVANCEMENT


tainance OF law and order. Viola
Z. on and defiance OF lave: sympathy
with or liberation OF such defiance
and violation can lead to nothing
but disorder and anarchy. Il Will
bring deserved dscredit upon
those who practice Il. and any com
munion or other institution with
which they may he Identified. Per-
sonally. ] refuse 10 become a police
offlcer. or 20 assume responsibility
or duties that belong 20 tho state
and federal government. but J shall
use my influence and urge the clergy
land laity 20 do the same as a
Christian duty IN upholding and en-
forcing an amendment 10 the Con-
stitution which has been ratified by
the required number OF states. and
the laws passed by the Federal and
state government 10 put The same
INTO effect.
I'VE have Just cause 20 feel much
qualification that ono OF the vestry-
men of Christ Church. the present
Governor or our Commonwealth.
has left no room for doubt as 10 his
attitude and intention in this mat
| ter.
Education and Schools
AS citizens OF this state. we are
naturally much concerned in all
matters affecting public schools and
all institutions OF public education.
These matters are not for our de-
cision here and require no action on
our part. further than 20 make. as
we should. public recognition OF The
generosity and activity of Mr.. Pierre
s. DUPONT and the organization for
which ne IS chiefly responsible that
has done. and IS doing. 80 much to
better tho conditions. II is not for
us TO decide how much OF the pro-
gram the taxpayers OF the State can !
afford 10 adopt but I think II my |
place 20 say what has been said 80 /
much better and more effectively by |
others. that there Is no investment |
that can bring anything like the re- |
turns which come from funds put /
into the training OF boys and girls. |
young men and women that they |
can become more efficient in their |
work in life and more alive 20 the |
duties and responsibilities OF olu-
zenship. We have the right TO eX-
pect that the people OF this COM
munion and Diocese viii give their
hearty support 10 such an enterprise
and recognize with gratitude work
TO which this fellow citizen has set
his hand.
New Castle County WOrlhOuse
Last Sunday Il was my privilege
10 attend the second anniversary OF /
the establishment OF fhe honor sys-
tenn In the New Castle County |
Workhouse. Since our fellow |
churchman. Mr.. Mordecal s. Plum |
mer. has been in charge OF that in |
stitution. complete transformation |
has been accomplished. The last
definition that would NJ Mr.. Plum
mer Is that OF a visionary senti-
mentalist.. He is a man who believes
that the principles OF religion should
be lived and applied. even. perhaps
/ ought 10 say. most OF all in the re-
actment OF prisoners. many OF whom
| represent the derelicts and outcasts
OF society. He has tried the expert
ment and Il has been a success. He
says himself that religion lies al the
base Of his effort He deserves the |
interest and support OF all good citi- /
Tens. for II IS more than probable I
that the prisoners OF Delaware re-
ceive better treatment and are more
humRnely cared for than any other
place In the country, and the re-
sponse OF the prisoners more than
Justifes this method OF work. Here
is a type OF social service at its best.
that does not theorize but acts; that ,
brings the principles OF Christ TO
bear on one OF the most diflcult
tasks OF modern times.
Personal Service
This brings me 10 my statement r
that the very essence OF social serv- =
Ice is. OF all forms OF Christian serv- =
ice, personal. Actual contact with -
destitution. need. suffering. poverty. | 7
disease. ignorance and crime is the h
challenge that Christ sets before all
who would be His disciples. He did
not shirk this contact himself; He 4
insists that we shirk Il not Inas-
much az ye have done Il unto one OF n
The least OF these my brethren ye 2,
have done II unto Me- is the heart o
OF Christian effort. There Is no ~
substitute for this personal work o.
We can spin theories TIL the end Of r.
line. but oDe ounce Of human kind Il
hess personally administered Is n
worth a ton OF theory. Even the r
living OF money and the writing Of "a
,hecks IS no substitute.
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nire the business methods that have +,
,een brought into tho elaborate sys- q
en- or charities and corrections in =
elief, but there is danger that It ;,
,ecome altogether too professional. /,
We Christians must recognize these
IS our own peculiar tasks. Ii
1T Is rather a sad comment on | ,
,ur own and other communions of |
christians to recall that probably rs
YER cent. OF all the money we raise
s expended on those already in the
churches, on the maintenance OF
choirs, buildings, and all
hat makes the churches what they
are today. And outside Is a world
Of need and suffering, much OF It
stranger TO Christian fellowship, a
world living in the highways and
hedges OF life. waiting, albeit Il un-
for the display Of inter
est, sympathy and brotherliness that ,
Is the power that alone can compel &
them 70 come in. And within the {
churches are too many who find no Z
work TO do. who think OF their v
duties chiefly in terms Of {
church attendance; who go there C
simply to listen, too often simply TO g