New Britain herald., 1923-10-08
RELIGION CUREfOR
 INDUSTRIAL EVILS
Rsr. John l. Davis Expresses Opinion oI Employer and Employt

Speaking to the members of Every
 mans Bibls class yesterday, Rev,
 Jehn L. pssis, its organizer, paid his
 respects to employer and empieye, to
 factory owners and 10 labor, speak
 ing of the latter. he said ''fhs pei-
 iey Of labor teday IS to held hack and da as little ss possible ta set hy,s
 Referring te the former. he saidl .l
 eauid put New Britain in a panic in
 two weeks if 1 told what ! saw In
 the factories, Whenever I say any
 thing about il, two or three men will
 come down ta see me after the close
 Of the sermon. Why's Because t
 hurts, They will say We are having
 enough trouble now. don't s' We
 must apply our religion in the fae'
 tories"
 4 synopsis of Rev. Mr, Davis ser.
 mon follows.
 .Too long in history religion has
 been for the individual, Man went 10 church 10 worship God in accordance
 with the dictates of his own cons science. enjoying that worship for
 himself and not thinking Of the other
 man. If there is any one change that
 has come over religion it is the change from the individual religion, It makes no difference if n thousand men get converted at once. for they must ba converted indiNiduaily--no one can tcpch you religion. they can tell you about l,. but it is like an cdu- cation, you have got to take it your self. If you want your religion to count you have got to make 1t work in the society in which you live. If we just go around town and enjoy relig- lon and never do anything to make the community better. then our re- Iiglon does not amount 10 a great deal. One of inc sad things after a great religious revival like Billy sun days is that it leaves the town no better than before, conditions are the same the poor are just as poor; for unless those individuals go out 10 change the things that are wrong m their community rather than simply to enjoy peace with God. their re- ligion is not of much account. We must have social religion as well as an individual religion,
 Today we will consider some of he things that man owes 10 others according to the book of proverbs Prov. 1o.os As vinegar to the teeth md as smoke 10 the eyes. so is the to them that send him. When I was a boy we believed in do- ng a full day's work for full days ,ay. The policy of labor today IS to fold back and do as little as possible o get by. To please your superior lsed to be considered the only way O advancement and as far as I know f is the only way today. There is ceiling among laborers today Whats he use and it is sad thing that this 5 SO. When the laborer has the up- ger hand he uses it, A great labor eader boasts of the fact that he is ausing the government to lose s5,- 0o.oO0 per year During the war ihile the governme ent was endeavor ng to rush the construction of hos itals in the south to care for the re- urn of the great number of wounded oldiers. the men working on those capitals loafed on the job. because l hey did not see their relationship to thers. self1shness Greatest Sin
 When vote was taken among the oldiers as to the greatest sin. the vote as that selfishness is the greatest sin nd down the line about third came le sin of lazness When a man who ad travelled all over the world was sked what common characteristic he oticed in all people he replied They Il love laziness wherever you go' A ian has got to fight agsi inst that ling Indolence is wrong to others ecause they depend upon you and an must do full days work for a Ill days pay HI we owe it to others to avoid H lrted. Hatred stirs up strife. Hatred H
 damaging to ourselves but does not H lrt the other fellow and 1t is one III the things we have got to get rid III / Jesus put It right. when he said ie who hateth his brother, is a urderer.' If you hate anybody I say
 you, stop--don't hate him any l