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Show CLASS LOYALTY IS HELD ESSENTIAL Bishop F S Spalding, in Labor Day Sermon, Discusses Dis-cusses Kingdom of God PARABLE EXPOUNDED Stupidity and Selfishness Stumbling Blocks in Way of Progress There is one hope. Men wi 1 rlgl t or wrong sacrifice all for a cause The Kaiser believes that he is ca ed of Cod to cl eck further Invas on of Fu pe by a s He might bitter ha e a cg rp Ished it In a hu dred o her M.LJH. S fsjinebs and stupid ty account for the delav tn establishment of the kinsdon f God. Man is gregarious and the standard of intell gence is higher in the cities where men are brought into closer as sociat on Bishop F S Spalding Before a congregation that packed St. Paul s church wit scores standing Bishop I s Spalding of tl e olscopal dlccese of ttah preached a Labor day pern on last rUht upon the Kingdom of Ccd as to d n the parable of the king v I o made a great feast and inv ted those who excused themsel es Two thoughts were emphasized Co op tion ct competition class lo alt tend ng o o ercome selfishness of those who a e v willing to grow Aft x trading the parable. Bishop S ald na said In part K ncdo n of God or kingdo n cf I'M fn Is often used oy Jesus and refers to the best definition I have been able to obtain to human society organized according to the will of God if ou want any proof that society Is not so organized turn to Europe where millions of men are engaged in conflict. The kaiBer be Neve that he Is called of God to cl eck the Slavic invasion of Europe He could have taken a tithe of what the conflict has already cost, and en dOAed ten thousand scholarships for the education of Russian students In German universities Refers to Parable The parable of Jesus refers to the three great classes of men who make excuses when appealed to to assist in the proper organization of society The first said 1 ha e bought a piece of ground He typifies the landowrer It Is a mistake to belie e tnat the possession of your own home will solve the problem or release ou fron your duty to the brotherhood of man The second sal I have bought five yoke of c xe and must needs go to prove them He represents the tool owning class the possessors of the implement of Industry It is evident that since the in entlon of labor savlnr macMrtry the condition of the iaborirg class has, according to hlch audio itv become more and more deplor&ble. In the factories of Fngland are children of tender years chained to looms. Then we hare the third excuse. I nave married me a wife. That rep resents the Individualistic ultra sel fish viewpoint The Indlv Id lal says I am going to make a home, make myself happy 1st the rest of the world take care of Itself Domestletty Is sweet and a dream of the poet, but It Is not all In life To have a roof over one s head to rear a fiunlly does not essentially bring about comprehension of the necessity for class loyalty Compliments President Class loyalty Is the watchword and President Wilson striking y 111 s t rated thus vl en he wrote I lb ertv Is always attained by the forces working below underneath by the great movement of the people. That leavened by the sense of wrong and oppression and by the ferment of human rights to be attained, brings freedom This effect Is possible through class loyalty and class solidarity The struggle of the working classes for their rights can be saved from sordldness by the realisation that the end In view is not onlv the Tights of their class but the nobler end of bringing in the kingdom of Oo1 St pldity and selfishness are the causes of man s failure to ei ter tl e kingdom At the conclusion of Bishop Spalding s address the offering was taken for the Red Cross society which Is now equipping a ship with 1 oepl si supplies to aid In ths treatment of wounded In the Euro pean war |