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Show PROBLEMS OF 3.ATI0N v ,i, --THAT,rWIIX NOT DOWN" ".':.'.-'; -'v - " ' , '.':V;.: " NEW .YORK. March 1 The Rev. ' Arnory H. Bradford. D.- D., of the Con-gregatlona'llst Con-gregatlona'llst Church of Montclalr, N. J. was the guest of honor at a dinner given by the New York Unlversalist club at the Hotel St. .Denis. . , ' Dr. Bradford spoke on "The Appeal of Brotherhood." and said that unless t something were done to relieve the con I dltlon of the poor, the oppressed and the . negro It was possible that there would come about Just such another climax as France saw. He said: "There is amassed here. In New York mors, wealth than the world has ever known lp one city except perhaps. In London. There are all things here except , -away to bring the needed things to the people who need them. - . We are wont to say of $he poor that ' they are poor because they drink. Many are miserable because they drink, - but i tnany more drink because they are miserable. mis-erable. How are we to meet these great Questions?--."-- " ' . . ... . 'The cry of the oppressed Is a terrible and bitter cry. The Jews are coming to lis for assistance: we must do something -tor them. But the great problem-before us la this country, one that will force itself it-self upon us some day, is what we shall . . Tin tor the negro. There are 9.000.000 of thm among us and out Of them tens of oueinds who cry for a higher life. We 'i moot turn away from them because f t 'Ir faces are black. . :. vTAna then there is the cry of the great diimb multitude the laborer. Some say . ' they havs no grievance; If that be true, ours is a mission of enlightenment for they think they have. "Tha solution of all these problems de-" de-" pends upon the way-' In which they are : rnetr-whether in the spirit of Cain or In . ftt spirit of Jesus.". |