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Show Challenge Sent To Economists Presbyterian Official Maintains ; Right to TaJ.e.Hand i ' in Industry I HVnv YORK. Bept. 1. A Labor I day message from the Presbyterian , church to the people throughout the 1'elted States was Issued today by tr.. John McDowell, aecreiary of tte Presbyterian board of national mission, addressed particularly to tha 10.000 churches and 1. 806.000 communicant members of that denomination, de-nomination, many pastora of which will preach a special Labor day sermon ser-mon tomorrow. Dr UcLHiwell s masage is entitled "Tha Churches Challenge to Industry. He says that he chose this title "In the consciousness con-sciousness that the time has come when the church must lead, and not follow Industry; must challenge and not wait to be challenged by Industry lr. Mr Do well Is author of the sorlnl creed of the Presbyterian Presby-terian church as adopted by the Preslivterian general assembly, on the baits of which he Is seeking; to harmonise the relations of labor la-bor and capital through Christianity Christian-ity He hi me If started 11'e as a Roor boy in ths coal mines, where l . to.l sn arm He wss then edu-cateei edu-cateei for Ttie niTinatrjr, Ttacamv Ta ' tor of a largs church In Haltlmore and waa called to the secretaryship secretary-ship of th Preahytertan board or home missions, now msrged with the board of national missions. RIGHT TO SPEAK I PHKM1. Dr. flicltoweira Labor day nil gage, ! aa follows: "No one who believes the teaoh-Irgs teaoh-Irgs .f Chrlstianttv aa recorded In the New Testament and who accepts ac-cepts the Christian Church aa the divinely appointed agent ta perpetuate per-petuate these teachings will deny1 or Question ths church a right to challenge Industry. "That Christ constantly challenged chal-lenged the unchristian idea of hie day. Is abundantly proved by the i record of his life In the (lospela . His challenge waa voiced In such unforgettable words aa these: "Beek ye first the kingdom of God 'How much la a man better than a sheepr 'What shall it profit man If he gain the whole world and l'se his own aouir 'Is not the life more than. meat and body than, raiment T 'It la not the will of your heavenly' Father that one of these little ones should perish. Theta and many other passages maka It clear hat Jesua dared to challenge the- Idea that ralght glvea right, even f It doea not make right' the Idea that satisfaction Is best won In the game w.oe rules are 'grab and 'get and 'keep.' In so far aa the church ta true to the example and, r rac t lee of Chriet, it. too. must dare I o challenge everything that la unchristian un-christian In Industry today. CHRIST IS QtOTED. The New Testament makes It perfectly clear also that Christ In tended Christianity to he the dominant dom-inant and regulative factor in all of man's- relationship and obligations, obliga-tions, la accordance with this inclusive in-clusive conception of Christianity we fli4 that Christ defines rellg-; rellg-; Ion In terms of two commandments, namely: Lov tha Lord thy God snd 'Lava tny neighbor.' Matt. 22 i7-! It la obvious that this definition of religion covers all man's Ufa and obligations. Obedience Obedi-ence to the first command men tavea tha Individual; obedience ta the aecond commandment aavaa ao-riety. ao-riety. There can be no doubt that Chrtat meant the aecond commandment command-ment ta govern men in all their re la t lot. a with one another precleely aa hs meant the first commandment to govern all man a relations with Ood That Christ . intended Chrtetl-anity Chrtetl-anity ta dominate and regulate all or man e life ta further shown by the svmbole which he ueed la describing de-scribing what bis disetp.ee Should ba and what they should do In the aorld. TOl'CVfBn AM rHIWCrS. -He said: Ye are the salt af the earth.' 'Tw-ara tha light af the world. Matt. 1:11: 'Ye are tha leaven lea-ven of society. Matt. 11:. S. Such statements aa theee make It perfectly per-fectly clear that Christ clstmal tha whole earth, the whole world, the whole of human eectety mm tns sphere In which his religion waa to operate. Theee and many other teachings Indicate that Christ es pectd Christianity ta conquer all peoples, to sweeten all relationships, relation-ships, to sanctify all activities, to satisfy all the longings of the soul, to solvs all ths problems of human hu-man society. If Christ's expectation, therefore, la to be realised, the church meet establish tha authority authori-ty of Christ H all human rela'low-sTi rela'low-sTi l j'S dome si If. cl t Ic tommerr 1st. Industrial, educational, political, national and International. Right-sou Right-sou en sea cannot be excluded from any department of our manifold life. Christianity teaches that Chris: Is Ieorl af all and all must be claimed In his name. The spiritual must penetrate and dominate the material and tha commerolal if Ood a kingdom Is ta coma In all Ita fulneas to thla world. CONDEMN IRACTTVrrr. "Much af anr present led set rl si anreet la due ta tha failure af the church ta Insist that If Christ la to be Master anywhsre, ha must ba Maater everywhere. Had the Christian Chris-tian church Insisted from th beginning be-ginning that Christians cannot exclude ex-clude Their bualnesa, thstr politics, their Industry, their national and International Interest from Christ's sovereignty, the present Industrial snd International unrest woull have been Impossible. The preaent i Industrial unrest Is a direct condemnation con-demnation of the churoh for not in- I slating that 'His kingdom ruletk I over all over all railroads and : coal mlnea, over all steel mills and ! cotton factories, over all stores and schools. avr all congresses and, churches, over all national and In-I ternatlonal life. Tha Christianity entrusted to the church for the salvation sal-vation of mankind la a law for the regulation of society as well aa a way of aalvatloa for the individual. "The church will never wla for her Maater the allegiance af the strong men of this world until she show them that Christ haa ths power and the purpose to rule the shop, the factory, the rountlng house, the labor unions and the manufacturers' associations as well ss the church and the home. Charged with these inescapable divine di-vine and human obligations, the church should be the first ta see a hat Justice demands, what honor requires and what the Christian spirit dictates la th realm of In-duatry. In-duatry. While the churoh la not prepared to advocate the employment employ-ment ef any particular Industrial system. It doea affirm tha Christian fundamental principles and chal-1 chal-1 en gee Industry to embody thecn- la all of Ita opera I en a" |