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Show SPALDING HAS A WORD OF WARNING Bishop Spaldlng-addrcssod the meeting meet-ing of the Sunday Night club In the Guild hall of the Church of the Good Shopherd last night on "The Church and the Workingman." The speaker began his address with a (iiioiallon from Abrams, a German political economist, to the effect that human societv was divided into the orgaui-r.ation" orgaui-r.ation" of legal life, which is the state, of religious life, which is the church, and of Industrial life. He brlefl traced the development of the state" from the crudp tribal relations re-lations for protection and war to the political Ftate of today and ho gaio arguments in favor of the state extending ex-tending its field of social interest The special emphasis of the speaker was upon the other two social organizations, organi-zations, the, church and industry He Insisted upon the distinction between be-tween religion as a fundamental endowment en-dowment of man, and the dogmatic and sectarian societies of today Religion Re-ligion is a sense of accountability to a higher moral standard, and a feeling feel-ing that "Heaven helps those who help themselves." The Christian religion re-ligion is the moral standard illustrated illustrat-ed bv Jesus, both in word and life, and Flia teachings about God as a loving lov-ing Father This religion organized itself into the Christian church and extended its activities throughout the I Roman world. It Insisted on the in-' in-' finite value of every human life It I founded schools and hospitals. It developed de-veloped creeds and dogmas, and in this direction, at the time or Con-stantine, Con-stantine, it came into contact with the state In the monastic system it came Into contact with Industrv. The speaker then dtecusscd the development de-velopment of labor from the downfall of the Roman slave system to tho wage system of tho present. H showed how the invention of thQ steam engine led to, the ownerships of tho tools by the capitalist so that labor Instead of being rewarded with the product of toll, receives wages based on the supply and demand foi laborers The result was that human life Is being lightly esteemed ajid the church, supported by the capitalist, is in danger of forgetting her duty of trying to save all and is becoming a mere social club Therefore, tho laboring la-boring man needs the church needs the Inspiration and help of organized religion the Ideals of the Carpenter of Nazareth And, if the church is U- bo kept true to its purpose the church needs the laboring man The Guild hall was filled and all of the extra seats that had been provided provid-ed were occupied. Mrs. H. W Shurt-llff Shurt-llff was the soloist The meeting next Sunday night will ibn addressed bj Prof Frank M. Driggs of the Deaf and Blind school |