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Show fort in the bed of 'ita rights.' Some j churches arc still cramped up in that 1 bed. But they are getting restless'. That It the story of Trinity church, 1 New York. I hope the unions will be I mlsernblo If they try to find rest j In so short a bed. 1 "There's another short bed, tho j footboard of which the church is Just beginning to feel. It Is the bod of felfiabness of Intelligent ami enlightened en-lightened selfishness. How the church has found comfort for all these centuries I do not know. Its ideal of brotherhood has been restricted restric-ted and narrow. It has drawn raco and color lines. I see trades unionism union-ism tossing arounu on that bed and trying to be comfortable. I hope it will not find a soft spot. "The church used to sleep in another an-other short bed. I hope .c is out of it by now. That la the bed of compulsion. com-pulsion. George Hodges says the scab Is related to the union just an the heretic Is related to the church. "Wo Congrcgutionalists used to run a closed shop. It was down Massachusetts Massa-chusetts way. Tho "non-union Baptists Bap-tists and Quakers" were beaten and ! thrown out It didn't do us any good. In fact It strengthened non-unionism. The church is glad to be out of that bed. I hate to see tradesunlonlsm pretending to be snoring In that same bed. Dr. Hodges once more. I let him say it to you. The 'instinct for as-j as-j soclatlon' is natural. So Is the 'in-. stinct for independence.' -You cant crush them out. Vou really don't want to. You must be free to assocl-I assocl-I ate. They must be free to separ-! separ-! ate. The bed of compulsion wo are j trying to burn up. Tho largo bed over yonder is the bed of conviction, persuasion. Trades-unionism Is today looking for a bed where it will not feel cramped. You can't be comfortabjo In the bed of 'rights' or selfishness or compulsion. Only in the ample bed of duty and under the covering of a nobler bro-I bro-I therhood can you be at rest." SERMON TO TIE UNION MEN DELIVERED' BY R EVER EN ED EL-DERKIN EL-DERKIN LAST EVENING. I . "Rights or Duties?" the Theme Good Musical Program Appreciated By Hearers. At the First Congregational church last evening a large congregation assembled as-sembled to hear a short sermon to the union men, by Reverend Elderkin, the theme being "Rights or Duties?" An excellent musical program was rendered. rend-ered. The numbers being a p.olo by 1 Miss Holberg, trio Miss Canady, Miss ( Gunnell and Miss Holberg; violin of-; of-; fertory. Ralph Emerson. Sliss Conroy at piano. In part Rev. Elderkin I said: "A short led and scant covering present an intolerable situation for a full grown man. Some men in ancient an-cient Jerusalem thought they could be comfortable In a bed of injustice and unrighteousness. But Isaiah protested pro-tested that men who had set-u Cod could find no comfort In so short a bed. 'The bed Is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on It and the covering narrower than that a man can wrap himself in it.' "1 want to thrust this thought homo tonight. Any full grown man (you mind that) man who thinks he can I find comfort in a bed of "rights" is ! mistaken. Men vised to Insist upon their rights and talk of what the world owed them. Some men are stretching out in that bed today. It they are comfortable, there is something some-thing wrong with the man, not with the bed. One man had a large practice. He left it and moved into the east side wilderness to live and work. Joy lighted up the face. Some day wo shall wipe tuberculosis and typhoid and pneumonia right off the American map. That's something to work for and be glad about Isn't it? He get3 tsix hours sleep. "The bed in the Bronx was too short. The man was full grown The larger bed was In the place of larger larg-er service. "The short bed is the bed of 'my rights.' The large bed is tho bed of my duty."' "There are points of resemblance between tho union and the church. Ihc church has tried to find com- |