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bor to the end that all things be brought into subjection to him; and whereas the problems of industrial readjustment and social redemption that are forced upon this generation constitute a call to the Church to assert the Lordship of Jesus Christ in the social as well as in the individual life and to interpret the gospel of this age in social as well as in individual terms; therefore we stand with our brethren represented in the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America

1. For equal rights and complete justice for all men in all stations of life.

2. For the protection of the family, by the single standard of purity, uniform divorce laws, proper regulation of marriage, and proper housing.

3. For the fullest possible development for every child, especially by the provision of proper education and recreation.

4. For the abolition of child labor.

5. For such regulation of the conditions of toil for women as shall safeguard the physical and moral health of the community.

6. For the abatement and prevention of poverty.

7. For the protection of the individual and of society from the social, economic, and moral waste of the liquor traffic.

8. For the conservation of health.

9. For the protection of the worker from dangerous machinery.

10. For the right of all men to the opportunity for self-maintenance, for safeguarding this right from encroachments of every kind, and for the protection of workers from the hardships of enforced unemployment.

11. For suitable provision for the old age of the workers and for those incapacitated by injury.

12. For the right of employees and employers alike to organize for adequate means of conciliation and arbitration in industrial disputes.

13. For a release from employment one day in seven.

14. For the gradual and reasonable reduction of hours of labor to the lowest practicable point and for that degree of leisure for all which is a condition of the highest human life.

15. For a living wage as a minimum in every industry and for the highest wage that each industry can afford.

16. For a new emphasis upon the application of Christian principles to the acquisition and use of property, and for the most equitable division of the product of industry that can ultimately be devised.

CHAPTER XIX.

GENERAL HOSPITAL BOARD.

SECTION I.

HOSPITAL ENTERPRISES.

4534. There shall be a General Hospital Board, composed of nine members, who shall be nominated by the College of Bishops and elected by the General Conference.

This Board is empowered to study the hospital situation in the Church, to provide a literature, to devise plans for the promotion of our hospital enterprises, and to assist in locating, building, and financing hospitals in various communities throughout our connection.

The Board shall elect a President, a General Secretary, and all other necessary officers.

The work of the Board shall be carried on through appropriations by the General Conference upon recommendation of the Commission on Budget, and it shall be the duty of the Board to indicate to the Commission at the General Conference the amount of money needed.

The Board is empowered to select a place for

its permanent location, procure a charter, and make any additional plans necessary to its work.

SECTION II.

GOLDEN CROSS SOCIETY.

¶535. The organization of the Golden Cross Society as an auxiliary to the General Hospital Board is hereby authorized. This Society, based upon the plan of annual memberships, shall be maintained for the purpose of interesting the entire membership of our Church in the work of building and sustaining hospitals and in raising funds annually under the direction of the Hospital Board.

CHAPTER XX.

BOARD OF LAY ACTIVITIES.

SECTION I.

GENERAL BOARD OF LAY ACTIVITIES.

¶536. The activities of laymen formerly administered by the Executive Committee of the Laymen's Missionary Movement shall hereafter be administered by the General Board of Lay Activities, which shall have charge of all the distinctive activities of laymen in the work of the Church.

¶537. The Board shall be composed of all Conference Lay Leaders elected by the several Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; provided, that the General Secretaries of the several General Boards shall be consulting members of the General Board of Lay Activities without power to vote.

¶538. It shall be the duty of the General Board of Lay Activities to promote methods of securing among the laymen an increasing interest in the work of the Church, to the end that Conference, District, Charge, and Church Lay Leaders and the committees provided herein shall be more efficient and that fellowship in the

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