Reverend Washington Gladden
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Washington Gladden Quotes

Reverend Washington Gladden, also, Washington Gladden Quotes. . Reverend Washington Gladden – Washington Gladden (Feb. 11, 1836-Jul. 2, 1918) was a leader in the Social Gospel movement. Pastor of First Congregational Church from 1882 for 36 years, he also served on city council. Deemed the first U.S. religious figure to support unions; he also opposed racial segregation writing his “Murder as an Epidemic” sermon condemning lynching in 1903. He dedicated Huntington Chapel in 1902. , The Social Gospel Movement integrated salvation and good works. To honor God, people must put aside earthly desires and help others – wealth is not hoarded, but shared with the less fortunate. Ideas originated from Social Gospel would heavily influence the Progressive Movement. , In 1904 Gladden's daughter Alice joined the Columbus School for Girls founding the school's traditional services. , Washington Gladden Quotes , … (religion is) “summed up in the word Friendship”: (friendship) “with the Father above and the brother by your side.” , “I only wish to have the principle recognized that no man liveth to himself; that no man's business is his business alone: that all business is stewardship: that there is no law of life but Christ's law; that the main question for every man is not how much he can get, but how much he can give.” , “The establishment and maintenance of sound and fair social conditions; so that there should be no oppression nor injustice, but a square deal for everybody: so that the strong should not be permitted to prey upon the weak … such sound and fair social conditions would bring to the community … unexampled, and marvelous prosperity …”