Would Christ Belong to a Labor Union?

# Catalog Note

Would Christ Belong to a Labor Union? by Cortland Myers, D.D., is a social-religious narrative published by Street & Smith in 1900. The work follows Henry Fielding, a working-class young man who left rural Vermont for the city to support his ailing mother and musically talented sister Elsie. Despite his religious upbringing, Fielding has abandoned church attendance, convinced that organized religion fails working people and serves only the wealthy. Sparked by a church bulletin's provocative sermon title, Fielding agrees to attend services at Rev. David Dowling's church, initiating the narrative's central conflict between labor activism and Christian faith. The novel explores working conditions, economic hardship, union organizing, and the question of whether Christianity adequately addresses the needs and grievances of industrial workers. The author notes that substantial portions derive from actual life.