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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1905)
t THURSDAY, OCTOBER n, 1905. THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. Sermon Dedicated to Labor Unions. Tbs following nei-nion wti dell ven d ly ftcv. W. Seymour Hhort at (irme litirrh on Nundity lutti "I have glvrn you an example (hat j oil should do aa I have dtti to yon St. John XII: 15. .Many would m loader of men txly, , Irt the nation or the government do tlm manufacturing; get rid of the -aitaliiU give MUt wagea and alutrt er hour, and you have eolvrd every tirntlin that la worth aolving. They win to think that thexn thlnga will rhang ambitloua rwwma Into jmlilic lrltd onca, omii(xtitlv and aelfiah onca Into generoua .and iwlf aTllli ing ho.I.. , At Uat thh la all the Indua trial program ami Ita Iradera offer, lie Inalolml on holding the labor union on riuiuUy Wau he wantM to keep hi followera away from the Cat hollo jrhut and the Protectant prearhir. (Kvldent lvM,y lfc-. Newell 'Dwight Ilillw IM not want to be mharranatd by the tJn romniandnifnU In the; mirul of lila followera, for there are tiniea, the leader aaya, when violence, the club and the firebrand have their u.) , Another leader ha made Wtrlc the wd "boycott," and "go and buy grin," by propimlng to IiiktIIxj them on labor banner. A writer well known haa thla to aayt "Some Urn ago In my own houne two union men flnUhed the limit of their work at 11:30. The head man returned lit 1:30 and amoked a clay pipe until 3:. TO. Then the noroml man returned nnd smoked hi pipe until S. Neither Hum did a etruke of work from 11:30 until 5 bceaue the union forbade 1 I tit. Itoth men were humiliated; one wa bit ter. lie fett that he we a len?ar, and rrWIlid agaiintt taking a wage that he felt he had not earned. I believe that limn loved hi work, wanted to com ear y, wanM to etay late, and to aklmp r olight it hurt him like a blow, and (continue our author) In all that emolderinir rebellion Ilea the nation 'a riope. Ala, for thee political cotifl lenee men and laW agitatora who are teaching their worklngmen to give the leant poMible work to get the mt rs eible wage." Hut thi sort of thing haa iU ef fect on the public aa well a the work ing man. IJxten to thin: "Only the other day a countryman driving In with hi product (in an eat ern rlty, thiMigh the spirit la epreading) found that one of hi home had caught a. ahoe In the atreetrar trak. and ootene a nail. Tlie ahoe had leen newly put on in the country ahop, and needed only five minute' work of a etnitb. Ife drove to a bluAnmlth ehop, but aa aoon a the amith liMiked t fhe khoe, he aaid he could not do the work. Ten amith In auccaion were too lmy to undertake the tak, though they ewmlngly haul little 10 do. At lat a smith ald, 'There I no ne In your driving over thi town, no smith will tighten the nail Thee are non union ehoea, and we are union men.' 'Hut what am I to do!' ald the countryman, not underatanding the term 'union 'Well, I can take all four shoe off and put on four new one wa the an ewer, 'and it will -nt you five dol . hirn.' Tliere wa not over five minute' "f work: the ahoe were new, and were newly put on, tut the tutiona Uact mulled the man for five dollar. And latly, for I eould reat intan ee all the diiy, "llecently when muician died, leaving hi widow and children, hi wife aecitrvd the portion, Hut the muxiclan' union put on a brave front and dared the enemy In hi den With true chivalry thce heroe of toil and of down-trodden labor waited on the widow'a employer, threatened etrikrt and boycott, finally compelled her diMliarge and replacement by one of their own membera." Combination union are good. Pro lection I a first law of human n tore, but no exeue exer jiisliflca wan ton murder, or cold-blooded Bleating. Iteeauee the are accomplished indl rectly and in long drawn-out method, by ioliticial or aorial ur labor ' union Influence, or by organization of eltlier of tlmse In.tead of individual doe not make tlie leader or officer any le guilty of breaking the alith or eighth commandment. Who ia responsible t It a far-rea4-blng question and iU an awer not eay. It would seern that the maker of quack medicine who create and alimulate the appetite of woman and children a well a men for danger ou drug ami aUong drink; and those engaged in adulterating the food of our tables ao that ill-health and death are the coneiuence after long Buffer ing, and heavy dmWa bill, it would ccm that thee are guilty of murder, even If they know not the individual by name who purchaxe and conumc their death-dealing ware, lint are the parenU who buy theae thing for their little one or their famllie, picking and If . cnooMiig u,e cm,Bp niwtnims i that they themelve may have a giMKl time with the balance If their chil dren aiiken and die from the effect, are three not repon-.ihle? And i a enator who delilHTaU-ly delay Jegla la tlon in the Interest of pure food, tor any reaon whatever, lal con truction of the bill; interference with their view of elate righta, fear of loing favor with leader or comtitu ent, or Ignorance, ia audi a eenator free from blame? We can aee with acarra-ly half a glance how far reaching thi Industrial a ami economic question la preventing private and puhlio life in home, bui nc. and aorirty and politica and even the church One of the most hopeful eigne for the iK-ttering of these evil. I the fact that they are ao much' talked and written aliout, that they are ao constantly in our the word, no more than those other "come unto me and I will give you reit." All Jeu' injunction and per tonal application aeem to be bo far aliova and beyond, or deeper in than in dustrial and economic method. The "aim Ot the Utter i to make the poor rich, and the aim of the other U to make the bad good." The one J mechanical, the other moral, and here we aee the two plan pitted again! eaeii other a we began by aaying: "Such extraordinary devotion ia of fered to a mere indimtrlal program" by many in inexe nay ijecaime 11 "aeem uriHpiiilual" and "reprem-nt to mil lion a religion, and provide a aub- titute for that teaching of the fJhrl- tian church, which t'try have been k-d to rejM-t." Thee are the word of the Harvard profeMor already quoted, and he adda with fearful and clear-cut conviction "The aoclaliiit program rep resent the p4nalty which the mwlern world i paying for ita insufficient obedience to the aoclal , teaching of leu." Jesii cleanses the man, the Industrial program but cleanses the outside of the enp and platter, while the inside ia full of ravening and wickedness. Jacob Ri the reformer; President Roosevelt, the statesman; (iladstone, the prime minister and many other plain, almph common-sense thinker and worker like Paster Wagnerknow thU that these human system mhich must de pend for their existence and continuance upon unselfishness, magnanimity and simplicity of character, make no pro vision whatever for the training or ac quiring those vlsltort. When the rich young man would Join lesus company, "go sell that thou hast (al Three Sermon. and give unto the poor, and come and follow me," aaid Ue thut "had not where to lay his head." It was a text of his own character a well a a relief of the litreM-d. And if you htudy tiie Gospel shall not be aurprlsed if you find this searching and elevating desire un derlaying all of Jesua' worka. Ho up lift, He transforms, He teaches, He re creates the very aouls, the Uvea of men nd women aa he help them. The worda I have put at the head of this sermon, contain an epitome of the (iosnel of Jesua Christ. The whole light brought to the focus, aa Lewis and Clark lit their peace pipe with raw a Newport News, V., July ia, 1903. Last autnmer while recovering from 111 teaa of fever, I had a severe attack of Inflammatory Rheumatism In the knecf, from which I waa unable to leave tny room for several month. I waa treated by two doctors and also tried different kinds of linameaU and medicines which seemed to relieve me from pain for while, but at the same time I was not ny nearer getting wtlL One day while reading a paper I saw an adrertiaement of 8. & 8. for Rheumatism. I decided to give its trial, which I did at once. After I had taken three bottles I felt great deal better, and I still continued to take it regularly until I was entirely ' and I cheerfully recommend S. 8. S. to ny one suffering from Rheumatism. ) , 613 33d St. Cha. E. Giudkulxkts. Rheumatism is caused by uric add or some other add poison in the blood, which when deposited in the muscles nd Joints, produce the sharp, cutting pains and the stiffness snd soreness pe culiar to this disease, 8. S. 8. goes dt rectly into the circulation, all irrita ting substances art neutralised and filtered out of the system, the blood Is cade pure snd the general health la built up under the purifying and tonic enecuoi ine ren table, remedy. Write for our spe cial book on Rheu matism which Is sent free, Ourphy : :i :. 1 1 a dans will advise without charge all who will write ni about their case. Til 8wlft tptelfio Compisy, Atltita, G , W W minus ana in our converutinns The sign of Die time points to a ban y solution if the intense interest in the hearts of all classes la.U but a little longer. evident, as Prof. Peabodv of Harvard, say: "That no arranircment , . " or industry can I devised which is be yond the possibility of being used for evil by unscrupulous. - f K no n, nut the remark contains the kev-noU . .1 . 01 me cure a I can aee it, "unvn.pu ncsigning for evil!" Is there way to become careful in planning ir goo,n .lesus Christ stemmed the curn-nt of l.isti.rj-, and like a rock droppd in inid-Btream of aome river: he turnhl the course, or channel from destruction toward preservation, from danger to safety. The Mime question, socinj and eco noiuic and induHtrial, if not in form at Icat in germ, agitated the tcemimr citv of Jerusalem, and the lovelv hilki.l village of Nazareth in His dav, for hu man nature is about the same from gen ration to generation in its pisNbilitics for good or evil it is identical. icxus of Nazareth, far from lMiiiir an agitator, pretended to eire the ilia and evil of all men for all time, but His cure was not popular then, it ia al together ao now. He met each individual i-aso with a practiced and nu.i, ,... 1 (and head and heart aa well.) "Who miule mo a judge or divider over you!" fay and proceeded to explain tlie . s . . " rooi or his aroiiUle-covetousnesB to one I s .. .... "kcu Him to divide his father l-n.jsny. render unto Qiesar the things that are Ceowr's." He aaya to others, not overturning government in the least. Ia He a socialist; ia He a reformer; ia He a friend of the poor, oi ine outcast, the overlooked, the sub merged T, None moreo, and yet He loved the rich, the refined, the educated, the clean and pure. He is as much at home with the leader as with the led. And ne also denounces the faults of th rulers, either civil or ecclcalaatical as those of the people. lie excuses none. snd He provide ancr command over and over again cure for all, and warns sll what the horrible calamity, will be tf his advice ia not followed, and "III cure not made use of. fNo. man cometh unto the father but by me," seems to be a pretty narrow way and a straight gate. At all events none can mistake ! Nothing succeeds like success! Golden Gate Coffee succeeds because of the care taken in selecting in blending and in roasting. i'oiGEKI Sold on, m erit. Always the same their burning glass before the Indiana much to the astonishment tf the latter. Jesu suited the action to the word, nd though when spoken they apply only to the incident of Hi washing, as a er vant, the feet of Hi disciples, yet they are true to every word or deed of Hi so far a they are rmrded. lint taking them in the narrowest significance they contain enough to satis fy us of this They were done and 'poke to one who had already bargained to kill, who had "sold hi birthright for a mess of pottage;" to other two who were too ambitious to be behind the very flrt and foremost, who because He lov ed them would lie His favorite no mat ter where the other came in;' to yet another who though strongest in hi avowed behalf in Jesus', (.oathead waa just then on the verge of sleeping while on guard in Hethsemane; to another who doubted Hi abitity to secure him self from the mob, in a word to a whole hand who were undecided and weak in their loyalty to their master, and who doubted Hi Almighty power, and Hi personal claim on them. Jesua find no worse foe in modern society, and yet He say: "I have given you an example." Hi optimistic hope- fulness (almaya expecting the very best of everybody) la divine. He believed and still believe in man more than man does in himM-lf. Thi menial servkw is for everybody to copy. Happiness, faithfulnes and hik . attend every person who follow that example. And misery and fraud and failure, not to say wore, are the lot of all who refuse or neglwt to follow. "The friendly visitor among the poor, bringing neither patronage, nor alms nor self consideration, nor religious propa- gandism but aunshine, courage, refine ment, employment, patience; the social settlement set in squalor and dullness of tlie great city, nor for extortion or condett-nsion, but aheer nelghborline, the beautiful union which ia sometime witnesd of official duty with loving personal care these are the finest pro duct of modern philanthropy the plant of charity grows for no other pur pose than that there may ieue from it the flower of perwonal devotion." (Pea body.) It is done, it ha been done, and it will I done till the end of time "a He has done," A foreigner solve the labor prob lem by the school -house and the church in twenty years! Intelligence doublea the wage; goodne's with it controls the business of the world; it U not safe sit hour without it. "We do not need more gold, nor more land, nor more tools, but this country di need, to commit thi ten commandment to memory. And the time ha come for union men tat throw away their guna and club and to ne their noble idea of union for mutual betterment; for unity of action; for the diffusion of intelli gence, Jrt them, too fall on their knee, and ask God to fill their hearts with love for their non-union brethren," ex claims the eloquent pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. This ia what this country needs, thi wili cure the woes of the age; this and this alone will produce loving home and families in this community, bring souls and dollars into the treasury of the Lord sufficient for all need. When are we going to learn it so as to believe it and practice it? What else are we here in church fort Why suffer with tiredness, mean, cross feeling, no strength, no appetite? Hoi lister's Rocky Mountain Tea will make you well and keep you well. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Frank Hart. 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