, 1874-03-01

| me meh. Ihey know nothing Of tie misaries which
| tna aoocinS portion of cur population ara
| opuseo 20 suffer: They arc ignorant OF the
oe;.;z eauSGa WEIGH nnderlo the movements Of tho
| nosata9aen; ihay do not know tha! thoy are
forced into these things. Il tLcy know thn tcnth
pac. OF tho bitter au1leties,
TIE TonTun.SG FEARS
| OF 1ne poor 1abo12os Eaan, they would cease to
vocsted, bat would rs!ler wonder ttat thsy fsaI}
remained quiet 10 long; and, insteai Of goal
ing them on to extremes, would, for THAR own
sakes, and for the sake Of their own country
and it's lnstitutions, help them to amoliorats
their condition.
There is one class Of men rho ought to know.
whQ=e duty it is to bo acquainted with the con.
dillon, the necessities, the auxieties, the hooea
and fears, OF II Gods poor :" and that clasg in
our clersyn.en. When John tho Baptist sent bis
disciples to ask jesus it uo T1s indeed tha
Messiah, Our sarior did not say, = Go aud tell
John am j. but he said, Go ana SHOW JOHN
again those things which ye do hear and zee
The blind receive their sight, aud the lame walk
the lepers are ceaused, ana the deaf lear; tte
pei preached to tle1n.'' One of tte signs by
which the Messiah Was to be known nas that
tho Gospel should be
PREACHED TO TIE POOR,
How far nc are departed from the spirit Of thu
in whose shadow arc living those wf1o suffer for
the head that perisheth, whila they never heaa
OF tho head Of eternal life.
Did tho ministers Of tho Gospel perform their
duty and nla1ntaia tito cause OF the struggling
poor as did Christ, our beloved country would
not bs IN the condition it is to-day. Our OF
thodox churcLes tell ua that Christ vas God
manifest in tho flesh now Let them tell Us why
he camo among the children OF Garth in tbs
gulse OF poor mechanic.
It il our belief that Our Savior nerer did one
thing, nor said one word, that had not e;gni6-
cant 1neaning,-a meaning that should influences
al generations. Yet His coming in the garb Of
Come unto ne, all 20 tlat labor and arc heavy
laden, and will give you rest, !" lare never been
satisfactorily explained to toe worlds industrial
population II ono Of our ministers will solve
this problem, lie will e:r tho grateful thanks Of
the suffering poor. But ha will do well to re-,
mcmher that tle poor do not believe in Gospel
tla. is
ONLY Fo. TIE RICE,
aud from which they ara excluded 7 would Like
here to give hint to wo!l-disEosea clcrgy1neu ::
Many man who cannot pay for u pew in church,
aud cannot d1es his fa,n4ly in stutable manner
to attend Divine Worship, ma, ne7ertheless be-
reached through THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE, - hs
will 60 buneryfor ous meal rathor than dispense
with It. This surely ID living up to the rula
it IS living till they feel it; and such men
ought certainly to bs considered as hopeful Sub
jects for the minister's teachings. But, al d
preparatory course, clcrgymen should visit tho
aborer at his homo, attend the workinnnen's
meetings, be on hand among striking mechanics,
and learn tho true couCitioa Of Things. II they
Rero as actire as reporters in searching out the
II humanity, they would know better how 10
each the heafts Of their le2rere. aud theis
abors 7ou1d ba rewarded hunt,rel-fold
11Rs. 81. D. NYS6oop.