The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
SERMON.
The strife"
By IRVING A sEARLEs.

fleB ana powers, 10 oDty MdkibtIatOp, W uc
ready to every good work-Iafus, y, 1.
Paul is writing to young minister instru T.
ing b,m as to the duties that he should epjoln
upon the people. Prominent among these du-
ties is obedience to the law OF the land. Teach
them to be law abiding citizens; ITO obey
magistrates.'
IL any apology is needed for discussing in the
pulpit the subject OF the great strike that has
stirred our nation from centre to circumference
AZ it has not been aroused since cannon doomed
before Sumpter. appeal directly to the teach
ings OF Paul.
The excitement has largely died out, the
mobs are dispersed, the soldiers have returned
to their barracks, the dead are buried, the
trans for the most part are running as before,
and now let US look squarely at some OF the
facts and principles involved in this great up.
rising OF labor against capital
| wish 10 distinguish clearly between work
ing-men and rioters. Some would seem to re-
gard the two terms as synonymous, but such 10
far from the truth. The workingmen OF this
country as 4 class are by no means rioters. We
have many abonng men in Paw Paw, but l
make bold to gay that not one OF our citizens.
whether he swings the sledge, shoves the plane,
pegs the boot or shovels on the Narrow Gauge,
as rioter. AS rule America has no citizen
more law abiding than the lsboring man.
would go still further and express my most
hearty sympathy for the poor people of this
country and OF all lands. j know now, and
have long known, and Fl ON present indicatlons
will always know what it is to be poor. Ever
since was fourteen years OF age have had to
support myself. While a. school had to saw
wood and DO janitor work in order to defray
my expenses. Twice in this State found my
self without employment, without cent OF
money aud without IN acquaintance in the en-
tire htate. Although not very old, have bad
euough o. this experience to ever keep me III
closest sympathy with the poor. II there Is
one person more than another whom | feel
like taking by the hand and saying T. God bless
you. keep up good courage aud go ahead" 1t is
the one struggling with poverty.
Iwonld like to see the laboring man earn
more than barely enough to live on from day
TO DAY. l would like to see him able TO lay by
little of his hard earnings for the tune Of
sickness or need. | would like to see him buy
little home and pay for it. so that if he should
he suddenly called away by death, wife and lat
tle ones would not be turned out lnto the
streets would like to see him able to send
his children to school and give them good
cloths himself and family 80 that neither he
nor they would be ashamed to come TO church
and Sunday school. In word, would like 10
zee the laborng man better situated than is
tho OK IN the stall.
Hence you see am very far from endorsing
Nj. Baecher's reported remarks: Is it true
that QUO dollar day is not enough to support
man and five children 7 II man would not
,psist on drinking beer and smoking is not one
dollar a day enough to buy bread! Water
costs nothing. Man can not live by bread it Is
true, but the man who can not live by bread
and wager, IL not lit to live. - = family
may live on good bread and water IN the morn
ing, aud bread at midday and good bread and
water al night F" When | read that / would
like TO have seen Mr.. Beecher placed on diet
OF bread and water. With his salary or twenty
thousand dollars year he can not keep out OF
debt, aud yet he proposes that the labonng
man can support himself and tive children OF
one dollar per day He likes to have his table
loaded with costly viands, but the laboring man
may stlbslst on bread and water! was not at all
surprised TO hear that after utterIng such senti-
ments tho great preacher was made the recipi-
ent or threatening letters from wOrkingmen all
over the land. / was not surprised 10 hear
that on tho following Sunday morning thirty
Al
congregation and that in the evening 1t was
thought best to increase the number OF the
police there to fifty. But l Am happy to say,
however, that Mr.. Beecher denies making the
stateIsent attributed 70 him. lie says that his
remarks we're enormously reported aud that
the following is what was actually said at il
SAID that dollar day Is not enough FOR wife
and Eve or six children. No, not IL the man
smokes and drinks beer. 1t is not enough II
he expects that they are going TO have not only
food and raiment but smusements that are ex-
pennve II is not enough to enable them to
live a. he would be glad to have them llve 1t
il not enough to enable them to live 40 perhaps
they would have right to live in prosperous
times, Bot is not dollar day enough to buy
who cannot live on bresd is net fit TO live.
family may live, laugh, love and be happy
that cats bread in tie morning, with good wa
ter; and water and good bread at noon, and
water and bread ut night" In Justice to MIR.
Beecher give his own statement OF what he
said, hut am inclined to the opinion that il he
were W be placed on diet OF bread and water,
ii would not be great while before he would
have mother Laugh" nor ''love" left
The causes assigned for the hard times are
about as numerous rs the authorities consulted.
One Gays that the immigration of 80 many peo-
pie from the country into the cities Is the cause
of MI this trouble. Instead OF being producers
they have become consumers. Whils unnum-
bered acres OF western land lie untitled the
cities are GRO sded to overlooking.
Another says the emigration OF 80 many for
egners into this country is the cause Of the
hard times. Without doubt this has done much
to loveretock labor, but 1 can not JON In this
TRADE against the foreigner As rule our
Foreigners are our best citizens. can not for
get that when the old fac va. ,es.;t.a A.. -.