, 1877-07-09
EXISTENCE.
Tu8 STRUGGLE ron GnRAD--3HnNoN M DR-
RYDER.


rua srnUodLp ron guRAp-suauoy pr pn-
RrpER,
Tho Roy. DR.. RYDER preached To his couqro-
...a.s o w. y. q. ,,';,. 11a,r.r.nH.. Chr.a, S..tas-
day morning, on "Thc Struggle for Bread"
taktnp A t,is text; II. Thcse,. IT., 10
II aty would not work, neither should he eat
ph..h,,l ~, ..l,, n, Rv,lcr' co,,lJ not h,
Ay so'' ,Ns'a,o Ds.'a ,esnS S.'.,.,. ~ ~
considered nl'sfortane' q calamity: something
which 1t would he well to shtrk Tho secret Of
tho 10y Of mauy Z life was "cnough 10 do"
Tha tendency Increased with are 10 feel that
our ooa'ea naa eFoa. injustice oono toch'
Without a healthy body u wis
difficult to enjoy mvch any way.
hut 10 be compelled to live wholly for tho body
mai. bis ply ;cal wants needing to So cared for,
but ho VIA mere than al antmal,-a beinu with
q so,il and mind. Ills tnierIorlty was c.,silv
seen vhcn his physical strength was contrastcd
in providing wholly f1r sho body wa not co,,-
duciyo to The highest interests Of tho mind.
Tlure were cnauY who foruI Il a great probIrtn
" xot bread, and to whom lfu was d u,aso
struggle foY c1lstencrL Vast horles Of men,
n,rht, tollcI fot bread. Another dass, with an
inhibition to sdysnce In ltfc, were not able to
carry ont their IDEAS compelled as they were to
enter into this struggle for mere animal exist-
literally ens1aVsI to ths world they lived ia aud
thu good fortuue tloy seemed to have, Tho
great body OF thu people had not tho time.
EnnT had not tho Opportunity. and msuy WHO
enjoyed bath ct those advantages lad not
the disposttipn 10 fmproyo their mental
conditions. And, NJ II 70 inake matters worse,
thcro wAa a disposttlo Ion In ccrtain quarters to
mako the burden heavier aud hardot to hear.
II a man 10 business could aiionl to nav hts cn,-
ploycs respect ably, Il WIS his bountnn duty to
Ito It. In Boston thu CRY of " ccononyn had
httl tho means Of reducing tho aaarY ii scnuo}.
teacI,cre $sO,t>0. This sum 70 Boston Of 10 tie
taxpayers did not mean luucs bul to the school
teachers It meant great deal. Boston, Eliica-
70, or nny other city, ronld not AFFORD to trsat
ills noble claaa With dfscotlrtesy or discourage
sustaining, il tfcy were only Elypn a
fair cllat,cc, but To cut down tlo carp
in9a Uf the t,onr, La order that tho ricIl
might uaku rs much. alfd cuIoY ~ munY con-
furtS anil iuxurLsa nd usual vAa ueithcs t,,st
nor right. In Dr.. Ry1Gt's on4uton, It was fur
1noee pralae worthy for woman To ccon0tnt5e
In drcas titan to cut doxn hce servants wagrs.
With talkinH about church debts. 'rha pful.a-
bllity ma1 that tho men who wrote thueo
articles wers uos taxed tu tito extent OF 1pccuts
year, They lid not nav the lits, b[ortpn..ce
wcru awkwafl ttiprA, hit thoss who talked 20
lutlrh aluut the burdens weru MT, w a general
thing, the ones who paid tho bills Let repuip
lust turn oyes tho pa.a OF tho rccurf
njIllofes paid, ttfsteal OF ulrou9mHpy
pcopIs BY harptrH Of. their burdens. .TEorc
wa4 q mania oa tho subject Of expenses, Poo
Dle h,ui 1ruwu morbid over il while theY sho,llu
i,xTe nut on bravo faces and borne tlAf mart uf
tho burden IL WA 1lne that this ryerlA A4inv
Ioaking about ,nyelty WA discouraged, anil, IL
ht1 utsilt The newspapers could 10 better en-