Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-05-31
THE SOCIAL PROBLEM.
QUESTION OF LABOR AND CAPITAL
The Condition Of Our WOrSngmen and
How Il May be Improved
The Need Of More
Holidays.

The following discourse was delivered
last SUNDAY evening, by the Rev. III. e..
Neujeuhall. i'm the Sixth Presbyterian
Church at Pittsburgh Ii is one OF a
series which he proposes to prepare
ON the condition Of society:
Hr chat oppry,srth the poor. rcproocheth hi,
Maker. but Doe that hOuUrcth him hath mercy
uu the pOor.-PCOy. IA: 81.
The social problem has been a theme
for discussion ever since men began 10
multiply ON the earth" The rights OF
capital and labor are not new; they were
examined long before the time the time
of Christ. New force has, however,
been given the question in our day,
and it is weightieSt question with which
we now have 20 grapple, namely, that
which concerns the moral and physical
wrlI-briug OF men who, because OF some
workings oi social scale, have gone down
i'm lie while the opposite balance has
has upliited others 10 a higher platform.
Germany and Russia are involved IN a
contest with an enemy that Is more dam
gcyluS 10 those nations than any foreign
force with which they ever cUntended.
Underlying the structure of their society
Is "a sccthiug volcano that may throw
out rrd-hOt lava az any hour and over
turn these very nations.
But these countries are not the only
ones agitIted by such topics as the oP-
preston of the poor, the serldom OF the
laborer. respect due the employer, the
good which from the right conduct oil
these men NAV flow into the state.
Surely every thing Is not right IN a
community where these questions are
upiu. constantly stirred up. Below
what appears 90 Us ON the surface are
CAUSES Tor this which we cannot see, but
which We should try % understand, and,
IL possible, seek and apply a remedy.
True craftsmanship, true Christianity
ever seek. not the increase Of political
power but the good OF the citizens OF
the State and the members otthe Church
their moral, intellectual and physical
Advancement. Tie who concerns him.
sell with these questions Is tine man who,
.u tine widest range OF politics, shall re-
cuiye peoples homage and a nation !
praise.
No honest man has any respect for
the dcmagoguCs who make the poor
man. the laborcr, the mechanic "means
Oh am end BY working on their SYM
uIthius. bv OvercstlmUtIug their SDr-
rows. by catering To- the lowest passions
of mob violence, they arouse latent fires
bvvhich they are helped but which in
the end make the oppression Otthe poor
heavier and Sutlerlugs IN the country
more severe. Too often the poor listen
f1 these voices and give heed TO these
dangerous cries Their passions are in
famed. they reach out aterthcir would
De rIvSium and then wake up, alas, too
often, tp discover that they have been
made the tools of lying Oitice-scckcrS
,1I the step ON which mouutCbIukS
have risen % power. II the lgbDriug
man would always seek the advice OF
those who have at heart his welfare, ii
hc wonld study himself the benefits or
iufurir, tO Dee derived from certain
courses OF political or social actions pro-
posed. there would be- a better under
standing between the rich and the poor,
employing and the employed.
We cannot deny the fact that the
discomfort, the mutiny, the strikes
among the poor haye, in many cases,
lust cause Tor their appearance. We
who dwell I'm our coy homes look at one
side Of the social problem and We are
too apt % hastily condemn the man Tun
live, i'm tine howell ON the back alley, be.
.lrr-. of ui, demands, while IL We had
investigated his ease and understood lt,
lis We understood our own position, W.
would Dee AMAZED that he had suffered IN
silence SEQ long.
How tu sin this disturbing element
. how tu ram these angry wIvc,-tals Is
,Ir question that should be discussed
moth the charity organizations alone
E-f Ev our legislators and churches
. n Congress would spend more time IN
. G.y.-.ry means Oh abItc CpidemicS and
increase the intelligence of the country
ruI pu~ legislature i'm looking after the
/ homes ui the people and the improve
u,rr off NAVIGATION and labor Interests
than ON tine financial amt political CUES
. ffru. which disturb the entire country
aul tp more harm than good, they
. would bring more glory % themselves
AMI make more prosperous the county
rr district they represent. l!ChNrChyS
,rp. would. now aUj then, preach In,
.,.-ru' Of physical comfort, amt urge the
elevation oi tine great masses oil ouI
. r.r.,,trryrs and cities. | take it, there
F.r,l be- as many souls saved rs there
rr.. NOW I'm the debating of scientific sub
. a..,- and fra intellectual contests over
,.r.g.rs and Hebrew and Greee words.
I.ta people decay and reTo-rade
ANA 'rr nation and church lIEcwlSe de-
/ ..-,. 1ul rr,rogratc. Elevate Your PEG,
pie. and the nation becomes more pros
/ per1u- and the church Is more vigorous
/ i'm its assaults on SIN. Whatever, theh
f,urlFs this fundamental question
what ever information We can CLEAN on
.n important a matter, should have
from ms the most earnest and prayeriu
consideration. Tonight, Us preliminary
. .r wha, NAV hereafter be said IN TINS
.rrir, of sermons, / shall carry You
. Il,g fo the time NJ Moses. II "MoSc,
,rrrr m-~tlk.S"-auI / have vet {,
r.r~u trru-iu social aul civil duties
Is cav. better. SOuuICr advice than al
observation-disclosures, who have udi ll'
rlrr of the people since his day. ii,
solved these problems more than tire,
tbous1nd wears AGO. lie has given u;
. right answers to many OF the perpIeNlnA
and vcxutiuuS duties that have ariSei
since then. He has moreover, inter
woven an this with the religious duties
incumbent upon the lSraeljties, 50 thai
i'm Introducing this theme into the pull
pit. line ministry follows the teaching o
the inspired man who wrote our Exc
dus and Leviticus, and of Him, on
Master who when on earth, went abou
AMONG the poor doing good.
The first Important item IN the Se',.t
ment of Canaan was the proprletorshlI
bv each family of a certain number q