The Labor enquirer., 1883-02-24
|bEAC0N BILLINGS:
He. Concludes His Sermon on Money
and Makes an Excellent
Argument.
Jobs Prosecutions Reviewed With
an Application to Present
Suffering.
What God Intended His Children to
Perform, and What Their
Reward.
The Deacon Hears a Lecture, Which
He Was Much Pleased
With.
A SERMON.
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70 the Editor Of The Labor Enquirer.

To the Editor Of The Labor Enquirer.
DENVER, February 20.-We shall con-
tinue our remarks from scriptural
standpoint Now turn to 1st Corinthians
TX. 7. and read, who goeth a warfare
at any time at his own charges? Who
planteth a vineyard and eateth not the
fruit thereof? Who feedeth a flock and
eateth not the milk thereof" Verse 8,
hSay these things as man or saith
the law the same also ?" Verse 8, For
it is written in the law of Moses: Thou
shalt not manacle the mouth of the OK
that treadeth out the corn" Doth God
take care of the oxen; or doth He say it
altogether our sakes? For our sakes, no
doubt this is written: "He that ploweth
should plow in hope, and he that thresh-
eth in hope should be partaker of his
hope"
We will answer Paul's first questions
in the following manner: First, the ones
that plant vineyards, orchards and all
precious fruits of earth are the last to
eat the fruit thereof; and the one that
feedeth and milketh the herd or flock is
seldom, if ever, allowed to eat the milk,
meat, butter and cheese that their hands
have produced-and why? Because he
has been driven from his home and his
inheritance (the earth by landlords, and
has become a wage slave, so that his
master can satisfy his love for money.
And while his master can make money
from his hard toll he is permitted to stay,
but when be is sick and not able to work
he is used worse than the ox-turned out
of doors to beg or starve, and the wealth
his hands has produced goes to enrich
the man that never created a particle OF
those things he enjoys. I speak par
ticularly in relation to the people in the
British Isles, the Irish and Scotch, and
the English, tod5" What is their fare
after paving rent, taxes and interest? ?
Potatoes and butter milk and if there
comes sshort crop-starvation. l
think the muzzled OK is a good fgnre to
use in this condition of things. Yes, ye
ungodIy money lovers, ye have caused
all the evils that poor humanity IS
suffering under. But, "thus far shalt
thou 20 and no farther" There is to- be
a change. The prophet Isiah, in chap
ter NJ, in writing of the good times
coming, says, The time is coming when
the lion shall eat steam like the OK"
Yes, there is a time coming, and 1t IS
close at hand when governments will
be established on principles of perfect
equality and all human beings living
under and protected by said govern
ments will do their share for the benefit
OF the whole people. Governments
will in time discard the names of beasts
OF prey as symbols to show their char
acter-such as lion, bear, wolf, tiger,
leopard and eagle, and substitute in their
stead names of docile and harmless crea-
tures-such as lamb, or some animal that
furnishes food and raiment for the
human ease. The love of money will
give p ace to love for and happiness OF
our brothers, and then he that ploweth
Will plow in hope, and he that thresheth
Will be partaker of his hope.
Paul tells us in Hebrews ~, Is, that