The Labor enquirer., 1883-12-29
CAs.ss,..s MnsisIu.

ton Of the earth. It Is unnecessary f0r me
to give further explanation on the subject
The young, the old, the poor. the rich speak
with reverence Of the birth Of Christ No
matter how poor the little cabin may be that
shelters them from the cold chilling season
that ushes in the Christmas festival; there Is
joy even there. And this eve, Mr.. Editor,
Is cold and chilly in these valleys, and thou
sands are rowing about, without cabin 70
shelter them from the inclemency Of the cold
season now upon us, nor crust OF bread 70
appease the ever crying want to support life.
Sad indeed yet, true.
I said all speak with reverence OF this great
festival. Alas, spoke without much refiec-
ton Of the great mass of Christians great
in numbers l mean, not in virtue, not In
meekness, not in humanity, not in charity
which means love, not aims, as the proud
and worldly man calls it.
How is it in your city this eve? Thousands
who call themselves Christians are uttering
oaths most horrible, blssphemy more wicked
and terrible than hell can invent, dirty i'm
modest discourses, not tit to be mentioned
among the beasts of the fields, much less
among men. This is the condition Of thou
sands, even in the little city Of Denver, this
Christmas eve lam speaking now Of the
poor and homeless, who few years ago were
perhaps, contented and happy-no perhaps
about it, know they were; and as time ad-
vances or grows, this seething mass of men
and women grows with 1t.
What is the true cause of this terrible
change? How long can it continue until all
are unclean and wicked2 Not very long. 1t
will come sooner than the wisest and best
amongst us predict But the vain and worldly
man, who has received the highest education
that art and science can bestow on mortals,
says: 1t will never come to such bad ends.
In all his mutterings he will call his hearers
attention to our fine schools, and elegant and
costly churches. Our colleges, now unsur
passed in any age, are turning out great
many wise and learned men (asses). Gener-:
ally, admit, the colleges turn out a few good
men and send them into the churches, to show
them the true road to heaven. But somehow
they are losing ground instead of gaining.
They are about as successful as man who
puts sound apple ints a barrel of rotten
ones, thinking ana believing that all the rot
ten ones will become sound by so doing,
the sound one will succcumb first So with
the man. as we'll as the apple. If not, why
is it that poverty and crime of every kind
are on the increase, and at such rapid strides
that the stoutest hearts tremble atthe present
conditions of the human race?
You college idiots did it ever enter into
your stupid brains that all the book learning
invented by man cannotfill hungry stomach,
without some physical labor being performed
by the hands and other members of your
bodyp 1t is an old saying, "Aceursed be the
earth; in the sweat of thy face thou shall
eat the bread of life" But itseems the curse
has fallen on the man that sweats instead of
the lazy and sweet scented prostitutes and
pimps, that never earned an honest cent, or
performed any honest labor to get the bread
of life.
Bread is the support of life, and life is the
most precious part of man, which is the soul.
I may be permitted to say bread is the seed
of the soul. 1t nourishes life until and after
reason sits on the throneo Of memory, to guide
| 1T to the throne Of everlasting happiness or
misery. But no matter where the soul goes
after death, bread is necessary during our
time on earth; and there is only two ways
of getting that bread-work for it, or steal it
| from somebody that has worked for it. This
may seem to many only the mutterings of a
| crank or lunatic, as laborers are always called
who demand their rights to live as their
Heavenly Father commanded them to do.
Pride and ambition tells us not to believe
such doctrine; get away from labor as quick
and far as you can; it is a disgrace to labor
now. Get away from it if you can. Yes,
that's it; but the quicker you get away the
sooner this farce will end, and honest and
virtuous men and women will soon establish
on an everlasting basis the divine commands,
''In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat the
bread of life" .
The world is now so full of infamable
matter, that whatever corner it catches fire,
the most of it will be destroyed before peace
and honesty are restored, and justice estab-
lished. Brothers, have your rifles ready; the
time is nearer than foolish men tell us.
Don't be deceived. VINDICAToR. o.