, 1884-08-19
LABOR LEAKS.
Tie Workingmeu Who Had Holes
in Their Purses.
Rev. c. N. Sanders Second Ser
mon to Laboring Men.


The following synopsis of the sermon
will partially convey an idea of its tenor:
1t was a remark of Seneca, God divi-
oed man INTO men that they might help
eAcn other' l. would DO much toward
setting many Oh the controversies OF this
"oriu, were men universally TO realize the
lac' 'na1 the human lamhy Is n chain
Oh many INKS, and that each link Is a part
Oh the one cna,n- Let the man who
piouuty eaaims 'nA' lie mas clinoed away
nom 0nA' uepenuency' ana VINO s~oornfuly
LOOKS 1o~n upon tnoSe ABOUT him les
is'oreu 'nan nimseii' De ieit alone; let al
those less favored ones move away ieay'
ing MIN aione' now iong THINK you, woulc
ne boast OF MS inexperienced Were al
'ne iaooring men oil this city to move
away ana were no one to come to take
tneir place what THINK you, would be the
RESULT
Inc spur. Oh heipiuinesS should charac'
terize our Ives' we are to be helpers,
one Oh anotner' In tnat which Is u and
figno
"hat hes at the bottom OF
most Oh the troubles OF society
If you will look into this matter carefully,
L think you will come to the conclusion
that 1t Is s~elhshness. Were large corpor-
atoms throbbed with the spirit of help
fullness think you there would be strikes
among the laboring menu The study of po-
litical economy is Of supreme importance
in this country where every laboring man
is in a certain sense a SOVEREIGN.
Talmage says a good thing in the
statement: THE best way to settle the
quarrel between labor n capital Is by
allopathic doses OF Peter Cooperism. /
propose to do what l a to exalt labor
and to lift up what IN called labOring
classes, for in 80 doing l am advancing
the best interests of the city in which we
live.
What is meant by the term ''laboring
men Many capitalists are laboring
men, we most notforgotthat, but l use the
term in its common acceptance. Many Of
the capitalists of to-day were numbered
among the iaboring men yesterday, and so
far as they have su sceeded by right meth
DDS they deserve u respect. Clerks
may come to be mombers of the firm, and
mechanics may be masters more generally
than they do. Too many are content to
be under workers, and to these my text
applies
In the text they earned wages. and it
is presumed they were at least fairly paid
1t is also implied that they were paid, and
it is stated the wages were their own. But
they did not retain them. They dropped
these wages out through the holes in THEN
purses How many laDoring men who
receive good wages are still without means
because they cannot keep that which they
earn. The practical topic is, what is the
cause or this shrinkage? what are some Of
the holes through which so much capital
runs to waste2
There is the leak of wrong conception
OF first things. We are inclined to put
self trst, and many people will say self
comes first. You remember the story of
the chicken that tried to swim with
the ducks and complained of the world,
when | duck replied; THE world is all
right if you adjust yourself to it. Keep
in your element, not in ours"
Gambling is another hole. Much
money is lost by gambling, so | am told,
and | have been panied at reports that
many laboring men in this city are gam
bling. Every laboring man who gam
bles should know that while he may gain
occasionally, as a rule he WI lose more
than he gains. We all know o. men who
have been ruined by the fellowship and
associations Of the gaming table. have
no cudgel with which to strike those who
have or are losing beautiful homes and
wrecking beautiful lives at the gaming
table, for a day is coming when all wrongs
will be righted.
There is the leak of unwise indulgence,
the hole OF extravaganza. These are fast
times and much Is bought that is not
needed. The question is not asked, Can
l afford it?' Learn to be saving while
habit.
Tobacco is another leak and stronudrink