Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27
TIE SUNDAY FIRESIDE.
SERIOUS THOUG HTS AND KEFLEC-
TIONS FOR A DAY OF hEst'
Beeeher on the Unfolding Of Mnn-Low
Wages und InimOrnl'ty-Wnys OF Do'"A
Good, ETC., Etc
row WAGES CAUSE niMoRAnITY.

Iivered q sermon on the sublect OF
''Wages, selecting as his text Malachi'
Ill, 5. n.
On the subject OF wages, said DR.. De
Costa. the Bible does not say great
deal. but that to the point. Indeed, IN
early times the question Of wages does
NOT appear to have given rise to any very (
serions difficulties, The dangers OF the I
poyerty begotten of low wages are IN
tempeTsnce and crime, common alike 10
men and women. As illustrations OF
oyerwork and underpay l will notice the
nostmen. who in all sorts of weather iul-
IN their arduous duties, and the thou
sands of needle-women in New YORK
CITY. whose miserable lives can best be
understood by reading Hoods "Song of
the Shirt" -,
nIoved in various establishments VINO
for the mere pittance Of q dollar a week,
alfred in a convict garb, are on their
feet from morning until night. And
bovs 10 tbis same work for even less.
vet thew are learning a business, prepar-
inc for the future. Do we ever remem-
ber for what these girls are beng pre-
pared 1t is the curse OF low wages
which Oils houses Of ll-repute ana
crowds to OVERLOOKING charitable lnsht9-
tons all over the country. AS case III
Doint I will read some igures-tor the
first time made public, belieye-oi an
institution containing 1000 Magdalehs;
OF these. previous to their fall, 534 had
been earning but 81 per week; $50, "
per week; 230, So; 1877, 81; 6S, So; II,
az. & 81. and but ! who had been re-
ceiving $40 weekly. Is further PROOF
II il often said that high wages will
NOT eure these evils and that persons
possessing ample revenues often steal;
VET II cannot be denied that high wages
give men at least a chance to be honest
Men saw that all these matters are
COWS ned by the universal law OF supply
and smand. but this is an inhuy7 n law
and "a. vnanity will annul iks7 Thank
God 10 not SO universally observed as
r. is believed, There are men In New
York CITY. merchants, who could reduce
their office expenses fifty per cent, yet
tbey refuse to profit by the misfortunes
and povertv Of their fellows, and all
honor to them for their nobility OF
character. Only through the nstru-
mentality of such men as these can the
salvation of our country be worked out.
In this age industry is falling into the
hands of few men, who, by tap upon
the wire, can disarrange the WnoIe
81 e, ar machine of labor. Yet what
e the use of denouncing corporations
when Won all belong to them, oppressln.g g
all YOU can, sq6a 7S' GO >
influence of the government should DC
invoked to the aid of labor, for this gov
ernment can afford to be Just, and II not
II should be whipped into justice. II
this new administration means to carry
INF one.tenth the reforms which 1t has
50 boisterously proclaimed, why lei
lhem begin by paying its employees
, Obristianly wages. The law OF supply
and demand is the great lever by which
/ tbe rich Cypress the poor. This law
, which Malachi ignored for the greater
: one of eternal Justice, destroyed the de
r cencies of life in Sodom and Gomorran
! Practical Christianity alone can soly'
This question. Homes there are enough
4 and 10 snare. Shall we not have them
! Surely at last the Father will hear hi
) children's cry.
BEEoHER ON THE UNFOLDING OF MAN
The general theme Of Mr.. Beecheri
sermon on Sunday, was the developmen
: of liberty. Speaking Of the libert
{ which a man has to enjoy himself as b
, pIeases. Mr.. Beecher alluded to hors
u racing. ~ don't think that horse raeln
[. hurts the horse" he said, "but it hurt
!, the man q good deal. Some people urg
} that the men who are developing horse
). ou0bt not to be interfered With. 1 So
i If IS verv poor economy to feed horse
with yo1ng men. 1 hold that every
thing that rakes it proper to open PM
lie schools and churches, everything IN!
q makes morality in law and morality
g public procedure, everything OF tn
Z. sort saws: These gambling dens ID Ne
D. work and BROOKLYN. these pools on Il
race track. which are now the Wor
u form of gambling, are to be condemnt
o by public sentiment, and no ialse ~
peals made to our reason or our masn
nimity should be permitted TO veg
with us one single moment. 1hey al
ne bad: the men who administer them a.
he not good; their consequences are mu
ty ehieyous. And though, in the abstrac
RS there is no more harm in running OF
of horse against another than there IS
be running one boy against another boy,V
at are warned by experience that unle
se they are carefully administered hor
nd races. as an institution may improve u
~ breed of horses by deteriorating Il
ell breed of men,. =,
d. at isn't true" cried man in Il
as gallery.
for =,
lri 'sWhat isn't true q answered NJ
ell Beecher. while everybody turned al
it. looked for the interrupter.
,he There was no response, and the ma
whom nobody knew, remained quiet.
I'M 81 saw it is true" cried Mr.. Beech'
his Sand [ repeat it with laundering e.
It's, phasis. TApplause. I sympathlze vi
cs. everything that enlarges the liberty
ier mankind; but insist that liberty shl
ing be so administered that it shall not daI
cts the lowly and the ignorant, but shall
zen spire them and lift them"
en-; CHRISTIAN oHEERFULNEss AND FAITl
NJ Rev. DR., John r. Paxton A sn
is a tonic TO all that see 1t. whit
solemn, sour face dIlves away eve
BODY, Some Christians make the 70
- seem colder the moment they enter
gn' and neutralize all the good they try
loa, do by the repelling air with which Il
neL do it. Men shun them, and dlsiik
religion like that which they profess;
is the happy, cheerful Christians
w. w which attracts them and makes th
lg1 feel that sucn religion amounts
Le9 se9 something and ought to be theirs.
nae 1 Christianity robs us OF our Joy, then
80 ~ raiioion is useless. We may not be
% OUT u to 20 through life with the full +
snty taas Faui l.1;t-,. nst. - mas fhe romance
! le 4 l his early life; he expected to meet
.,e5 n Lord at any moment, at any turn IN
into road. Dangers slli snlg"reSH5 n,o,,I5 INT II
be. were hotnlhs' gn h;s Master
but hlm more quicAiy 9n i y Cbr;st Wis a. Paul