The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-03
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Second Discourse Of the Series
On the LSbor Question
H. Employer ouEht to Treat Empioyss
-Przctiosl suKEestions Outside the
Question Of Better Wages asd
Shorter Hours

Rev. 7. DEWITT TslHsEs, In delivering
bis second sermon On he lsbor question .;
Brooklyn Tabernacle, took two texts from
which 70 illustrate bis subject, as follows:
i've BIZ. snd dsvour one smother. take
heed that - ee not consumed one o. an.
other Galatians v. Is
LooF not ever man on his own things;
out every man $50 OF the things Of others.
Philippians #. 4
The labor agitation viii soon quiet. The
mills VII again open. the railroads re-
sumo p cir asfic, our National prosperitiss
again start o. course the dsmsEe done
by the strikes can not Immediately BE re-
paired. Wages will not bs 80 high a. ;hgv
were. Spssmodically they may Be b gh-
er, hut they VII drop lower. Strikes,
whether they are right or wrong, ALWAYS
tn!ure laborsrs more than they DO cap tai
lists, You viii see this in the starvation
Of next winter. Boycotting and violence
and murder never pay. They are differ
sDt stages Of anarchy. God never hss sd
murder. The worst use you can put man
70 is 70 kill him. Blow up tomorrow all
the country seats on the banks of The Eu1-
son. and all the fns houses on Madison
AAA = H4- ID '--h- , ~ - al IJAlah =
hill, and Rittenhogse square. and Beacon
street, and all the tricks and timber and
stouzs VIII Just fan tack On the bare
hands II American labor. The wors,
enemies Of the working classes OF the
United States AMI Ireland are their
demeDtsd coadiltq-s. The assassiua-
tons Of Lord FREDERICK Csven3.sh
and NJ Burke in Phoenix Park. Dut-
lin. Ireland. the attempt . aven.e the
wrong q Ireland. only turned away from
that an cted people millions 4 svmra-
timers. The sttsup. = blow ~ the
House y Commons IL Lind IN had only
ID e1ect-tO throw Ogt o. employment
ten r thousands ot Inuc@-lt IT.sA people
in England. n tins country ,h4 torch pat
n the factgr.zs that have 1 -~1argei
hands for good OF bad rss.on: o5s.-1-.
tIons Oh the rs.l-trsgks in iron: o II J.
night express rains, because tie offenders
do not ike tie president II the company:
strikes IN shipbosri the hour t1eT were
gong 70 san or n printing oe1-es the
hour TIE paper was . q = press, Or q the
mines .hs day ~ coal was % - del. vs-ed,
II Or house s-sf J. ngE - tbe u.der fails
IN keeping hI. eonTsct--aI these are only
hard blow On the head OF American Ia
Dor. and cripple it, arms. and lame It,
feet. and pierce is heart. Traps sprung
suddenly On employers. and violence.
never took one knot OUT Of the knuek les #
toll. or put one tarthinz II wages no a
ca.loGs palm. BsrharIsm VIII never cure
the wrongs u civilization. Markthat!
Bu: gradually ths damages done the la
borer by the strike will be repaired. and
some important things ought now 70 Be
said.
The whole tendency Of our times, as You
have noticed, l. u make the cLasu De-
tween employer and emp.oye wider and
wider. IL olden time the had man Of the
factory. The master builder, the capitalist
the head man Of the firm worked side by
side with their employees, working some
times az the same bench. dining al the
same table: and there are those here VINO
can remember the time when the clerks Of
large commercial establishments were az
customed 70 board with the head men Of
the firm.
All that lie changed, and the tendency is
% make the distance between employer
ana snploye wider and wider. The ten
dency is u make the enpIoye feel that he
Il wTonged BY the success. Of the capitals,
and % MAKE the capitalist feel:
Now my laborers are only beasts of
burden l must give 30 much money for 30
much drudgery, just 50 many pieces Of sill
yer for ~ many beads Of sweat"
In other words, the bridge Of sympathy
is broken down at both ends. That feel
ing was well described by Thomas Car.
lyle when be said:
yf 80 -rds
cancer Ike says % MS men Noble spin
ners, this i the bUndredth thousand we have
gained. whe Elm mean TO dwell and plant
my vineyards. The hundred thousand
poun1 e nine the daily wage was yours
Adieu- noble spinners, drink my health
WITH this groat each, which l give you over
and above"
Now what We want is 20 rebuild that
bridge Of sympathy, and put the trowel
n one If the abutnents 70. day; and |
preach more especially this morning %
employers as such, although what l have
u say will be appropriate 10 all who are in
the house
The outrageous behavior Of a multitude
Of laborers toward their employers during
the last three months, behavior Infamous
and worthy of most condign punishment,
lect the real Christian duties that they
owe 70 those whom they employ. There
fore / want % say 70 you whom | confront
face % face, and those TO whom these
words may come, that all shp-owners, all
capitalist, all commercial firms, all mas
ter builders, all housewives are bound TO
be interested in the entire welfare of their
subordinates Years ago some one gave
three prescriptions for becoming million
ARE:
l. Spend your life in getting and keep
ing the earnings of other people
2. Have no anxiety about the worri-
ments, the losses, the disappointments of
others.
3. Do not mind the fact that your vast
wealth implies the poverty of great many
people
Now there is not a man in my
audience who would consent 10 go out
into life with those three principles to earn
a fortune 1t is your desire to do your
whole duty TO the men and women in your
service.
First Of all then, pay as large wages as
are reasonable and as your business win
afford. Not neces -arily what others pay,
certainly not what your hired help say
you must pay, for that is tyranny on the
part Of labor unbearable. The right of a
laborer 10 tell his employer what he must
pay, implies the right of an employer to
compel man into a service whether he
will or not, and either of those ideas is
despicable. When any employer allows a
taboreF TO saw what he must do or have his