The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-03
MR.. BBECHER'S HOPEFUL VIEWS.

Good Will Come From the Present Labor
Disturbances-The Process of EVOLUTION.
Il am glad of this row. said Mr..
Beecher i'll his sermon last Sunday morn
ing in Plymouth Church, discussing the
present condition OF affairs in reference
to labor troubles. Every one is talking
of the labor troubles and now is the
time to SOW the seed. Tue events of our
time are the development of the prophe
cios of the time when knowledge would
be increased. There is no theory which
fits the facts like the theory of evo, ution.
l. Eliminates science and throws sure
Ii ,ht upon human life, bringing order
gcbuud upon which to discern the future
L .ere is great want of continuity and
co 40. unity in the history of men. But
in all ages the spread of knowledge has
brought forth fruit The transcendent
advance of intelltc CT is confined to Europe
and America. The orien. still sleeps
bat when she shall rise there will be
new factors and governors in the world.
China shall yet sit in the legislation of
the world an give law ard policy"
After tracing the history of the great
nations of the world. Mr. B.echer said :
There has been more advance in the
last 800 We rs than in ), 900 before. The
twr great laws of science of our day,
evolu ton and the persistence of force,
were unknown thirty years ago. when
Hunt odt wrote his Cosmos They
have changed the whole science of the
globe. All knowledge has tended to take
on a practical form. The trinity of mod
ern knowledge is churches, schools aud
industry. Machines are pitted against
men in the struggle for life in the tremen-
dous productive power of the world.
0 ganiZed capital ig a tremendous engine
Of civilization, but it has not yet learned
the Gospel. Wages were never so large
as todav, yet they are deemed INSULT
cient. This is the re ult of development
No man is SO cheap as the savage with
DO brains and only b, lily. But as a
man rows III refinement. taste. knowl-
edge and power the more It takes to sup
ply his demands
The effect of growing Intelligence on
conditions of industry aud social life has
been to organize the implements of in
duStry and the Instruments of commerce
Labor organizations become epidemic.
In. l., nnnl irbb h.,
hood and knowledge. In them men
learn new laws and new elements of sub
mission TO the vast mass Of men the
process of organization is wholesome aud
educating. 1t will be found ultimately
that 80, 900 600 of men organized are
more powerful than 100000 of larger
brain aud more capital. The result will
bring down mach that is high and exait
much that is low. IL will not produce
equality So long as men have different
Capacities and relative abilities Buu
every step of knowledge makes men
more virtuous and more patriotic in a
free people,
what will be the results? | look at
all these things from the standpoint OF
humanity. True Christianity looks to
the bottom aud regards the welfare of
the weak, the ignorant and the helpless
Iu the rise and development of the PEG
pie it has its hopes. | am glad of this !
row. Out of the war OF conflicting
things great good Wi! come. see i'll
the clash and upsetting that coming con
dtions will be better for both ends in the |
final reimbursement. Men will love each |
other more and Sympathize more with |
each other in the general prosperity to
ensue. Tie true Gospel is the love-life, |
and for men to love others as themselves |
| am not disturbed in this evolution by |
fears of anarchy or violence, except for
the moment. God never steers by mems |
fears. He governs by fixed laws. Under
all our experiments and legislation are |
great natural laws, great elements in so
ciety bringing up all mems courses. 1t
is as absurd to legislate what property be |
as it would be to legislate that the Ten |
Commandments do not exist-and they |
don't seem to exist to many men in |
Washington. Laughter All this tu-
multi and conclusion OF interests will |
bring about many blunders, but in the |
smelling furnace We shall get rid of much |
Stag and the gold vii be seven times !
purified.
MEN ask what is safe. The country
is safe God is safe, Providence is safe
human nature Is saie. v mere lioefty is
with intelligence all evils cure them
selves aud that speedily. The air is
clearer and the ground more wholesome
Every organization of labor is disciplin-
airy. Freshets in National affairs always
leaves detritus that is enriehing. Times
of excitement, disturbance anxiety and
turmoil are always times of progress
p tr.otism, hope, courage will adjust all
things. We can afford to wait
Il admire the behavior OF OF, anized
labor today. The seli-restraint is won