The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-03
M4GNZF/CENZ BOSA.

MAGNIFICENT BOSH.
HERE is sample of the magnif-
cent bosh that Rev. Brother Talmage
weekly belches forth in his ''Sermons
on Labor" and which are stereotyped
by New York news companies to
supply the provincial press.
"My friends, you need to saturate our
population with the religion of Christ, and
wages will be larger, employers will be
more considerate, all the tides of thrift will
set in. 1 have the highest authority for
saying that Goodness is profitable for the
life that now is. 1t pays for the employer.
1t pays for the employee. The religion of
Christ came out to rectify all the wrongs of
the world, and it will yet settle this ques-
ton between Labor and Capital, just as
certainly as you sit there and l stand here.
The hard hand Of the wheel and the soft
hand of the counting,room will clasp each
other yet. They will clasp each other in
congratulation. They will clasp each other
on the glorious morning of the Millennium.
The hard hand will say: Iploughed the
desert into garden;' the soft hand will re-
ply; I furnished the seed The one hand
will say: L thrashed the mountains;;' the
other hand viii say: I paid for the fail
The one hand will say ha mn ere otb the
hand will answer: Il signed the treaty of
peace that made that possible Then
Capital and Labor will lie down together,
and the lion and the lamb, and the leopard
and the kid, and there will be nothing to
hurt Or to destroy in all Gods holy mount,
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it"
AS the boys would say, "Bro. Tai
mage is off his base." The religion
of Christ may have been designed to
rectify ali the wrongs of the world as
embodied in this question between
Labor and Capital, but to be success
full it looks as if it must be applied
by other hands than those, in the vast
majority, who now ale in charge of
its working. Protestant ministers
denouncing him who makes a special
study of the question with view of
aiding in its solution, as an agitator,
idler, brawler, distufber, demagogue,
and other familiar epithets of oppro-
5rium too numerous to repeat, is
not calculated to inspire great
amount of confidence in the OPP
pressed toiler, that "The religion of
Christ" will rectify his wrongs, if such
ministers are its true opponents.
Catholic bishops promulgating- edicts
their focks enrolled beneath the fra
ternal banner of the first Labor or
ganization in the world especially de-
signed to rescue the toiler from the
bonds of industrial slavery, does not
look much like forced march in that
direction. No, it is generally he who
is denounced as the apostate, the in
hdel or atheist that is left to do the
work which Mr.. Talmage claims is
the especial mission of the Christian.
This should not be SO, and there is
nothing in the teachings of Christ
that of necessity should make it so;
but unfortunately, the precepts of the
founder of Christianity and its practic-
= fssisl;isss s. de faiiamsls
are as diverse IN principle as the
public professions of a time-serving
politician are apart from his corrupt
practices and propensities.
And Mr.. Talmage is "off his base"
again when he imagines thatthe 'soft
hand" furnishes the seed. and pays
for the fail that trashes the noun
tains. 1t does neither. Nature furn-
lshes the seed and Labor furnishes
the fail Capital merely assists in the
production and garnerilg of the crop,
and Capital is nothing but the crea-
tive servant of Labor-not It's equal
Or its master.
We have no fault to find with Mr..
Talmage, no more than we have with
lis co-partners who fling epithets or
1url anathemas at Labor Reformers,
or striving to assist in the mission
hat they themselves should lead.
They are all undoubtedly living up to
he best light that has been permit
ed to reach them in their caverns of
Ease and retirement, and as more
light shall be let in, more liberal and
shall be their views, and
ess astray their actions. Still. blind
;eal for the right can never settle the
labor question nor usher in the dawn
# the millennium. That can only be
lone by the Inauguration of a scienti-
lc system of Government that will
distribute the products of Labor to
hese who produce them, according
s their industry, faithfulness and vir-
ues are deserving-and decreeing
hat che who will not work neither
hall he eat.'',
This is gospel TRUTH whether it be
ivine revelation or not, and we chal-
snge Mr.. Talmage or any other man
, disprove it.
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