Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-01

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of volunteering what is right, and 30
gaining the advantage and pleasure which
attend upon unconstrsined kindness
and uneoerced equity. They exse from
those in their employ the very utmost, but
on their part all is sharp and grudging and
hard. This is alike unchrishan and impol-
tic. Tha best economy is justice, kind
pesa, Iibersity. To do hard things in
small matters, is to obstruct the circulation
of r Christian sentiments. Do mot
make the impression that you are content
with so much service for 30 much coin.
You are dealing with living souls, Con-
sult their true interests as you would your
own. Charge yourself with. responsibility
in regard to everything which involves :he'r
advantage. Assist them in providing for
the future. Encourage and aid them IN
LAYING aside a part of their earnings ludic'
iously and safely, thus teaching them what
il more valuable than money ltselt, habits
of f~orsthought, prudence and thrift. a
pleasant reflection it will De to any one IN
later years to think that he has been the
instrument Of giving q start to Others IN
what has proved an honorable and success
full life. Bat again, let US apply the prln-
clple of our test TO the question which Is
now ~couvulsing the world Of lsbor-the
relations between employers and the EN-
ployed. How is this difficult question to
be practically settledH What are to be the
future relations of capital and labosP What
is to be the issue of trades unions aud Are
THE woREMEN OF tbs FUTURE
to be as dependent on their employers as
the workmen of the past? Are the EN-.
ployers of the future 10 be as dependent on
their workmen as they are nowP Ia there
any reasonable or practicable way OF es'
tsblishing q relation satisfactory and COM
Portable on both sides2 These are ques'
tons which ere now everywhere in the
public air; not only along our Ohio Valley,
but throughout our country and other
countries. How are they to be met and
solyed2 You have ths just answer 10 the
text: Therefore all things whatsoever
We would that men should do to you, do ye
even 80 to them" Ifthese teachingso oil oar
Savior were applied and carried out an
equitable adjustment OF all the psrpieXiDg
questions bstwesn capital and labor could
be reached in forty,eight hours. And he
will be the noblest man who vii! take the
first step.
1t is no easy matter to comprehend the
| movements of q complicated piece OF hu-
man machinery, whose workings you have
only contemplated from without, and to
undertake to show where the pressure and
the strain are unduly felt; whereth wheels
want oiling, and the chains ought TO be re-
Taxed; where, in fact, and how an alters
ton Of the existing state of things would
contribute TO the bringing in OF a condi-
ton Of greater comfort, aud harmony, and
pleasure, and efficiency, to all parties COZ
cerned. But the minister OF the gospel can,
and ought to hold up the light OF Gods
truth, which can reveal what is right and
what is wrong, what is Just and what is IN
lust, between man and nan. There is
DIVINE RULE
binding on every man whether employer
or employed-"Do to others as you would
be done BY" There are undertakings we
all enter upon in the confidence
that old understandings will not be broken
up at an hours notice. Suppose that a
steamer sailing to remote places has been
accustomed to take in coal and water at a
certain island station, hundreds Of miles
remote from any other; suppose that, trust
ing to the old arrangement, the sailing
master has made himself absolutely de-
pendent on lhe merchant there; but that,
one day the merchant refuses further sup
plies except on terms enormously higher
than betore-h6 may be doing what is
legal, but be is dealing shabbily with one
who has become dependent on him by
trusting him he is not doing % be would
be done BY.
You will bear with me when | say, that
| have noticed, sometimes, an Inclination
to tyrannise over their fellows, msnitesting
itself among workingmen. Now o word
as to these manifestations of tyranny.
They manifest themselves very much at
the time Of strikes. l do not attempt to
decide whether strikes are always ~justifa-
BILE or uniusti6sble, wise or u%nWisej but |
do Jay, they could be avoided If the golden
rule would be followed On such occas-
ions, however, each individual should be
left at perfect liberty to act in &C
cordsnce with the dictates Of his
own free will. Bot is this the csse2 Ere
u~uenily not; workmen ore inundated,
coerced, into joining the movement,
whether they will or no. Now this should
not be. On every principle of justice and
common sense, this should not be; for
what gives q man q right to strike toc
higher wsges2 The answer is, the right TO
dispose of his labor upon such terms as he
himself thinks 6k. Now why does he
claim that right for himself, and deny it TO
his neighbor? John says, Il strike be-
cause | choose to do So" William says,
II do not strike, because ! do not choose
to do So" Now is John justified in say.
ing to William, IN knock you down, if
you do not Join meT' OF course not; he
should in all Justice, allow his neighbor
the privilege he claims for himself, of dis.
posing of that which is his own upon his
own terms. And when working men, no
matter With what numerical majority, At
tempt to exercise upoa their fellow work.
men
q SLIGHTEST CONFUSION,
they practically ignore that which is the
foundation of their own liberty OF
hCtlOuI buG 9c5luoS, lucy lSuOIo inc
clear teachings OF Christ IL the
golden rule which be gsve-"Al things
whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them"
How let US suppose thst by soma un-
earthly power, the tone Of tia employers
and employed were to change towards
each other, and they would mutually adopt
the golden rule. If only our supposition
should becope a reality. we cannot but
that under Gods blessing this
course would ere long gain that reward.
which Christian love and Christian gentle.
neaS have so often gained amid the storm.
lest elements.
We have supposed ell this to ha brought
about by some uuessthly power. We eGn
easily fancy most seorniul treatment Of =
this superstition. Why" We may be told, q
you have only to suppose the came thing ,
and Eugland and Ireland will be embrac-
NO one another Ike bosom friends: Rob. Q