Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-04
SERMON.
niecourse of a Series On
4,,a Labor Question.

.,o, Between Employer and EN-.
n,e of Mutual Dependence
Meaning of A~narchy-So-
,,,,on of the Problem.
...,,g is the opening discourse Of Q
=, the Labor Question delivered by
! Dewitt Talmage in Brooklyn
.cle. The text was:
81, was without form, and void;
illness was upon the face OF the
,n1 the spirit of God moved upon
Nnf the waters.-[Genesis, i,2
ralmagesaid:
- space there hung a great chunk
!. and mud and water and shell.
onas of miles in diameter, more
,nds of miles in circumference. A
mass of %ugliness. confusion and
L+;on. u~selessness, ghastliness and
1t seemed like a great commons
Iicb smashed-up worlds were dumped.
: what poetry and prose, scientist
sbr;stian agree in calling chaos. Out
:, black, rough. shapeless egg our
iful world vas Matched. God stood
that original anarchy of elements
aid
,lautic ocean, you go right away and
avn there! Pacific ocean, you sleep
!, Caucasian range of mountains,
taud there? Mount Washington, you
ntinel there! Mount Blanc, you put
mr. coronet of crystal there! Missis.
YOU march there and Missouri you
y it there"
be gathered in his almighty hands
and and mud and rock, and rolled
aayed and nodded and denied and
bressed them into shape, and then
ned them into four places; and the
rss Asia, and another was Europe,
mother Africa, and another America,
and south.
original chaos was like the confusion
anarchy into which the human race
yer and anon a tendency to plunge.
has said: LET there be light of law,
Of Justice, light Of peace, light of
y "No! no" say anarchic voices;
there be darkness, let there be cut.
p,ery, let there be eternal imbroglio,
here be chaos"
cb a social condition many are ex.
Ing because of the overshadowing
pst between labor and capital; there
not been an intelligent man or woman
be- the last two months who has not
the question: "Shall we have
by revolution in this country" I
heard many answer the question in
Hirmative; I answer it in the mega.
ere may be end there have been ter.
o%utbursts of popular frenzy, but there
be nc anarchy, for the church of
,t, the mightiest and grandest institu-
of the planet, shall, laying hold Of
trenetb of the eternal God, come out,
putting one hand on the shoulder of
and the other on the shoulder of cap
Eay:
come in the name of the God who
ID chaos into magnificent order, to
this dispute by the principles of
justice and kindness; and now I
Ehnd you, take your hands off of each
rs thrOatS."
e only impartial institution on this
ect is the church, for it is made up of
capitalists and %laborers, and was
ded by Christ, who was a carpenter,
so has a right to speak for all labor
and who owns the earth and the solar
em and the universe, and so can speak
be capitalists.
for myself, as an individual I have a
Ito be heard. Ny father was a farmer
my grandfather, and they had to work
q living, and every dollar I own l
ed by the sweat of my own brow, and
no man anything, and if any obliga-
has escaped my memory, come and
ent your bill when I descend from this
lit and l will pay on the spot. l am
to say all l think and feel on this
eet, and without any reservation, ask
POUR prayers that l may he divinely
fted in this important series of Sab
morning discourses.
lat labor has grievances I will show
plainly before 1 get through this
Sc oil sermons. That capital has had
ages committed upon it I will make
ent beyond dispute. But there are
! and wrong ways of attempting a
Pmation.
hen say there will be no return to
hl chaos do not underrate the awful
OF these times. We must admit that
ehaency is toward revolution. Great
ngs gather at some points of disturb
IN almost all u cities. Rail trains
el over the rocks. Workmen beaten
eath within sight of their wives and
lren. Factories assailed by mobs.
faithful police of our cities exhausted
vigilance night and day. In some
'he military called out. The whole
Jury asking the question: "What
An earthquake has with one hand
Il hold of this continent at the Pacific
~ and with the other hand has taken
OF the continent at the Atlantic
H. and shaken it till every manufact-
. commercial, agricultural, literary
religious interest has trembled. A
OF Belgium n great riot. Russia
germany and Austria keeping their
a"eh quiet only by standing armies
10Y mat they are eating out the life of
: "atlons. The only reason that Ire
Is In peace is because she is hoping
loine rule and the triumph of Glad
s.sm. The labor quarrel is hemis-
e, a worldwide quarrel, and
."oie tendency is toward anarchy.
Mone way in which we may avoid an.
y ~ by letting the people know what
rehy is. We must have the wreck
,su out in order to steer clear of it
b,sny Is abolition of right of property,
lakes your store and your house and
money and your family mine, and