The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-06
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any community. LEoNIDAs.
Two Travesties.
For the Enquirer.
DENVER. Oct, 80. Two great conyen-
tions Of religious sages who presume
that thev are divine order set apart to
do the peoples thinking and praying
and to keep up the fences around the
sheep pens, met the other day in the
city of Anarchists; to decide among
other things Of equal Importance
whether there should be one. two or
three steps up into the churci:es, or
whether the people should walk into the
fold on a common level as now. without
| any obstruction entrance of anyone who
could say shiboleth, or some crank who
would insist upon doing his own think
ing and living up to his best thoughts.
Another very difficult matter that
arose in one of these conventions of 800
sages was whether there was any rela-
Itionship existing between them, and
should the one greet the other, and If 80
should it be as churches or as brethren.
This important matter occupied six
hours. Then a question arose in the
other assembly about their ministerial
standing. This was of great Importance
too and occupied six hours, but they
could not arrive at anv conclusion and
thought the people must decide for
themselves. .. .'-
| Now this " as very wise conclusion,
as the people are verv much of the opin-
ion that they are very expensive and
doubtful, luxury. and have resolved to
do their own thinking if not their own
pray1ng; and, as far as the sheep folds
are concerned, that they may be dis
pensed with and be no loss to the peo-
pie.
In the very city where these mental
giants were thus engaged discussing trl-
fes $3.50 children under l5 years of age,
many of them under IL years-and l,OOO
of these are girls-are working in fac
tories, foundries and mills. How does
this speak for a city of churches and
where it is possible to find twelve jurors
to convict labor advocates who give ut
tersnce to these glaring crimes of our
American civilization and upon which
these ministerial thinkers are silent
1t would be very interesting to know
how many of these employers of infants
are church members and Sunday school
teachers. Is there no one in Chicago
who can speak for these churches
The Christian Union saws: I'VE can
not hope to change the character of this
generation. but can hope to change the
character of the next" Upon what is
this hope founded when $3.50 of these
fathers and mothers of the next genera,
ton are working in factories, foundries
and mills of Chicago all day before they
are IL years of age? Will these parents
be better fitted to train their little ones
of the next generation. Why should we
expect any Improvement upon that line
Who is to instruct them when eight Of
Chicago's economic and industrial teach.
ers are awaiting execution by the com
mon hangman for teaching the gospel ol
Humanity and trying to set these in
fants free from the Christian civilization
of these Chicago employers. who are
coming wealth out of these infants and
depriving them of their God-giver
rights?
Well may Jesus Christ take the little
ones up in his arms and bless them, as
his peerless insight glanced down
through the ages to the slaughter of the
infants by those protesting his name
Did he not give the timely warning
"Woe unto you who desplse one of these
little ones. Better that a mill stone
we're hung about his neck and he be cast
into the sea than that he should offend
one of them p? THOMAS YOUNG.