The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-04

are lie. lGrcat aptanee.l Our oppo-
ncnts are ucrusiomuuf 10 enecr AT what
they call political econ my and the teach
ing OF political cconon sts. They DO not
like them. They sn,'r at science aud
scientific men, as II f,ience was anything
in the world but the truth. The very
word means truth. II comes from tie
Latin word scicnll; that means truth, and
true science is truth; lut II these men will
snevr ut scicncO. viii they sncor at the
words OF Almighty Col HIMSELF H. il not
the Almighty that ha declared that the
laborcr is worthy Of hs hirc2 Where did
that sentence come iron2 From the
mouth Of the Almighty Himself. for, my
friends. we read in the Cool Book that
the Lord passed sentence on mankind,
which some frivolous thinkers, or men
who don't think at all, have considered n
very hard sentence, indeed, and that was
that "ln the sweat OF thy face shalt thou
earn thy daily bread" But, my friends,
instead oi being q hard sentence Il was
TnE GREATEST nESrDicrioS
that was ever conferred upon mankind;
that sentence that, "ln the sweat ol thy
face shalt thou earn thy daily bread
male labor honorable aud II will be- hon-
orabo as long as this world shall last.
Applause. That sentence made mau in.
dustrious aud saved him from being n
poor, miserable loaier Morc applause.
That sentence made him intelligent, and
instead Of being q uHlcss animal ON the
face Of the earth, ho has become ~ intel.
ligOnt that We almost think be- cannot be- a
human being nj oil, anil all this comes be-.
cause the Lord said 30 man that he should
Iul.4F
the earth for nOthins Why, my friends.
think OF IL, II there were no such things
M labor; II the lord aincl down mamma
on the face VI the earth every day. 40
that 40 man need work at oil, what kind
OF a community would we hayc2 What
sort Of people would wc hayc2 What
would they bo WORTH How much Of
invention, education, Of virtue would
there remain In the worldl Why,
look abroad upon tho face Of tho
earth aud sce wherever there
Is q country, the natural fruits Of which
are almost sufficient b. support the people
that live In II without labor on their part,
they are poor, nakcd set Of sayagos. Il
is only where intelligent labor comes in
and makes itself maslof of the earth itself,
that man becomes brave, sclirspecled,
scli.susiaining aud oonquorcr Ut the very
earth on which he walks. Continucd
cheering Why, WIS thinking today NJ
1 came down on III train, here am |
leaving Columbus and Ia two hour Or
little more ! will DO siNiy miles away
from here In the pleasant town Of Nelson.
vile.
siNtY.TuREE MiLu ~ TWO Nouns.
Why, can rccollect when II took me
the best part of day, aud sometimes
more than day, 20 travel sixty'thrco
miles by the locomotive that We then had,
aud yet there was b. g In two houn
the dsiauco that Il used ~ take ~, when
| was q boy, from sun 10 sun, ten or twelve
hours, 10 10, aud said to myself "Why,
this is like giving inc eight Or ten hours
more life every day. This Is like adding
10 my life eight OF ten houp In a day, for
II enables me u do IN two hours what Il
took me ten or tWelpe hours 30 do, and
then | thought how comes this 10 pnss,
that now In two hOuB DO what
u used 10 take me ten hours 10
dot And what was the answcri i
wns travelling on what H called n
railroad, road invented by human
genius and built by human labor. ! was
drawn by locomotive, d machine in-
vented by the genius Of man and built by
the labor Of his hands II wa, propelled
by steam, and that steam WIS made ny
coal dug out Of the bills Of Hooking aud
Athens County by the labor Of man.
IGreat applause and voice, That's
HghL"l SO that here was that wonderful