Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-19

not be heard" If have correct idea
OF religion, he best serves God who
serves his fellow men" in Christ's name.
Were preaching to a wealthy congre-
CATION 1 would urge them to worship
GOO az the altar of his poor. The great
esI snlng, says some one, man can do
Ior MS heavenly Father is to be kind to
some OF his other children. Is NOT God
to be found among the less fortunate
ones OF earth? MAY persons of means
not worship Him or lean toward Him
whiie assisting them. sInasmuch as
We have done it unto one of the least of
these, my brethren, We. have done II
unto me-" Some men lean toward God ;.
they are very devout; they love God as
did Peter of old; but how about feeding
the sheep of Gods poor and oppressed
GOD IS interested in the oppressed.
When He called Moses, He said. stNow.
therefore, behold the cry Of the children
OF Israel is come unto me, and have
also seen the oppression wherewith the
Egyptians Cypress them. Come now,
therefore, and will send thee unto
Pharaoh that thou mayest bring
forth my people, the children of Israel,
out OF Egypt" Now what kind of
man would Moses have been if he had
said: Lord, haven't the time to
spare, and what time / have l must
spend in worship. pray every day for
the poor slaves of Egypt, but don't see
how can do anything for them" Had
Moses done so he would have estab
lished precedent in which many a
wealthy church member OF today could
see his own "lop-sidedness' to
bulge out" toward God while their
fol or ~ %0lI
sion.
Working people feel that among other
things monopoliGed by the wealthy is
the church, and /, for one, fear that
there is altogether too much cause for
this feeling on their part. God pity
that church against which ''the cry of
the poor is heard. The church should
not forget that it bears the name of
One who leaned toward needy human
ity until the throbbing of His great
heart of love was felt by the common
people, who heard him gladly. Rather
than leaning away fromthem He leaned
toward them and said, "Come unto Me,
all we that labor and are heavy laden,
and / will give you rest" What is the
church of today doing to Tighten the
burdens, ease the tasks, cheer the homes
and sweeten the lives of the horny
handed sons OF toll among us? They
need the sympathy, the purifying and
elevating influences no where to be
found outside OF the evangelical church.
When the church shall pull down the
barrier between the rich and the poor,
open its pews to silk and calico, to i'm
ported broadcloth and homemade blue
jeans alike; when its cup of blessing
shall pass from the jewel-bedecked hand
of the wealthy to the begrimed, labor
calloused hand Of the toiler, as from
brother to brother, and each recognize
in the other a child OF God, joint heir
with Christ, then will the social problem
have been met and settled as far as the
church has right to participate in its
settlement. But until then "the cry OF
the poor" shall be heard" and as long
as the church stops her ears at this cry
she shall not be heard whea she cries
for power over the masses of Gods toll
ing millions. And this sad state of af-
fairs is all the result of "lop-sided" pro-
fessors of religion who try to "bulge out"
toward God, leaving men and women in
sorrow, poverty and darkness.