St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-26


industrial world must, no doubt. re-
volve; but, at the same time, men must
live as human beings Men are not
born to be forever chained to drudgery,
and forever to look down toward the
earth as a severe task mistress. from the
harshness of which the one escape is
through the darkness of the grave.
Labor is divine command: but. as all
commands of God, it is given to the
building up of man, and not to his per-
dition; it is given in fullest accord with
all the purposes of life, and not to
thwart them. Let the laborer have the
opportunity to enjoy Gods sunshine, to
realize that life is gift of the gracious
Greater, and that while it has its sor-
rows it has, too. its plenteohs joys. God
is the father of all, and He wishes all
men to be SharerS i'll the happiness
which He has diffused over the earth.
The Brotherhood OF Man.
There is in the world sufficient wealth
for all, without there being necessity
for any to be tasked beyond their
strength in producing it. This wealth
will never be held in equal shares; the
whole constitution of human nature
and of human society cries out against
the principles of communism; but none
should be deprived, except when the
fault is their own, of IL sufficiency for
life and frugal comfort. The surest
means to maintain a righteous adjudica-
ton of the worlds gifts is to bring all
men to understand that they are broth
ers-children of the same Heavenly
Father. Men are not the antagonists
one of another, with mission to snatch
all they can from the hands of their
nelghbOrS without caring what may
come OF these. He who owns palace
must have some thought fer the inmate
of the howell and of the tenement house.
He who is served must have an interest
In those who are serving him. The rich
lady who feaSts her eyes on precious
lace must remember the working girl
VINO, by the sweat OF her brow and the
ooZing out of her hearts blood, deity
wOve its threads. The rich man who
gathers into his Golfers the revenues
from his profitable investments must
not be obliviOus of the human beings
who stand on the lowest rung Of the in
duStrial ladder which lifts him into az
fiuence and position. The sense of our
common humanity, and Of our common
responsibilities to Almighty Cod, will
be the SureSt means to the solution of
our social problems. The pride of
America, indeed the very soul of our
country, is her democracy. Here, as
nowhere else, is the brotherhood OF men
realized. Glasses are not fenced off
from classes by baronial walls and the
traditions of centuries. Here the
employee of to-day will be the en-
ployer of tomorrow; no Impenetrable
rock ledge holds the lower classes hope
lesSly in lower space. Every one, with
energy, talent and economy, may rise
and take rank among the highest. 1t is
glorious land. our own democratic
America. And here is the field upon
which social problems can be best dis
cussed and solved. Here employer and
employee, as in no other country. can
take each others hand in close grasp
and look with brotherly affection into
each others face. The one knows the
needs OF the other, and the one respects
the rights of the other. Elsewhere the
social sky gives signs of bloody con-
fict: in America the contest will bor
row its armor from the intelligence of
the people. ana the victory. won in
peace, will be the triumph of righteous
ness and love.