The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-05
LABOR DAY LESSONS.
DR.. George Contrasts Europe's
and Americas Celebration.
WHAT THE CHOLERA TEACHES.
Rev. Wallace NuttIng's First Sermons
ON His Return--New Preachers
In Several Churches.

Rev. ". P. George. d. D., preached yes
terday morning sermon appropriate to
Labor day, the text being John x:4:"I
must work the works of Him that sent me
while il is day; the night cometh when
no man can work"
america" said the preacher, "has
siways digniied labor. Our first settlers
we're men of sturdy frame and heroic
heart, who felled the forest, cleared and
titled the soil and subdued the continent
for civilization. Consequently, while in
Europe men fear the coming of their Labor
day, the first of May, because Of the dark
shades of anarchy and nIhiiism that hover
over them, in America We welcome the
display of our achievements and peace
fully discuss the problems of the hour.
Incidence, said Zimmerman, is the
hereditary sin of humanity. He who con-
quers that can conquer all Our mother,
Nature. sets good example. She is ever
active in changing the face of the globe.
She builds up or she destroys. but, like
the babbling brooks, she goes on forever
and sets her curse on all inaction.
at was the organized design of the Gre
ator that man should be active. He was
placed in Eden's garden to dress 1t and to
keep it, When he fell the result and
change was more in himself than in ex-
ternaI nature. The work that before was
gladstone and delightful was now hard
and irksome, and he realized as a curse
what had been before blessing, In the
sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread
When he is restored to tho divine favor
and image, labor is no more curse but q
blessing, and the activities of eternity
shall be ever delightful employments.
Laborers should by no means be despised
but honored. The top stone of the pyra.
mid stands high because of the humber
basllar foundation stones beneath it, and
those men who fashion the roads and
build the bridges make the higher civiliza-
ton possible. The wealth of q country
comes not from gold and silver but from
labor or accumulated capital, which but
serves to put tina energies of the present
generation into motion. Three centuries
ago Spain was the wealthiest country on the
globe, but trusted in her gold and silver,
which pampered her mobiles and made her
people lazy. and relegated her to the rear
of civilization.
America, honoring labor, stands in the
van of civilization today. When we at
tempt to hoard the moth and rust fret ana
consume, and the richest millionaire on
earth is dependent on the labors OF yester-
day for his daily bread.
christianity never undertakes but al
ways sanctifies human toll. In the name
Of Jesus Christ We can appeal to the toll
ing masses today. He was one of your
own class, the Artisan of Palestine, the
Mechanic of Nazareth, the Carpenter Of
Galilee. He chose His apostles and chief
teachers from the ranks of labor and. toll
ing for eighteen years to supply the wants
of the humble home of Nazareth, He was
the pattern of humanity. In his public
life He went about doing good. not for
earthly fee or reward. for all He received
here in payment was the gloom Of Geth-
semane with its bloody sweat drops and
the felen's death upon the cross of Calvary.
But for the JOY that was set before Him
hereafter He endured the cross and de-
spised the shame and 10 now set down on
the right hand of God.
1--WE may not work miracles. as he did,
but the physician can cure disease, the
lawyer and minister can advise in per-
plexity. and each may do his humble life
work in the name of Jesus and for His
glory, and thus the most ordinary avoca-
tons may be works of service to God.
THE idea of Christ was in everything to
work the works of Him that sent Me- It
was the spontaneous outcome Of His life.
So may it be of ours. Let US not try to
know ourselves, for that Is impossible, but
let US. each in his own sphere and on the
lines Of Christian enterprise, find out our
work. and do it well and quickly. for the
opportunity that occurs today will never
come again. Similar ones may, but this
one never. Let us work while il is day,
for the night cometh when no man can
work"