The Progress., 1892-12-17

ing the slave, then prohibiting it al
together, then granting the slav
freedom under certain conditions
then holidays, and SO on until we fn,
III Northern and Central Eurcpe
about the middle ages high .orde
E OF slavery kaowR as serfdon, (whlcl
means still low order of freedom)
gradually the changes cane urtil
J high order of serfdom was reached.
When, as late as 1776 the Amer
an Constitution annouRced TO tn,
world ju st emerging froRa the dark
ness of sexvitude, 'all men are ere
ated free and equal" 1t was still
so new Il doctrine as to he
considered warthy q statemen
as the bssis OF Rsvolutioa
The magma charts Of England
as late IS the eleventh eeRtury eI.
pressl y regarded rustles and viliiaRs
as part of the.8oil, and transformablt
with IL as cattle. etc To-day tie
Engiish--all monarehic;sl-nob
stands as a relic of the times when
/ part Of the sarze race was in bon1l-
age to the other
After serfdck1 came the era OF free
dom to all glasses, when OFF labcriag
people IbecaIce the own masteCs.
what may be called the wsge-earning
period, In which we live, a1d in which
the laborer has Il right to compensa-
,ion for his labGr: he IS .Cne Uf the
two t&Gt are required co make bar
gain, ia which.his work ds involved.
We hear ne more of a distinction be-
tween men as to their rights before
Sue Law. The employees il the spirit
of the Law have the same right to
protection IN their property and In
xhe pursuit of bappiness as their en-
ployers
Whence this principle? Paul said,
render unto every man his due" and
also we are 1baptized iRto one body,
whether we be jew or Gentle, bound
or free"
But this remains still distinction,
by the names, employer
and employees, as to the disposition of
the profits of labor This distinction
must be removed before every man
has Nhis due" in the sense of a Just |
shsre of the profits arising fro4a his
labor. Christianity has III indMidual /
instances corrected this difference.
and it must. ia soR2e wag, be entirely
,bliterated before the full benefit of
he Masters teaching is felt in this
world: In honor (and not in "pro-
it preferiDg one anotker' Just
low the most plausible plan seems to
,e come form of cooperation under
christian arbitration: AM Sheu indi- !
lduel5 cannot agree among rhem-
elves Federal arbitr1neut. Whc o I I
hat time comes, aid 1t may ROt be
az oil, the mac who tolls Wiii raee W.
ot wages, but MS shar. of the net '
roeeeds. or of the fr1ir, uf mis- toll. Z
2. Elimination of War. The next Il
ehefit conferred by tue Bible OI 9
is the gradual eIiiu nj
on of war as the bast mode of max Q
lg peaee. This affects them parlc- 81
larly, beeaude war touches life.
ome and properly. They form the ?,
rger porri,n of the population, =
snce. Of the soldiery; Lence. ul O. ?
ore homes are touched oy the sor- O.
w and want wrich are the results III
war; he not only loses the little 10
'operty he may have acquired, di- tl'
city by confiscation and otherwise. We
It he pays all the taxes created by va
war debt. The Influence of Chris W.
unity by raising the value of hu- %
an life, less ened the recklessness Ia
lich sad characterized the shedding no
blood. and finally it checked (dI- ga
,tly and Indirectly, feudal wars in tet
lich the serfs of every baron consti-
led standing army, compelled to ad
ut their lords battles on whatever th'
nsy pretext ot trivial cause, until ge
W we see arbitration successfully Th
piled in the adjustment Of differ fal
,es which one hundred years ago ne'
uld have precipitated wars costing of
ions of bullion and millions of ate
u. Public wars can have no more ass
titication than private (feudaD fac
- and family feuds. And so far
the morals of war are concerned, ligi
overnment draft for public war is anC
much an evidence of slavery, as is bic
demand on men to expose their chr
IS and the happiness and prosperity exii
heir families on account of feudal I
3. ing
Iapoleon said to Palissy (wbo was is d
eavoring to dissuade him from mel
ling the Russian campaign, on enh
plea that it would cost 250,00O pro
81 What care 1 for 25O,- tior
lives9 Palessy said ''let the
open the window, that The
Europe may hear you" Napoleon had
!, probably as surely as any mill per-
leader, the sincere love of his effe
iers, but SO lightly dill lie regard owe
ian life. Christianity would have tai ,
! in the cost OF that campaiga step
600 imm )rtal souls, the loss of gatl
| of which must be laid at some he
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