The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-06-22

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perlious sea OF human life. It's char
has been penciled by navigators VIII
have sailed over every storm-swept ses
doubled every cape, explored ever
estuary, every bay, every gulf, an
every land locked harbor known to thi
sin-cursed earth. All! it is the Wes
| Point of Christ's militant army wher
cadets are taught and disciplined TO
| for the ever serious conflicts OF life
| and the church should turn them Ou
by the million ready to do battl
| against the giant wrongs that are Op
pressing the poor-wrongs that are il
conflict with the authority, with tn
| teaching, with the love, with the mer
! CIV of the Nazarine, who is at once th'
great teacher of the Church and of tn
Captain of Its salvation. The .Churcl
why, 1t Is everything to the world
! and it ought to be, and let me tell yO,
why friends that Christianity 10 NOR,
than theory, it Is life, and its theatel
of operation is in this world. Zap
plause). The Master taught us to pray
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
| on earth as it is in heaven" Applause.
The Church should be an organized
army seeking to establish Gods king
dom on this earth by every Legitimate
means. Of which legislature Is one o.
countries. And l may say here that
just so long as the Church Of Christ il
in harmony with and gives countensnce
to an industrial system which Is at wal
with tho principles OF Christianity and
just SO long as the Church becomes yoke
fellow with the god of this world, and
consents to cast lots for the investments
OF the crucified poor, it may meyer ex-
pect the poor to seek refuge at its al
tars. (Applause.)
You may not, you cannot deceive the
world, though you may deceive your.
selves. They know that usury is incon-
sistent with the teachings of the Master
and the Sermon on the Mount; they
know that corporate greed that is wiring
ing the very life blood out OF the poor,
is not in harmony with tho teachings Of
Jesus Christ, (applause) and just % long
as the Church and Church members set
back in comfortable pews and wink and
become the partner and share In the
spOils of the OppPessOr, they come be-
meath the maledictions of the Master,
and must accept the visitations OF His
wrath. (Applause.)
OF one OF the seven Churches OF Asia
it was said, by the Divine Spirit-ssid
at time when there were men still liv-
ing who had witnessed the ascension of
the Master-it WAS said of tho Church,
"You have the form OF Godllness, but
you are void of its power" II I was to
be asked to-day-believer 40 I am In the
divinity of the Church, in the inspira-
ton of the Bible, in the Divine mission
OF the Church on earth-if were asked
to-day W hat the great need Of the Christ
ian Church is, should say, the great
want OF the Christian Church is, to be
converted to tho doctrines Of Jesus
Christ: (applause) q conversion 90 deep
and 80 thorough that 1t would put the
Church to work for the salvation OF men
and women in this world-to rescue the
poor from their cruel taskmasters; that
would put the membership to work in
this world as tho best training school
to fit them for salvation in the other.
(Applause.)
Now q few remarks with regard TO
some things said by Colonel Watterson:
why" said the Colonel, i've are all
working men, the millionaire, the bank.
or, the railroad president, the lawyer
and the editor" It would have been
we'll if he had stopped to tell us the
Democratic plan for keeping the mil
ionaire working man from eating up
the dollar, and dollar and . half up
day working man. (Laughter.). Ihsve
no doubt that when Alaric thundered ct
the gates Of Rome and the seventeen
hundred and sixty wealthy families who
each had An income of one million five
hundred thousand q year. said to the
peasantry, "Why, don't you defend the
great CITY," and they said, "We have
nothing TO defend; you own it all" l
have no doubt that tho seventeen hum
dred and sixty families said to the poor
Of Rome, "Why, We are oil Romans,
We cannot oil expect to draw the first
psizes, We are all wOrkingmen." ZAP
plause.) have no doubt that in highly
protected Germany, to-day, where the
home Of the average working German is
single room for himself and family,
and the average wage is from twenty
FIVE to seventy-five cents . day, his diet
black bread and coffee for breakfast,
black bread, fat and potatoes and soup
for dinner, black bread and cheese and
beer for supper, eleven hours Of toll and
then all to lie down in the same room,
no difference how many arc in the fami-
ly; that is the average German home for
German workingmsn, my friends, ss
established by the official reports to
your state department, published by
your government. I have no doubt that
those German millionaires, and gentry
and nobility say to them, why We are
all Germans: We are all wOrkinRmen
It IL true that we have drawn the good
prizes and you the bad ones, but you
must be subject to the powers that BE-.
I have no doubt that in free trade
England to-day, or q few weeks ago,
when at Trafalgar Square, they march.
ed. hundreds OF thousands Of poor peo-
pie, bare-footed, asking for employment,
asking for bread, have NO doubt that
there we're Colonel Wattersous in that
country ready to say to them: "Yeu are
all Britons: you are all workinemen:
there is no clase distinction; there can
be none under the laws Of Great Brit !
ain" I have no doubt that thoy said
that. and have no doubt that Carnegie
did down at Homestead, aad have no
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