The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-30
REMEMBER THE POOR.
How Christianity Enjoins Their
Protection.
sp,aIruAL history or MAN


Rsy. z. L Dunlap. pastor Of the First
rar;stisn church. preached yesterday
<xsning on the subject OF christianity in
III RsIssson 20 Poverty and the Problems
= sAs Poor" He treated thu subject frss
i tie light OF the ancient Jewish laws
~ crsscms. then from the standpoint OF
10 present church, denouncing the liquor
tr>f6c - one Of the most potent causes Of
rsysrsy. and inveighing against it in I'M
nessnTed terms. The following IL brief
ou<iine OF the sermon:
~Tbs question Of the sick and poor has
hssn leading problem from Of old. IL
~ sxitated the social, political and
rIIfious world. for IL ~ the unso!ved
srobiem Of politics. and the one which
- always bothered society. II affects
roIixious societies more or less.
The Jews were theocrstic nation at
- Beginning. God vas iaw-gsver and
kine, with Moses. Joshua, Deborah and
samuel - administrators until the mon-
! srehy was established in saui, the son OF
kish. The poor laws Of Moses were such
- se could expect from such source,
ed xerc recognized ~ an ever present
part OF the people. In the division Of
Eaanan no distinction Was made on &c
ee1nt Of poverty, bat distribution was
made according TO families. The land was
ne inheritance Of the family forever,
far Il could be disposed of for but q limited
p<ricd and came back into the family ON
tie year Of jubilee. Only possessions
xitbin walled cities could bs permanently
4ftded, and TO this the Levites we're an az
Uptson. This was measure against the
1xtfting OF the poor TO the cities, the worst
possible place for them, NJ now aud In all
1sss. The reapers IN the harvest field
rsre to allow the poor TO CLEAN after the
arkie, and they also cleaned in the vine
ytrds. Every seventh year whatever grew
spontaneously was to be left for the poor.
n the garments Of the poor were taken IN
pledge they were 20 be returned by even
ing. Judges were forbidden TO discriminate
besween rich and poor then, as now. III
one sold himself for debt he was 20 be free
IN seven years IL he chose.
snow all this indicates that there was n
capacity in some 10 accumulate faster
than others and that some could not care
Tor themselves in the contention with the
bread question. II also indicates that
measure of rapacity existed in some who
became rich which would lead them 10 OF
restrain the one and protect the other.
Perhaps the world has never seen better
Inv for the regulation of the unehrissian
masses than this same law Of Moses But
when Jesus Of Nazareth came TO open
bis personal work. he took up the
book OF Isaiah and read, The spirit
Of the Lord IL upon DE, because He
anolnted Me to preach good tidings to the
poor He 1t was that placed higher
estimate upon the widows mite that has
been % sinfully perverted and misused In
our own time by the very people whom he
rssuked by the announcement Jesus
drew the picture of the rich man aud Lar
srus. Jesus said lay mp treasures in
heaven, where moth and rust do not cor
rupt and thieves break In. He drew the
picture of the rich fool and said, 1T 10
easier for camel to 60 through needles
eye than for rich man TO enter the king
eom Of heaven He spoke the parable Of
the good Samaritan and drew the picture
81 the final judgment wherein kindness to
The poor counted. SO prominent was His
tsaching on this point that the thief
among His disciples gave expression TO
his ayarice in saying, Why this waste.
and heard the answer which has gone side
BY side with the Gospel message till now.
Sach is the tenor of the Gospel that the
frst Christians sold all their possessions
and laid them at the apostles feet. entail
Ing poverty upon the church for years to
some
Remember the poor. This message Of
good tIdings is unto all people, but il does
not ordain the method. II tells Us what
10 do. but leaves Us to find out how TO do
IT. Life has become more intense. Peo-
pies have multiplied. With the opening
ofthe new world the AIexandrian spirit
becomes the universal spirit and the con-
fict intensifies. Methods are employed,
&C frst only questioned, then outlawed.
That are adding bitterness TO poverty and
oppression to tyranny. The lottery
once employed by the church has grown
INTO gigantic scheme for enriching the
bx At the expense Of the many. The pro-
tsetion for infant industries makes q show
ofpnhlic spirit for foreign capitalists who
are robbing the mouth of the toiIer Of hts
bread. Unions formed for the protection
OF the laborer by the laborer himself have
a. last become mobs for the oppression of
The isborcr who does not acknowledge
tasir bosses. But the worst OF AL, tina,
sun Of all horrors. the garden OF ali sin.
Tie cesspooi OF ali corruption, the home Of
criminals and the womb OF crime, the ss-
hon, rides NJ the head OF the procession in
cur streets, followed BY the appetite-bound
saves who scent il as a hungry brute does
The corn.
Tobacco. opium aud wine have ell en-
Feed into one insldious combination
against the poor. sometimes pressed into
one Plug or rolled into one cigar or cigar
sue. What of the appetite which unlooses
We purses for all the dimes necessary TO
saiaase Itself by the expenditure each year
o. Nooo0uoo for tobacco and one billion Of
safd-earned dollars for rufnf
Remember the poor. Yes, thai Is the
salanetion. Let rs do II gracefully, Chris
uaniy. Let US be against wrong and for
Hsnt Let Us 20 ont Of the pauper hasi-
PEAS Of all kinds and join haads 10 relieve
We unfortunate.
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