St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-09
LESSON OF THE STRIKE.
ELOQUENT AND PAT Ri0Tic SERMON BY
REV. WI KiNSOM.
REAL BROTHERHOoD OF MAN.
The Supreme Duty of the Strong
to Bear the burdens of the
Weak-A Christian Democracy
Needed in Which Principle
Shall Be Observation-Disclosures and
LaWlessness Will Not Win.

W eak-A Christian Democracy
Needed in Which Principle
Shall Be Observation-Disclosures and
Lawiessness Will Not Win.
Yesterday morning, in st. Andrews
church, Mr.. Wilkinson took for his
text: Thou hast multiplied the nation
and not Increased the joy"
He said:
This very day this American psople
are face to face with conditions, the
gravity of which it Is not in, the power
or any man to Overstate: conditions
which imperatively demand the moot
serious study of all classes. and which
will not be vanished when this lamenta-
bic strike Is ended, because these condi-
tons are the growth OF things which are
III the moral and mental air. both in this
republic and in Europe. Never have
men been so impressed with their own
rights and powers as they are now, and
never has NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as this
statement may appear-been so intense
as now. We, in few years, have null
lplied this nation: we have not en-
larged its JOY, beause we have never
given any well-cOnSidered attention to
the subject; with all our Wanted pro-
gress. with all our boosted liberty and
love OF it, we have not taken the paths
which alone will, or even can produce
and maintain content. We may in our
zeal forget that men desire with deep
longing real brotherhood, that the
masses are true to moral Ideals in pub
lie national life, when the right is set
fairly before them, and when they are
left alone. The logic of facts will bring
WILDLY to our mind the truth that if we
can not give them the real brot erhUod
Christ proclaims, they will demand that
of the commune. 1t is the supreme
duty of the strong to bear
the burden of the weak, of the
rich to sympathize with the poor, of the
man who buys labor to remember that
the man who sells it is man, with
head TO think. with heart to feel, with
soul to save; and this will influence
and it will ennoble all the mutual rela-
tionshipS of both. 1t will bring sense
of justice in thought and equity, cul-
tured by Kindness, which nothing else
can supply. We must remember that,
for just purposes, it Is the divine right
of any man to Join other men for mutual
benefit, but 1t must not, on the other
hand, be lost sight of that any man who
joins trades union is member of
corporation; so is a member OF the
And. what is more, the trust, about
which we hear SO much, is the
twin sister, the complement of the trades
union. want to see mighty Christian
democracy In which principle will he
exalted and man be supreme. | hope to
see labor take place OF dignity, self
respect and lofty manhood it has never
yet done. l look for time when grind
ing oppression shall be thing of the
past. SO do true men in every walk of
life. To this end | have for more than
twenty years studied labor problems,
and welcomed any and all plans which
looked likely to advance the sacred
rights of man. l asked to my church to
speak, and house as guest, my old
friend, Joseph Arch, one of the nobleSt,
one OF the wiSest labor leaders England
now has, or ever had, man
who in less than thirty years
has done more to enfranchise, lift up
and educate the English agricultural
labOrer than bad been done for him
temporarily by church and state in
500 years. This man made no such
blunders as have been made in Amer
lea by the men who speak for and
directs the sons of toll in their conflicts
, with those for whom they work. The
men who are at the head of the A. r.
| u, or any other organization, must
know that it Will not do aloue in strikes
10 speak words of peace: they must do
works which show that these words are
full of meaning. If this strike had been
conducted with this end in view we
should not have heard Cleveland
denounced: we should not have
seen riot and fire, hate and intimidat ton
rampant; this strike. unwise as it is.
when conducted on so vast scale, and
unjust. could have had a very large
measure OF popular support. But those
at the head Of ii must know that vio-
| ience and laWlesSneSS will not gain vic
| tories III America or be long allowed
amongst free people who deserve to
| be free. l am for one uncom promis-
lngly against combinations OF rich men
| to force prices up, and TO thus grow
| rich upon the people like parasites
upon Cabbage. ain against trusts, and
! say they should be put down by strong,
unrelentng, lnfleXible law. L am
| against anarchy under any name. |
| stand for all the American flag represents
and the wise declaration of independ-
| ence means. In SO doing | know that /
| represent all that is best for cash, all
that is noblest for work, all that is most
| desirable for the present and most full
! of promise for the future good of this
! republic. Ii this is not the teaching of
| the new testament II las none. Let
all who love order, all who desire
peace at nome and respect abroad rally
| TO this standard, and greed, self and
| anarchy will in very AFFECT shame hide
their heads. The politicians need to
take to heart the lessons events are
| teaching, they i'll all parties have a good
deal TO answer, for now is tinIe to put
! down all love OF mere party, sectional
or personal advantage and stand for
| right, for tie just, the true, the kind,
| the man.honoring, the God-l0ving line
| of action. If this does not enlarge our
| nation, it will very quickly increase our
JOY"