The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-09
BI REE, DR. TiIL.
Christ's Teachings the only Safe ana sure Settlement Of Great Public Conflicts.

| Christ's Teachings the only Safe and Sure | Settlement of Great Public Conflicts. On Sunday evening the Rev. Dr. Vail
 of Trinity Methodist church preached | on the above subject. The following outline gives the substance of the
 thoughts presented on "The Dangers
 and Duties of the Hour"
 Mat. 6.Ss Seek Ye First the King
 dom of God and His Righteousness and All These Things Shall Be Added to You"
 We are here to-day In the midst of | the greatest conflict between labor and capital that the world has ever seen. IL
 threatens to be n serious war between
 labor and government. It is an hour of terror and no man can tell the hor- TOTE of the conflict As great as nre 'he
 the conflict But us great as are the questions involved and as uncertain as
 may be the issues, it Is no time for silence on the part of those whose posi- ton gives them opportunity to reach or influence the thoughts of others. It is time for clear thinking for strong convictions and for bold speech.
 There are three questions that men are asking with great seriousness. l. What is the meaning of the struggle? ?. What are the only true and safe prin- ciples to secure a permanent settlement Af ha duties of the hour?
 There is in every long conflict bot tom principle. d great controlling req son. Many side issues enter in and in fuence the struggle, but one thought comes again and again to the surface. This is pre-eminently a labor war against both capital and the state. The feeling has slowly but steadily grown that the laws of the land are too much in the interest of wealth and capital, and that there is no good reason why few individuals should become so wealthy at the expense of the many who toll and sacrifice to produce their wealth in prosperous times and then refuse to share it to the amount of penny when the times are hard. Hard times to the poor man means denial of many comforts, which it does not change the lot of the rich at all. There is also a growing feeling that the money so many men make by what they call their good fortune is not in any fair sense their own. The laboring classes | feel that they are ground down by the | fierce competitions of trade, that would | not exist but for the greed of the rich employees. Hence the labor organiza tions and war. It is not my part to discuss the truthfulness and righteous
 ness of these claims.
 HOW ARE THESE DIFFICULTIES TO BE SET l TILED?
 Various answers have been given | that do not seem to meet the issues. Some would limit immigration, but we must remember that we are nation
 of immigrants even to the best blood
 and brain we have Others would
 make more laws, including those of
 compulsory arbitration of all lllabor diff
 culties. Others believe in having a
 great many less laws and that we
 should make the penalties far lighter l anu uSpcIlu upOll SOCldl | and political education.
 In any settlement we are bound to | remember that the causes producing
 our troubles are of long standing and
 not easy to reach, save by time and pa tience. And we may well remember
 that any forced settlement is no real
 settlement, and that the disease will l break forth into more virulent forms.
 We who are on the outside in part,
 should remember that we shall need
 time to get at the real facts In order
 to award praise or blame. And we
 must also bear it in mind that all of us
 belong to one or other of the parties in
 the conflict, and so not exactly unpre-
 judiced or prepared to settle the case
 fairly to all concerned.
 THE ONLY SAFE AND ENDURING SETTLE.
 Jesus of Nazareth taught the boldest
 and most comprehensive principles of
 any teacher the world has ever known
 The teachings of the New Testament reach as directly the great social and political question as they do the moral
 and religious ones. You might keep
 the pulpit silent, but the leaves of
 justice and righteousness are in the
 Sermon on the Mount. If you would
 have your preachers silent on political
 and municipal questions, they must not
 utter the Lords Prayer, or read tc
 their congregation the parable of the
 good Samaritan. Jesus preached g
 system that time will never alter, and
 that will be adopted to every stage o1