The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-04-25
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MT AT the meeting OF the Carpenters Union
az Harmonic hall On Wednesday night the
Il tWop Principal addresses delivered were by
Is DIR 84 Shutter of THE Church of the
Redeemer, and Rev. Father Cleary Of ST
{ Charles. church The former reviewed
i'm an able manner some Of the So
ella! difficulties cot the times, pointing
II ffe reviewed in an able manner some! Of
the social difficulties Of the times, pointing
out the way TO refaedy some Of them, suS-
costing that the church become more active
In this direction: He said it was not now
as formerly when this world was looked up
on as hopelessly bad, resting under a curse
OF the Almighty The mission Of the church
3 was not now merely to gather IN rev SOUS
supposed to have been selected in the coun-
sells Of shoya al ana prepare TN em 1877 ar
. tanned to this world and the present nfes
We may not be searching to find out God;
some one who needs our sympathy ana our
help. We cam easily find our brother, and
when he is found we may rest assured that
Go as i the ei rsht IDEAL Of lite That ideal
sra o s suo Of oo * as Wea
struggle going on in the industrial world
the lions share; it is the working Of an inn
pulse towards better and nobler life The
Industrial movement, despite the drift-wood
or the surface and the mud Stirred up from
the bottom, takes its rise in the springs of
the Eternal on the mountains of God.
Existing social conditions are not prcpi-
tious for the development OF character. A
man Obliged to work twelve or. fourteen
hours a day at small wages, strainine every
door, has opportunity to cultivate the
mind and heart. There is no use in talking
to man apout setting Gown Tao TO nan naea
when he has not even a loaf Of bread or q
potato TO sit down to with his wife and
baby No use to talk to him about a golden
crown and sandals on the other shore when
he has neither hat nor shoes here. Or talk
to him about a mansion IN the SKIES when
he is wondering why the landlord does not
stop the leak III the roof OF his miserable
tenement! 1t was rot without cause that a
the shallow Of Brooklyn bridge. who was
making double-stitci scanned overalls for
cents pair, said when spoken to about Shs
FOR the poor--no heaven! and there is no hell
except here and no devil except the men
who grtnd the Ives es'.' women and children
Facts like these show the church that
there is something to be done before We
streets The great question today, is: What
can the church do towards making TINS
world a place to live in? First OF a s1a, me
church can do much to remove the feellng
Of distrust that prevails and replace II by
the sentiment of confidence and fra 1rateEnitY
I'VE be d4 aasa srbt o then that
are strong ought to bear the intlrmNleS OF
the weak and not to- please ourselves IS
tient hearing to what the poor have to- say 3I
they are not necessarily in the wrong be-
cause they are poor o wo1kans n aannk rs
ard nor loaser because he asks TOR snotter
hours OF Tabor or better pay. The splri. ~
which these requests have been met ana
TIC those
plea have Frequently been the cause OF the
latter becomtng exasperated. W:otR11hg MEL nsat
employers make the greatest MISTAKE OF an
when they refuse to listen to what they'
the working men have .1,t to , Urge can avoid
much frivolous and vulgar display when
only irIitates and exasperates the poor. Inc
less sl;'s sauandtring of wealth. oftentirnes rep
resenting the bread which has oeen
snatched from the h1ung4rng famfs OF
1t is assumed that the one great business
Of society is to create Weait9 a., I 1a nine, Il
The factory <i and the machine. These things
were made to help man. to contribute to me
upbuilding OF his character Tt la and
sold in the market like barrel OF; Hour.
Back Of the toiler's hands there Is human
hrain-there is something WHICH p,nus G ede
You have NO right to take chlld OF 1 me
Infinite God and treat it as commodlty
4 L
arly love must be carried into daily prac-
tlce-,nust lie brought to bear in all our
dealings with men: Our religion must 1lot
into the streets Of our cities to work and
help build up the kingdom Of God on eartn.
Mr.. Robert J. Prescott, the the. Well, ,l.l .i
dramatic reader, then rendered a huraor-
o,ls sketch entitled The Cataeonnbs" one
of Mark Twain's inimitable selections
from Innocents Abroad which was given
with rare skill and word emphasis ana
received, with applause. FMS met Win
So, much favor that he gave for an encore
Am Nyes account of his experience IN
learning to milk a COW, and he concluded
wifi, pa thetic sketch with highly fun
ny ending.
and he delivered an able and eloquent adj
dress on the labor problem and its rela-
tinns to society and kindred interests. He
said he regarded the meeting as OF great
Importance to tha laboring men OF the
sense the church to which he belonged
which has always been consistent IN its
sympathy for labor the world over 1t
took its origin from the Great Master who
had first ennobled human effort. IN re-
ferring to labor he paid a glowing eul-
osy to those who worked both with brain
and hands, and he gave an interesting slc-
count of visit made by him TO quainl
old church Of Nuremberg, which survived
as a relic of the middle ages and IN which
the different guilds or trades were recog-
n!zed by peculiar and appropriate Signs.
The efforts Of the apostolic missionaries
Of the Catholic church were then described
and graphic account was given Of their
trials and hardshps in behalf of mankind.
Every man, he contended, had a right to
assert his dignity and manhood and re-
pentence was made to. the mastery expo
sftion Pope Leo. who had SO orclbly
expounded the rights of the laboring man.
i The working1nan he said, had the right to
Demand wages sufficient to rear his fam
lily, found home, and have sufficient
+ time to cultivate his mind and attend to
the spiritual and mental welfare of him
sci and family. There could be no excuse
for the outragess perpetrabed upon many
Of the workingmen by the city. The
speaker then denounced Sunday labor as
crime against the workingmen. There
were men in Minneapolis who could not
enjoy single days rest in q whole year.
and he protested against this invasion Of
the rights Of the workingman on Sunday.
at the sameitima conceding that there
were certain duties Of necessity that had
to be attendedato.. What he denounced was
the grinding toll which made slaves Of
men, and the creatures of the molach Of
pttiless and avarcious greed.
\ 1. He then spoke OF the condition Of the
Carpenters Union, calling attention to
4 the 'necessitysof better organization.
1T IS true that they are dissatisfied. hes
L said. and It IS more the pity,.tha they
I have a reason to be dissatisfied. The ma