The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-28

Employs LabOr..Few Inherit For.
tunes.
The sermon delivered in the Elm
Park church on last Sunday night by
| the pastor, Rev. DIR. Giflin, mas peeh
| highly commended. It's subject was
Politics Without Heart, or war Be
tween the Glasses" and its text was the
| ID verse OF Proverbs xxi: Ihe hicn
ard the poor meet together; me Loru
is the maker Of them all. Dr. Hiiiih
said:
| speak tonight with great pieasuTe, IN
| being a Methodist minister, III view Vi tI'I
| social antagonisms that are encouraseu
| by some in this political campaiSh' , LOT
! our Gospel has always been Tor an. Ine
present world owes much 10 one Ism ,oi
| the characterization OF religion; Mesie!
| ushcred the people, the so-called masses,
10 their rights in God and assured tme
neg .ected oil earth that they were precious
to heaven. There was wideness IN ms
mes age since 1t stretcHea Inc, tne SaS Sn1i nn
right under it. Monarchs and miners Were
or a leved in Gods love-l do not ENJOY
class churches. When the compensation
declares I'VE are all poor people, am
ready TO suges1 that they do not nave
the proper mixture. If they We're All rlcH,
the fault would be the same. FOR tHe
text pictures the ideal congregation, Il
blending of all social and iinancia! grades,
meet together" does not mean simply
agreed in place; 1t must be IN feeiihs-a
real brotherhood such as the boys ENJOY
in the family, where there is so much va
riety in unity. OF course some must sit
in front in the house OF the Father and
some in the rear, but there are TO be 10
fixed lines to divide those who are one IN
Christ Jesus. And no true pastor knows
any difference in his desire TO heip all
fhps,a who 10 his iiOrK.
/ would fly as from doomed structure,
| from a so-called church, where any por-
ton of the membership was regarded as
coarse and to be neglected.
And think We that building shall endure
| Which shelters the rich and crusheS the
poor?'
Nevertheless a curse ON soci,ty that
| rails at the rich only because they arr
| that. than will descend upon one that de-
| spisss the poor only because of that fac'.
What is true of church is true of Il
| country. 1t must care for all ana not
sections and grades. We need brother
hood in the nation and any politics ihdt
prevents good feeling is, in my OPINION,
politics without heart.
WEST VERSUS EAST.
| 1 speak tonight with awful omens rising
| in my eyes. | have heard what j hoped
| never to hear, that the peaceful meeting
| of our text is to be changed In a clash OF
warriors in a fierce field. West versus
| East Is the order, and more enriched ter
ritory antagonzed by the younger ana
| rich is the war encouraged by agitators
who take the envy born of failure. fan it
! TO u flame of fire and direct it against the
successful. The church is to be the UNI
| pire. 1t hears the moans OF those VINO
say the Lord made the rich and unnade
us, at least He set us In an existence
which is struggle and curse. We
| hate Him for loving some and lavishinS
| hAt, nd u h.l a fhpIn
favored.
For the sake of young men who may
| be tempted to such thoughts and will
have to assist in settling social issues, let
| me sa4 these words, l come to my iirst
place of rest in the presence OF this
problem of difference by allowing that
God made all and made what He wanted.
He locates talent to His liking and gives
to some the aptitude for acquisition. He
withheld it from me. 1 have had chances
to be q multi-millionaire as l worked the
vacant fields where now are great citles
and could have bought at low acre prices
land that has sold for thousands of dol
lars front foot l did not have sense or
speed to see or seize the opportunities.
| do not curse those who gathered those
harvests and l will not join in raid TO
| rob them of what they own. l will not
| blasphenle my Maker. He considered me
| for another line and I would rather be a
minister than millionaire. Ability gen
| crates responsibility. l pity the rich for
present trials of the poor. II man only
boards and does not literally help there
| is no portion for him save in the eternal
| fire. Therefore am contented not to be
| q CrOeSuS.
Money making Is only one kind of vic
| tory in this world. Character winning is
| the tallest triumph and there we have all
| the chances that any can have. AS long
as we can get the best, the eternal good,
we need not be bitter toward those who
beat us in the material development. |
am not blind to the dissatisfaction with
the division Of the stuff. Many are so
hungry for gold they have no appetite
for heaven. They suppose all could be
rich, at least they should be and are mis-
erable because they are not.
APOSTLES OF NEW ORDER.
Some of those apostles Of the new order
are Joined with Shelley in his version Of
men as equal, unclassed, tribeless and
nationless." Hear his words:
Sow seed, but let no tyrant, reap
Find wealth, let no imposter heap,
| Wear robe. let not the idle wear,
Forge arms, in your defense to bear"
| Such advice is sure to stir up strife.
| The utterers need not say they wish a
bloodless revolution when they give vent
| to such incendiary suggestions. Akin to
such fiery words are what We hear, "get
from those who have, not by labor, but
by law. Leegislate out of their pockets
| into yours"
/ don't say that the increase of wealth
has been always fairly distributed
Some may be poorer than they should
be and others richer than their comfort
| or society's interest require. Capital may
/ crowd labor. However. that is not Of
| ten since the organization of labor. If
there is oppression the cry should he
heard and the wrong righted. In this
| land We have been legis.ating for the
toler and the borrower. We can so rs
| far in that direction as we should with
| aypitipp bitterness between the
| letariat and the proprietors. Why should
we forget our relation? Who are the pros
porous? Once they were on our side of
the house. They took Adam Smith and
money known by what they. saved rather
| than by what they earned. That is q
| healthier way than the new scheme Of
\ not making, but OF taking from those
| who have made.
| Remember our interdependence. La
Dor makes capital and capital employs
| labor. Only few inherit their fortunes.
| Most make them. Money is made plus
by muscle, and arms must have assets
| to give them profitable exercise. II
the plutocrats, as they are called, with
! hold means. there are idle workmen ev-
| erywhere. If toilers conclude to strika,
| funds earn no dividens. Therefore am
! here to join the pair whom God has
mated, the two that united make one
| whole of a prosperous country. the rich
and poor, and let no man put them
| asunder.
| THE END OF THIS WAR.
Why should they be eliminated? When
| one told the ministers he would take his
| chances with Lazarus, they could take
| their portion with Dives he and his APP
| plauders forgot how II was the beggar
| was borne to find his paradise; 1t was in
| Abraham's bosom. He was very rich.
| The poor have had refuge in the bene-
| violent rich. T'ney are not a few. Who
| builds churches, colleges, esylums, homes,
| hospitals and maintains them for the
| needy. See where this war between the
classes will end. 1t points toward ulti-
| mate equality. for the dissatisfied will
| not be pleased until they have as much
as any others. What will that be? Very