New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-09
MP NEWTON ON Discomfort.

eur OF THE LESSONS HE DRAWS FROM 'dh
ELECTION.
r,a Rev DR.. r. Heber Newton discussed "Our
or,v Toward the Discontinued" in his morning SER
NON at All Souls Church. Sixty-sxth-st. and Park
40 Yesterday Among other things he said:
The Nation draws an immense sigh OF relief II, IN
contemplating It's escape from the danger which
s.prestened it, from the dishonor which lay before
gravity of hs ue he p on Of
tent which were crysazins around TINS point OF
cohesion H@ the duty which the country
owes toward its discontented people:
o Tss en- there there was feeling of popular dscon
TENT with the established order Of things which is
deed deed il looks more like the beginning Of great
social and economic struggle than the end
It is not perhaps SO easy for u.s. especially here IN
Using Of the people led by that dstnguished cham,
purity and GSS amman s , ha Gnls nD
he dangerous forces discomfort have rallied only
m the FIRST WRes %ah
shows its head the iron heel of power will be sum-
2ay put S SSn o anf ibis he IS M
Of self-preservation which characterzes society as
the individual The r rerieS s o, IN
the body polite. There is deep discomfort through
hs ma S of %sak Sns the
everywhere pushed to the wall Vast economic
Of s this open nas
peared. He has become mere attendant upon tne
eiant workman of steel in the factory. ne hhoM
nothing of the complete processes OF any work re
cannot control the money, he has not the Draln
DEVELOPMENT to manage the enormous business INTO
which modern trade and industry are running ne
worldwide competition may well cause though,iul
men 10 shudder for wages in Worldwide compe'i-
ZION OF labor surely tend toward the lowest level.
There is also the discomfort OF the vast arm! vi
ne'er-do-wells No rose-water treatment OF mere
sympathy will do much good 10 this class. A hard
days work for fair days wage Is the way 10 pro
vide for them. Society should set itself 20 e9ucaIe
this class Our public schools m Ih1f e"'0'S
The Church has been chiefly occupied win uoS
matte instruction and the Nation with mere intei-
iectual instruction. Between the two me ed"E "a
YOU know of a school which has had auSht 10 saE
concerning the seriousness OF debt. the sahct'E on
contract the aspect of the Fundamental morahty
Of an industrial civilization? Let us see u IL '"''
this fundamental neglect is corrected ,,o
The lack Of work Is great cause OF the uiscon-
tent With the victory Of sane hnahce, II u oui
Let our merchant princes and captains OF iiuusuy
count IL their service 10 humanity 10 aid IN inns IL
is time that our business men should cal upon OIL
Cress and the Legislature to keep their hahus OIL
~ the great machinery Of business when tney are
Incompetent to guide Alright. Surely bodies IKE our
Chamber Of Commerce should make our Natonai
meas interests of the Nation have been trif1ed with
Gtions Of life of the people in pro-
1idjn9 natural and Just opportunities
Englands postal savings banks c9nstituIe q fede
agency ana encouragement 10 Thrift HOW n,tle
has our city yet essayed to do Tor me dlsco'fnseu
masses. Compare what Berlin, or Paris or Gas
cow or Birmingham has done. Tne ided OF Tree
rden over one of piers for the people OF the
East Side Is admirable. IL should ne ioho"eu y!
other similar helpfulnesses ,. J., -, -
The Nation must seriously give itself, In the per
sons OF its prosperous men ana women 10 tnt 'as.
enjoned by these volcanic forces OF dscontent no.
sirnplv that we may our property nor yet that
we NAV save the Republic. but that we may save
the manhood OF the Nation.