The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-06-24
Local G. +. Convention.

The Oil City and Vicinity G. E. Local
Union met in convention in the Second
Presbyterian church, Oil City, Tuesday
evening of last week. AT eight o'clock
the convention was opened with an organ
voluntary by Mrs. Moss, followed with
prayer by Rev. Cornelius. They all
joined in singing two stanzas OF 80,
Glad and Glorious Gospel"
In the business meeting which follow
ed, committee of three was appointed
to select time and place of next meeting.
They reported the time, October, and
place, Reformed church, Titusville. Rev.
Cunningham of Pleasantville was chosen
delegate to the State convention, and
Miss Stevenson of Oil City delegate to
the International convention. One of the
pleasing features of the business meeting
was the calling of the roll by the Secre-
tary, Mr. Small. Tonesta reported
eight. The largest delegations outside of
tho Oil City churches were from the
Presbyterian churches of Franklin and
Titusville.
Rev. Mr.. Stevenson of Titusville was
lIlt sDthktI vi lllt tNtlllhBs hAlS subJONb
was: "Some Civil Dangers and Some
Christian Duties" Mr.. Stevenson be-
lieves there are civil dangers ahead which
should be shown to the Christian people
of our land, and which concern us as
members of the church. If the church
of Christ is to help the oppressed of our
land, the help should not be postponed
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get that men hunger for bread before
they hunger for spiritual food, and so
| Christ should enter into our temporal af-
fairs. Mr.. S. believes that the discon-
content. the mad desire for riches. is the
root of all evil in our land. Not that he
condemns wealth or commends poverty,
but that he looks TO their origin. The
power to obtain wealth, if used solely
and wholly to obtain more wealth, is
abused. 1t fosters covetousness. Christ
foresaw this evil and personitied the pas
sionate desire for wealth AS "Mammon,'
or the Money god He warned his fol-
lowers against this danger when he said
''Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.'
Mr.. 5. believes that our present cOmpet-
| tive system of business is a great evil
As war was good some time past, and had
its play in the evolution of society, sc
competition must give way to som'
method less barbarOus and selfish. Wha
shall take its place? Any system tina
undermines the morals of another SHOULD
be abolished.
The church of Christ ought to cut thi
Gordian knot of Mammon and let il
worshipers go back TO the devil, their ia
ther. The worldly doctrine, ever!
man for himself and the devil take TIA,
hindmost," should be replaced by some
= thing more Christlike. There is sue
a separation between the working
of brains and the working of hands as t
cause mental degeneration and discon
tent. This discomfort does not arise be
cause they are ill-fed and ill-clothed, bu
because their worth is undervalued. III
,, worth of the employed everywher
should not be measured by what they d
but what they can do.
There is a cure for our civil ills pre-
scribed 10y our Savior in His primitiy
doctrine of love, a simple cure, and
contained in these two sentences "Bea
: ye one anothor's burdens" and, "a ne
commandment give unto you, that y
love one another" When this doctrin
animates the employer and employed
we shall have reached the panacea f
every in. "Then shall the earth be lu