Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-09-16
REV. IALhAGE'S sermon.
nOTED WASHINGTON DIytNE,s
SUNDAY DISCOURSE.

Discussing the Relations Between -Cari-
tai and Labor-Sone Fu:. le Remedies
Christ Was the Greatest Friend Of
the Capitalist and the Toiler. ttc
- TEXT: "Whatsoeve- - would that ~,
Ehouid do to.yoa, do you even - II them.
Matthew vii. L.
The greatest war the world Aas over -aan
is between capital and labor. T4a ~trif, =
y not ike that which IN history j. called the
llrty Years war. for IL is "a war of centlr-
! :, It Is war oi the five continents. il lS
war hemisphere. The middle classes IN
q is country, upon whom the nation has de-
q 7fded for holding the balance of power and
Anp-- actsng es mediatars between the two
tTs<remas, are Diminishing, and II things 90
On at the same ratio as they now going
ii will not be very long before there will be
no middle class III this country. but all will
he very rich very poor princes or pau
pers, and the country will be given Mp %
palaces and hoyelS.
The antas0nistir forces are cloein. in
| upon each other. The Pennsylvania miners,
strikes the telegraph operators strikes
the railroad employees strikes The move
| ments Of the bovcotters and the dvna-
| mlters are only skirml~hers before Il gen-
| eral engagement. or. il YOU lr,fer H. es-
| capes through the safety valves of an i'm
! prlsoned force which promises the expl0-
|
| may say that this trouble like an angry
| child. will cry itself TO sleep: YOU NAV be
| little II by calling it E0urieri-m or social
| ism or st. SlmOnism or nhili9m cont-
| munlsm, but that Will not hinder the fact
| that it is the miChtiest the darkest. the
+ most terrific threat % this century All at
| 'te,npts at pacitlcation have been dead fail
| ures. and monopoly is more arrogant and
| the trades unions more bitter. Give Us
| more wages. cry the employees. Y gu
| Shall have less, say the capitalists Com
pei us to do fewer hours Of toll in day. :
"1ou shall toll more hours. say the others
sIhen under certain conditions we will not
work at all, say these. Then YOU shall
starve,' say those. And the workmcn
| gradually using up that which they ac-
cumulated IN better times. un.ess there be
some radical change We shall have soon in
this country 1900 600 hungry men ana wom-
en-. Now, 600 000 hungry people cannot
be Kept quiet. All the enactin"nts ofie,ie-
latures and al the r0n-tahularies al the
cities and all the army ana navy Of the
! United states cannot keel t 600 coo hungry
| people quiet What then2 viii this war
| between capital and labor he settled hv
human vision: Nev4r The brow Of the
one becomes more rigid the fist Of the
| other more clinchcd.
Eat that which human wisdom cannot
achieve will be accomplished hv Christianity
| if it be given fui sway You have heard 81
medicines so powerful that one drop viii
stop disease and restore a patient and
have to tell yoli that drop Of my text
| properly administered will stop all these
woes OF society and give conyaieScencc and
L complete health to all classes. '.WhatsO
81 evAxkye would that men should do to YOU
II Tahall first show you how this quarrel be
tween monopoly and hard work cannot b
!, | stopped. and then [ will show YOU how thi
controversy viii be settled
ittl In b,fi