The record-union., 1897-10-10

the signs over the great storesi Go
into Wall street, and you will recognize
the same pushing to the front do not
blame them for this; If they are sharp
er than the Yankees they will carry off
the prize of success. I only wish TO
suggest to our good Christian people
that, if they have money to spend for
charitable objects, they have here right
around them, in the slums of New
York, objects of compassion more
worthy of their charity than the rails
ing of fund of hundred millions to
transport the Jews to Palestine. to
which they have no overpowering de-
sire to CO."
Christianity says the New York
s'Churchman" Up. Ed, sis so far OPP
posed to political economy that it de-
nounces both irresponsible acquisition
of wealth, with it's concomitant of sell
fish expenditure, and the pride Of riches
which is unaccompanied with pity for
the poor. Christian socialism dictates
that wealth be acquired with loving
consideration for those by whom it is
yielded, or from whom it is gained, that
self sacrifice is to be the rule Of it's dis
bursement, and not boundless self-in-
diligence. Christian socialism suggests
that a man had better diminish his
capital, and come down from his ped
estal of wealth, than suffer others to
moan and fret in hopeless want. We
are quite aware that Christian traders
and capitalists are in many instances
just as anxious as Christian teachers
to solve the problem of a better distri-
button Of material prosperity and hap
piness in the world. We are equally
we'll aware that such a distribution de-
mandS the cooperation of poor and
rich alike. But the truth remains that
Christ never looked upon poverty in
the sense of restitution as the right and
normal condition of human life If the
poor are always to be found in the
world it is undoubtedly because man s
inhumanity to man is permanent fact
Of evil. Whether the inhumanity be of
the rich man or of the poor, it is none
the less true that a gradual solution of
the problem of the present day can
only be expected when the teachings
of Christ shall be allowed to overrule
the teaching OF political economy
THE Roman Church is being made
stronger and more authoritative among
the working people of the older world y
says the Northwestern Christian Adj
vocate" (Meth.) Of Chicago, because
it appeals to the contending employers
and employees in the Victoria docks in
London, to the thoughtful artisans of
Germany, to the patient but perplexed
laborers of Italy, to theg thrifty and
sturdy workers of Belgium, to the mer-
curial but Industrious workmen of
France, and to the ill-assorted peoples
in the miscellaneous provinces of Aus
tria- Hungary. In all these and in 9TH
er lands, Pope, Cardinals, Archbishops
and devoted priests exhort the repre-
sentatives of labor to be peaceful, rea-
sonable, and hopeful, while they also
implore the representatives of capital
to be generous and just, both parties
being reminded meanwhile that they
are of the exceptional family of God
and the privileged children of the most
holy church. The Protestant churches
in the United States may not command
or compel their members but they can
appeal to, industriously indoctrinate,
exhort, and dutifully influence those
who enter Gods free temples. While
it is the first and chief errand of the
Christian minister to beseech men to
be reconciled to God, it yet is within
the proper province of the pulpit to pro-
mote amity and concord among citi-
zens of this world