Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-15

worlnen are at the grave waiting for
the arrival OF the funeral pageant.
The minister Of religion may have de-
liverec - eloquent eulogium before
they started from the house. but the
most impressive things are said that
day by the working classes standing
around the tomb
That night in all the cabins OF the
working people where they have fam
lily prayers the widowhood and the or
phanagc in the mansions are rcmcm-
bered. No glaring populations look
over lhe iron fence 80 the cemetery:
but. lowering over the .cene the bcno-
dlction Of God and man is coming for
the fultillmcnt OF the Christ-lille iniunc-
ton, Whatsoever We would that men
should do To YOU. do We even so 10
them.
"Oh. says some mar here. that is
al Ut"pian. That is apocryphal. that is
impossible 80 / cut out Of a papcr
this: One OF the plcasantcst Incidents
recorded i'm a long time is reported
from Sheffield. England. Thc wages Of
/ the men in the ironworks AT Sheffield
are regulated 10y board Of arbitration,
/ 10y whose decision both masters and
men are bound. For some time d..
I the iron and steel trade ha, been cx-
trcmely Improbable. and the employ
crs can not. without much loss. paw
the wages fixed by the board which
neither employers nor employed have
the power to change. To avoid this
difficulty the workmcn in one Of the
largest steel works i'm Sheffield hit uD-
on device aS rare "a IL was generous.
They offered to work for their employ
crs one week without any pay what.
ever
But YOU go with me and / will show
YOU not so far Off as Sheffield Eng
land factories, banking houses. store
houses and costly enterprises where
this 'hri>t-lille injunction OF my text
Is fully kept. and Won could no more
get the employer 10 practice AN inius-
uce upon his men. or the men To- con-
>pirc against the employer. than Won
could get your right hand and your left
hand. Your right eye and your left eve,
your right ear and your left ear. into
physiological autagoniSm Now. where
is this 10 Begin In our homes. i'm our
stores. on our farms not waiting for
other people 10 do their duty. l. there
"a divergence now between the parlor
thing wrong, either i'm the parlor or in
the kitchen, perhaps in both Are tho
clerks is your store irate against the
firm? Then there is sometime WRONG
either behind the counter. or in the
private office. or perhaps i'm both.
The great want of the world to-day
Is the fulallment of this Christ-lille in
junction. that which He PROMULGATED
N H.. "a
zeal economists under the archivault of
the heavens in convention for 900
years can not settle this controversy
between monopolists and hard work,
between capital and labor During the
revolutionary war there was a heavy
piece of timber to be- lifted. perhaps for
a fortress, and a corporal was oversee
ing the work, and he was giving com
mands to some soldiers 3s they lifted:
"llcavc away there. yo hcave." Wen.
the timber was too heavy: they could
not get ii up. There was gentle
man riding by on horse. and he
stopped and said to this corporal:
ny don't YOU help them liftp
That timber is too heavy for them to-
lift. No ne said. Il won't: |
am corporal The gentleman got
off his horse and came up to the place.
Now, ne said to the soldiers. -all
together yo hcave," and the timber
went To its place. Now" said the
gentleman To the corporal. when YOU
have piece of timber too heavy for
the men TO lift. and YOU want help. YOU
send TO your commandcr-in-chicf" 1t
was Washington. Now. that is about
ali the Gospel | llnow-the Gospel Of
giving somebody lift, lift out of
darkness. lift out Of earth into
Heaven. That is all the Gospel / know
the Gospel Of helping somebody else
to lift.
"Oh. say, some wiscacrc. talk as
you will. the law of demand and sun
ply vii. regulate these things until the .
end of time No they will not. nm
less God dies that the batteries OF the /
judgment day are spiked. and Pluto I
and ProScrpne, king and queen Of the
Internal regions. take full possession .
of this world. DO YOU know who sup. .
ply and demand are They have cone
into partnership. and they propose to- .
~wiudIc the earth, AMI are swindling
it, You are drowning supply and
demand stand on the shore one ON
one side. the other ON the
other side OF the lifcboat. and they cry
ont 90 You. now YOU pay uS what wc
ask you for getting YOU TO ehOrc or 20
go the bottom II YOU cin borrow
$1,000 YOU can keep from failing i'm
business. supply and demand say.
NoFv. you pay MS cNorbitaut u~ury. or
F"u 90" into bankruptcy This robber
firm of supply and demand >ay-to you.
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