Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-24

| ciNiplSoo WHY III
"The Church Union" New
IL York.
1.-THE worth of every man, the worth
of all men, all men more important
than any man-that is the very foun-
dation of the idea of religion today.
I'VE ought to be trained in the initia-
Tive and referendum in the way we
carrv on our churches. We ought to
learr the lessons that are to be stud
lied in the new democracy that is even
now being born on this earth. We
ought to have the best kind of organ
|ization; we ought to transact our
business so as to be a model for the
business world; for what the business
world needs todayis spiritual inspira-
tion. Instead of a minister being a
F'skv pilot" or talking through his
hat" he ought to be man who should
understand the principles of the
Worlds work better than any other
Individual in it-a man who can see to
the heart of the problems that con-
front men. And the modern church,
hs | have intimated, ought to be
model in it's transaction of business
Tor all associations of men. need
hot say that it ought to pay its debts
In an honorable manner. 1t should
hire the right kind of Acknowledged
abor. 1t should take the initiative
suggesting and practically carrying
but system of cooperation rather
han the strenuous rivalry and war
are that we see prevailing in the bus
ness world about us. And l think
hat it should grow and grow and
row, not holding to the idea that
ONE divine form of government was
landed down from heaven once for
III, but knowing that we are not per-
let, yet that we are better than the
hthers used to be, and that we are
Ding on and on forever.
THE disappointed world, the dis
buraged world, the perishable world,
he struggling, striving, fighting
Forld, needs this great religious mes
hge-that the human race is made
pr faith, to believe all things; for
ppe to hope all things; and for love,
bear all things and to endure all
Kings. | may indeed magnify my
flee, but l still believe that it is by
he foolishness of preaching that it
leases God to save those that believe.
but / think there is something still
ore important than to ring out this
reat lesson of faith and hope and
I'VE; and that is to apply it to all the
FAIRS of men. 1t is this, and nothing
SIS than this, that is the mission, and
ould form the activity of the church.
"Now, here are the two laws that
lie church is to insist on in our con-
deration of all economic questions.
irst, progress. The world has been
ping on till the present time, and it
lust go on now No present time is
wine beyond the immediate moment
her exists. Second, love-progress
nd love- This order is better than
be past order, but not SO good as the
rider that is to be. The order that is
as grown out of the larger and larg-
application of the great principle of
fe which is love, and the order
hich is to be is to develop along the
hme line. 1t is the business of the
hurch to know how far the world
hs come in its journey, where it is
bw, where it ought to go, and what
|isiness of the church to sound out
Pntinuously this great truth, that
ery great economic question is an
thical question; that every question
ncerning the manufacture and dis
ibution of the material things of
lis earth is a question rooted in
ghteousness. Regarding the single
TX, socialism and all the rest, there
Just one question for the church to
knot, viii they work. but Are
ley right, are they just, are they low
K" And if they are, the church
light to say, There is nothing ex-
|dient except justice, and there is
Pthing will work except righteous
S and the application of the law
love
i believe it should be the part of
igion not only to discover the secret
health, but also to discover the Sc
Fl of material prosperity, and to
nsh poverty from the world.
i do not think the church is re-
onsible for the existence of the pow
~ that has been in the past; | do
lieve that the church is responsible
the abolition of poverty as it ex-
today. / was reading life of
bus the other day, and | saw the
ptement that Dives, rich man,
INT to hell because he was rich and
no other cause. | thought that
Ps important if true-not that 1T
onCerned me h,,t ~ did concern some