The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-04

the remuneration which they receive,
or have not the time to make a proper
and wise use Of it? If we suppose it to
| be the first cause, it is certainly time
that thinking employers gave their at
tention to just and equitable distrbu-
| ton of the rewards Of labor. If it Is the
second cause, it is certainly incumbent
upon the wise and the happy to do all
| IN their power to teach the foolish and
| the ignorant how to become wise and
| happy. How many of your readers do
| you suppose give very much OF their
personal time, or money If they cannot
| give time, to the cause of teaching the
masses of the people how to enjoy life
properly?
| 1t Is a great fact that there are thou
sands and thousands of people right in
our midst who endure great daily suf-
fering with no prospect of anything
better while life exists Can nothing
be done for them? Some one is to
blame-is it the employer or the en-
ploye? In either case ought we not to
be intensely interested in any plan to
remedy the matter? And because one
reads so-called ''socialistic" books it of
course does not follow necessarily that
one Is a socialist or endorses socialistic
methods, but certainly there are many
faults in our present system OF produce
ton and distribution, and any system
that breathes more of the spirit or the
Master and provides for all of the hui
man family their due share OF the
blessings of life ought to commend it
self to the earnest consideration of hui
manitarian people 1t Is doubtless true
that a true enjoyment of life depends
more upon people themselves than upon
the social system, but it should be re-
membered that the people construct Cor
acquiesce inn the system under which
they live, and they alone are RESPONSE
BILE for the exercise of justice, industry
and order which are essential to civil
lied life. Each individual must come
into direct personal contact with the
Creator God, and be guided by the spir-
it of wisdom Justice and love before he
can order his own life Alright and treat
others Alright in his daily intercourse
with his fellow men. Is 1t not good
question for each person to ask HIM
self, What am doing, either directly
or indirectly, to help my fellow-menl
and see that others have as many of the
blessings of life as / have?"
Such books as "Merrie England"
should be read by men and women alike,
for it often happens that the influence
of the one illustrates the good inten-
lions of the other simply from lack
of a proper understanding of the ques-
tions involved, and so we fail to get a
unity of action in alternating the mis-
cries of mankind
"Merrie England aims to show how
agriculture, the sciences
and the arts might all be carried on in
a delightful way by which the process
of production would be a Joy to the
worker and the distribution would be
equitable toward all. In reading the
book it is well to bear in mind the
truth Of the Masters sayings, "A mans
life consistent not in the abundance OF
the things which he possesseth," Your
Father knoweth that we have need OF
these things Lay not up for your
selves treasures on earth," II came that
We might have life more abundantly,
"What doth the Lord require OF thee
but to do justice, to love mercy ana 10
walk humbly with thy God, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and thy neighbor as thyseF.
COLUMBIA.