The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-30

| conditions existing In Palestine at that
period with those of the present in thi.
country. In his sermon, he said, In
part.
| tn review Of this century we see the iniu-
| encc OF Christ in the intensity against slavery
| and the splendid herois,n was no cheap phan-
| thropy but the inspiration OF Christ IN the
| hearts Of men. The limitation of hours Of labor
| OF women and children, the legislation against
| sending ont unscaworthy ships, the building oi
lealthtul homes for the poor. the public liz
brarics parks and art galleries, the public cle-
| ,ncntary schools, and the power that keeps chill
| drcn In them. MI these show Christ's work in
| the hearts OF men. lie refuses TO interfere in
| he questions OF labor against capital, and in
| other local controversies as In the other days
| lie refused to takc from the opprcssor and give
| it TO the oppressed. lie was not here TO be u
| petty magistrate. Had lie been the religion OF
| Christ would have been obsolete long ago. lie
could issue great principles for the good OF
the race but did not issue fixed scale Of
! wages. To take from the selfish rich to give to
the selfish poor would be to leave both as selfish
| as ever.
TIE FRIEND OF BOTH.
Which shall have the Inheritance, the man
who has it or the one who cotcts? Either,
neither who cares?
lie could not champion classes. He was the
friend of both. lie was the Saviour Of the rich
ms well as the poor the employer well as
the cmploye; the capitalist well Us the la
borcr.
In the present strife between labor and cap
ital now as then Christ refuses to interfere. Yet
His principles remain for mems guidance. 1t is
a good Indication that these great questions are
now engaging the attention of thoughtful men
instead Of being left to the fanatic and the
rampant dcnagoguc. In the pcrilous voyage
of the republic it is well that she is unbur-
doncd Of much of the useless lumber before
the storm struck her. Across the is the Bit
ter lament for home rule We have that here.
There is the desire for land distribution among
multitude of small owners; we have that here.
There is the clanor for universal suffrage; we
have it here. For the abolishing OF arstocracy
and monarchy. We are rid of these things and
of most other things, yet beneath it all is
deep unrest
I am ashamed to think myself foreigner
when must of the unrest and agitation and dis
trcss is caused by men who come here from
lands where the people are i'll fed; where the
rich mems sons ride to hounds for a living and
the poor mems sons toll for shilling 4 day;
where the skilled mechanic gets less than the
man who shovcs snow in our streets; where
tie family carriage is an ASS cart and the
family COW a goat; where poverty is disgracc-
full crime and men kept good natured at
cry they come here to be the promoters of dis
quiet and unrest. Forgive my foreign birth for
wien crossed the Atlantic aburcd my gov
clrment and sworn allegiance to yours. / love
this country as I ought to do. 1t offers me
plenty for hunger, good wages for starvation,
freedom for slavery. II measures not man by
his clothes but by manhood: where pair OF
shirtsleeves are as good as broadcloth coat
where the man who collects fare is good rs
fhp rOIn In ak tri limit in
church; where the one who blacks shoes is as
good the one who makes sermons; wnerc my
voice and my vote carries as far as any other
mans; where grit and brains may lead from
the tow-path TO the presidency. | have never
desired to hoist another flag beside your own,
10 revise your constitution, overthrow your So
cial government. your laws, damn your
prosperity organize m0bs or interfere with any
other mans rights.
MANY REMEDIES.
There arc many remedies offered icr these
evils quacks offer pet nostrums for diseases.
Socialism. arbitration. legislation arc among
them. but they are futile, As we'll hope to put
ont the fires Of Aetna by a squirt gun We must
look to the principles of Christ for settlement.
one of these is that every man has right TO
himself. II is 50 laid down in the constitution.
1t was fought at the cost OF million lives III
this country.
There are those who predict the end Of the
republic, but shall see it only when the blue
fades out of the sky. venture to predict this,
however, that tyranny will come to an end.
When not the rights OF class, not the rights
of rich poor but The rights of man will pre-
vail not the right to prevent those who want
to work from doing The chief magistrate
of this state did not lit finger TO drive the
strikers back from preventing Others to go TO
work. Had he done five millions of men and
women in Pennsylvania would have formed a
solid wall to protect the liberty of working
men to quit work and also to keep those from
labor who would work ii they had the chance.
Which is right in this controvers, don't
also imply the freedom for man to go TO
work to support himself and family. Employer
and cmployc can never settle this question un-
til the right to work is allowed.
The sacredncss OF property should he respected
The theory prevails that every millionaire, every
possessor OF SlO0,000, every man who loans 800
receiving Sl01 for its service is criminal.
Christ had no such idea OF prosperity
II is lawful and right to desire and acquire |
property. but the brotherhood OF man is not |
so much the idea of higher wages as the rccog-
milton OF principles which will not degrade any !
one. The property is hot ours but Gods. The |
forests, the iron. the coal, placed in our |
hands TO use for Him. We are Iii, stewards. |
Other men are other stewards. What seems |
theirs is not theirs but His. In this thought is |
the anlidotc for the di,luici, the discomfort.
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