The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-29

| progress; it is a whole library Vol. l..
! Separation between Church and state
! Vol. II. the word of God not Evolution
| but Revelation; Vol, III, Salvation
| Reformation by Regeneration; Vol. ~
! the Church the Voice of God IN the
! wilderness; Vol, V, Enlightened CON
| science Rather than Priestcraft; Vol.
VI. the Holy Deed the Safest Greed;
Vol VII, Sabbath Health the Nation
Wealth.
We are hopeful for social unity. Mat
thew Arnold said that our upper So
ciety is materialized, and our under
society vulgarized; to which can be ad-
ded that. our middle society is pull
verified. Paul sounds the beautiful
harmonies from ancient Philippi:
Though ! speak with the tongues OF
men and of angels, and have not love,
I am become sounding brass, or a
| changing cymbal; and if l have the gift
of prophecy and know all mysteries
and all knowledge, and if I have all
faith, so as to remove mountains, put
have not love, / am nothing and II l
bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and if | give my body to be burned,
but have not love, it profteth me
nothing" Benjamin Harrison repeats
to us from the glory heights, "Orna-
ments of gold and gems, silken robes,
houses, lands. stocks and bonds,-these
are tares when men arc weighed we
are studying the industrial problem
in the light of Christian ideals; but let
not the worker Ike Ginx's Baby, per-
ish before help come. Our times are
sensitive to change: the cry of reform
easily draws a crowd; mere cries can
not diminish discomfort. The vital
thing is the human personal relation;
brotherhood alone will rightly adjust
difficulties; capital and labor are each
others keepers. The worker is not a
hand, nor a machine, nor single part
Of some mechanism; the worker is a
living soul who makes it possible for
the employer to employ and for the
dealer to sell and for the consumer TO
be comfortable. Also. this souls eter-
nifty ought not to be jeopardized by our
Nation putting the bottle to its lips
in army. navy, or home.
Remembering the regions beyond,
we will praise God for His fast fulfill
ing promise to His Son; II will give
thee the nations for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth
for thy possession" We are seeking
/ to make disciples of all the nations,
! teaching them TO observe all that
/ Christ has commanded us. God has
I greatly enlarged our territories and en-
! riched our inheritance; our guests are
/ the materialistic German; the Luther
| an, Swede, Norwegian, and Dane; the
| Greek Catholic. Pole and Finn; the
! Dutch Reformed Hollander; the Roman
( Catholic. Bohemian; Portuguese, Ital-
/ ian. French Canadian, Mexican. Cuban
/ Porto Rican and Filipino the pagan
/ Alaskan. the cannibal Sandwicher, the
( Hebrew from everywhere, the Confu-
( clan Buddhistic-T aoistic Chinese the
/ Shntoist Japanese, the emotional Ne
/ gro, the aboriginal Indian, and. first
a
tured son Of Erin.
For all that is truly fine in our Amer
lean makeup, let us be truly grateful
It is duty to contemplate our weak
! nesses, lest they be permitted to dwra1
US. 1t is encouragement to regard oul
! unwritten heroics in common life. ma
1 tional adaptation in difficulties, con
( servatism. before fanatics democracy
! and inequality. endurance with una
| voidables, hospitality against selfish
/ ness, industry against improvidence
sympathy for the worthy patience
/ amid disturbances, hope amid fears
( and forbearance with the unfit. Blu
this public celebration does not com
I plete our thanksgiving to God. says
I our president: Let US remember that
as much as has been given, much vii
be expected from us; that true homag
| comes from the heart as well as from
the lips, and shows itself in deeds
We can best prove our thankfulnes
to the Almighty by the way In which
each does his duty TO his fellowmen."
Let US practice contentment. Wha
we have is at better rates than in an,
other nation. Average wages per weel
i'm Germany are 81, in France s.. fl
England s.. in the United States S14
Beef in England and France average
% cents. in New York 1e cents Fiou
is one cent per pound more in the oil
countries and in italy double on
price Taxation percapitum I'm Franc
is SIG. IN England S13, in the Unite
/ States 50 faveraRel- Liability to arm