The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-01-26

mis- statement or fact. The true church
of Jesus Christ not only most heartily
commends, but will aid in her own pc
culiar way, any labor organization
that protects the home circle from
greed and avarice; that presents a solid
front to grinding competition, which
means large dividends and low wages:
that protects childhood, demanding
sufficient wages so that the laborer will
not be compelled to send out his little
ones to help earn the daily bread of the
family
But any organization that is anarch-
istic IN it's tendencies is an enemy. not
only Of his government, the best that
man has ever known, but is the enemy
of the church and of the laboring man
as WELL and should be treated as SUCH
The church has to settle every question
that comes up between labor and capt.
tai, on it's merits. You would not ask
me to endorse every strike that has
been made, or every boycott ordered.
would be weak minister of the COS
pei if followed blindly after. the wise
and unwise labor leaders on this Ques-
ton. endorsing all they did. No, there
have been strikes that were as right as
the Declarat ton Of Independence, and
there have been others where the la
boring man has been sold by his leader
as truly as Benedict Arnold sold his
| country. The duty of the church is to
stand by right and truth: to agitate
in favor of good laws: to dcnounce
compatible with our position. bring
l..1 dc h,t,
abOr ond capital.
The church from her very nature of
her organization. cannot be partisan
She cannot be a poor mans church to
the exclusion of the rich, nor a rich
mans church to the exclusion of the
poor. She cannot be democratic as
opposed to the republicans. nor vice
versa. She deals with individuals.
stands for principle, and when men
enter her doors. if the spirit of Christ
is there, all class and social distinction
disappear.
This is true of the church as a whole
throughout this country. There are
ceptons-churches that pretend to
aristOcracy. a few that would make the
church the rich mans club; a very few
-lilsty NOu PITY lnoIIl IOr lfdUuclnS tnG
| spirit of the Master.
But after ALL while this is a plain
duty, the church will not lose sight of
| the fact that she has a greater work
| to perform, not only of education on
these questions, but she must give to
| the laborer as we'll as to others, help to
| carry the burdens of life. She is to be
a friend of his home; befriend his
children, and help him train them for
christian Womanhood and manhood.
The church's work is to inspire to right
living all classes: to influence the tenn
| poral through the spiritual: she is to
| warn all men against enemies, such as
unWise leaders who set labor and CAPT.
tai at variance; against all men who
disregard law; against all influence
that would injure their moral and
spiritual welfare, that would be detri-
mental morally and spiritually; she is
to send forth as her representatives
against the evils of the world, men to
make the fight that she scannot; men
like SALISBURY, whose life was devot-
ed to the purest philanthropy, and en-
bodies in his makeup as much OF
Christ as any man Of the past century;
and above all to bring to the laboring
man Jesus Christ as the Saviour, the
great labor leader, the great friend