Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-02

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OF their, brow, pay homage to their
Creator. The farmers, the section
hand and the miners are just as hon
orable and useful members of society
as the lawyers, merchants and doc
tors America was discovered by Il
sailor. Rebellion was crushed. disun-
ion thwarted, slavery blotted out and
American liberty preserved by the
genius of rail splitter. The Redeem
or of fallen man came in the garb of
common laborer and the civilized
world worships carpenter of Nazar-
eth.
We are living in a world of labor,
on an earth of toll and creation of
energy. The universe is the evidence
of Creator. and the world is monu-
ment to His labor.
The revolving worlds, the oceans
tides and currents; the freezing, melt
ing, moving glacier; the rising vapors
and descending rains: the growing
trees and the running streams are but
the forces of nature at work Natures
energy laboring, toiling on intelligent
ly and increasingly throughout the
ages, building the palaces of eternity
IL clii eliC tCillp VI Ill COHlDll-
ance with the supreme mandate of Ii
Creator of transcendent energy, eter.
nal action and universal labor. Truly
the heavens declare the glory of God
and the armament showeth his handi-
work
THE chorals are the toilers of the
sea, and they build islands. The en-
ergetic forces of nature with their la
bors raise continents, men inhabt
them and build empires. When the
Creator told man to go forth from Ed
en- and labor, it was not curse, but
a blessing, for he put him in harmony
with all the forces of nature. 1t was
then that he made him truly in the
image of his Maker and planted in
his breast vital spark of his own be
energy, and clothed him with
the garment of light--knowledge.
"Idleness or inertia is nowhere yisi
Bile in the plans of creation. In all
the world there is not an idle atom
The law of action Is universal and in
exorable. We see it in the waters and
on the land. everywhere. in the for
ests, the rocks and In the mines. Ev
erything is either creating or wasting
building or destroying, growing or de
caying, and what is true of nature is
| also true of the nations of the earth
the affairs of men and of man, him
SELF
| Labor graces and dignifes man
kind and beauties the world The
greatest gift that civilization holds in
store for the human race is labor with
! out drudgery; service without slavery
We must labor to serve our race, oul
times and our fellow men, Each ones
usefulness to the world is measured by
the amount of good he does, and the
service he renders society.
when all can labor without drudg
cry, the labor question will be solved
| This is the end that all intelligent la
Dor leaders are aiming at 1t is the
purpose of all agitation, education ant
organization. 1t is for this end tina
all labor organizations are formed, ant
in their work we should all assist.
The U. M. w. of A.
"The U. NJ. w. of A. has done {
great work. 1t has accomplished more
practical good for the toilers than any
organization ever formed from sin
gle craft. Let us hope it will be sue
cessful in its struggle against the
! greedy and arrogant breeders of pow
erty and misery in Pennsylvania
Wherever this organization has beer
established and recognized it has ben
Gifted both the employer and the EN-
! ploye.
Organization means discipline, or
der. conservatism, stability and pros
lperity; its absence means demoraliza