The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-28

of, is justice. It's seat is in heaven;
Tor justice is the habitation of Gods
throne. 1t dwells on earth; for it is
firmly rooted in the soil of human ma
ture. A mighty conqueror it is and
will surely prevail. 1t may not fly on
the wings of the morning; indeed, it
may travel with leaden foot; but,
wait; as the swallows return when
winter is over, so surely will justice
come though the night be long. A
few years ago 1t was banished from
| France and chained on DEVILS
| island; but there went up such a cry
| of pain and indignation from the
heart of mankind that justice, out
lawed and wounded, was forced back
on an unwilling nation by the out
ragged sense of the world and false
! ly condemned man was given a re-
trial. No cry, except, perhaps, that
OF hunger ELECTS so readily the SYM
pathetic response of mankind as does
the cry of injustice. Labor never
made stronger appeal than when it
declared: We want not pity, not
patronage, not charity, but justice.
| So long as your claims are just,
rne outcome is assured; for no goou
cause was ever lost. Are your de-
mands reasonable? Let us see. You
want a days labor that shall not un-
fit you for the enjoyments and refine
ments of life, a wage adequate to the
needs of your family, enough for nee
essities, little for Injuries, a little
for old age. Above all you demand
an opportunity to work, chance to
make a livelihood-a small favor it
would seem, but one too often denied.
To the fair-minded man these de-
mands seem just. Making such de-
mands and paying due regard to the
liberties of others, the workingman
need fear no foe. Though the CAPT
talist's gold debauch every newspa-
per and every legislature in the land,
though recreant aristocratic church
ignore or oppose, though every min
lister become the hireling the mere
echo of the powerful pew-holder-in
spite of press, in spite of church, in
spite of moneys power, in spite of
enemies within and enemies without
your fold, in spite of your own mis-
takes, if your cause is right, one day
you will win.
This is not the pleasant dream of
an enthusiast or the unreasoning ex-
pectation of an optimist. Nor is -
merely a historical inference. 1t is
founded on the abiding conviction of
the race that there is God, and that
.thority in favor of any earthly mag
mates, however potent or omnipotent
may seem their present influence.
1.-THE lark's on the wing,
The mornings new-pearld,
Gods in His heaven,
- All's right with the world
Or will be at any rate.
This must be the conviction of
every healthy mind, conviction
, which is infinitely restful to souls
, agitated by the strenuous life of the
uay. Truth, justice, righteousness
are woven into the texture of the uni.
, verse; for the God over all is a Goo
+ of truth. His scepter is a scepter of
righteousness. He is more interested
in the triumph of right than you or
can possibly be. Your cause is
; bound up with His eternal character
. and. therefore, it is safe.
/. Workingmen, let me say to you in
: closing: Sc that your demands con
tinue to be fair and just. Let not
: the consciousness of immense power
lead you into any Incorporate exer
D else of that power. Let not the mem
e DRY of past wrongs lead you away
S from the teachings of the Carpenter
: of Nazareth, whose life and charac
+ ter you admire. And let all of us
: hear tonight the message of the ole
] Hebrew prophet ringing down the
t centuries, as true now as when heard
d long ago on the hill sides o. Pales
/ tine: What doth God require of thee
r but to- do justly, to love mercy ant
d to walk humbly with thy God?"
i While we think of mans duty tt
; man. let us not forget what is more
/ fundamental-man's duty to God. W.
t. all believe the law of God, a.
k revealed in the Ten Commandment