The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-12
LABOR AND CAPITAL IN
THE LIGHT OF PROPHECY
Sermon of the Rev. A. Q.
FarnsWOrth Yesterday.

The Rev. a 0. Farnsworth. president
Of the Chesapeake Conference, preached
last night at the Second Seventh-Day
Adventist Church, Twelfth and NJ Streets
northwest. It had been announced that
the Rev. !. S. Washburn. pastor Of the
church. would speak on Labor and Cap
ital in the Light of Prophecy" and Mr.
Farnsworth addressed the congregation
on the same subject
The sermon was founded upon Luke
xXi:25-26: And there shall be signs in
the sun. ana in the moon. and in the
stars: and upon the earth distress Of
nations. with perpIexity; the sea and
the waves roaring: mems hearts falling
them Tor fear and for looking after
those things which are coming on the
EARTH for the powers Of heaven shall be
shaken
The speaker referred briefly TO the
signs in the sun, moon. and stars. de
clarins that the darkening of the sun
and moon May 10. 1889, and the shower
OF meteors in 1888 were the literal ful-
fument Of the words Of prophecy He
then said that the distress Of nations,
with perpleNty." undoubtedly referred
to the struggle between labor and cap
ital going on at the present day Mr.
Farnsw0rlh expressed the belief that
this conflict was growing intense. conGi-
tiCns becoming worse instead Of better
and that the grinding down of the poor
by the rich would end in an uprising. of
which communism, socialism, and nihil-
ism were but the preliminary outbreaks.
The speaker looks for stronger organi-
zaton of labor on one side and capital
on the other. with increasing centraIiza-
ton. until the intolerable strain ends in
revolution. that only the coming of the
Lord with the armies of heaven can ar
bitTate. The settlement. he thought,
would be in the reign of the Saviour on
the earth in what men call the millen-
mum.
Mr. Farnsworth eloquently sketched
the situation presented by the money
kings and trusts on one side and the
wrongs Of unpaid labor. poverty. ana
suffering on the other The coal strike
was referred to as one of the skirmishes
+ of the impending war No words could
paint the picture Of suffering, the speak
er said. in this nation, if the strikers in
/ Pennsylvania had held out two months
/ longer. Mr. FaEsworth declared that
the hand Of God was IN the cessation Of
/ hostilities and the President the chosen
instrument to work the viii of heaven.
/ From the 9Th chapter of Isaiah Mr..
I Farnsworth read several verses which
+ he said referred TO trusts The prophet
( speaks of the people assembling in con
/ fcderacies. combines. and associations
F Three kinds Of combinations. the SPEAK
f CT said. were portrayed-the combina-
/ tion Of nations, such as the Triple Ali
ance. the agreements between England
and Japan. France and Russia. and Eng
! land and Germany in Venezuela. FEEDER
atiou Of churches AID religious bodies
was spoken of. and great combinations
/ OF capital Mr. Farnsworth emphasized
the words Of the prophet that ali these
/ should be broken in pieces.
} Mr. Farnswcrth said that trusts were
+ spoken Of in Isaiah Hi:15, where the
prophet asks. What mean ye that ye
+ beat my people TO pieces and grind the
faces of the Door?" He said the men
who make and foster trusts are further
described by the prophet as those who
have eaten the vineyard. and in whose
( houses is the spoil Of the poor. Refer
ence was made to the methods Of trusts
/ in limiting production, decreasing wages,
and increasing prices The S4.g0G,0o9
/ quarterly income of Rockefeller was al
Iuded to, and the arbitrary raising Of
( the price Of oil cent a gallon.
Speaking Of the outcome Of the i'm
/ pending crisis between labor and capt
tai. Mr.. FarHsworth read from Habak-
/ kuk H.5-s. where the rich are spoken of
as despoHing the poor and the prophet
( says The oppressed sian rise up sud
/ denly to bite him that inereaseth that
which is not Fis, and yex him. and
! take away mis- possessions for booty.
This said the speaker, means war -
and he believes it to be the final chapter
Ia the conflict between capital and Ia
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