The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-31
POPE LE0'S VIEWS
ONLABORQUESTION.
They Furnish Theme for a
Sermon by Rev. Herbert
s. INSTRUMENTATION of
The Poor Must BE Relieved.

/ oprCtdl " the
Cincinnati, July 26-At the ' inc
Street Congregational church, the pas.
'or, Herbert s. BIgelow. took for his
theme. Pope Leo and the Labor Prob
lem. He took for his text: "For the
needy shall not always be forgotten
the expectation of the poor snail not
perish forever. Psa. 9:lS.
Mr.. Bigelow said in part:
The graceful and kindly expressiors
OF love and praise which the death of
the Pope has called forth from the
men of all faiths are trlbLte, not
only to the Pope, but also to that
growth of catholiclty among men
which makes the Protestant world proud
Of the glories of the mother church,
and sincerely mournful of her loss.
1t was the good fortune of our Cath
olic brethren to have had for their
head man whom the world loved,
and it is good to know that there is
hardly Protestant heart anywhere
which does not cherish his memory as
With tilial sffectIon.
This morning desire to remind you
of the Pope's contri button to the dis
cussion of that all important problem
or labor. His attitude upon this ques
ton should not be overlooked In the
enumeration of mis- services to man
kind.
Unfortunately we have some Protes-
tant preachers who defend the existing
social order as ordained of God. and
deprecate as harmful any discussion
Of proposed changes. This is not the
teaching of Scripture. neither was it
the teaching of the Pope.
Professionals who have substituted the
of the Bible for the author
ity OF the Church ought to be intiu-
enced by such words as these of our
text. They should be hospitable to
every sincere effort to improve social
and should never be recon
cIled to the presence of widespread
and CALLING poverty. ''F'or the needy
shall not always be forgotten: the ex-
pectation of the poor shall not perish
forever
Catholics, for whom the Pope speaks
as one having authority, should give
heed to these words of Lee: SAT this
the condltion of the working |
population is the question of the hour
and nothing can be of higher interest |
10 all classes of the state than that it |
should be rightly and reasonably de-
ciaed. These words we're written
twelve years ago in the Pope's famous
encvclical letter on the Condition of
Labor.
This letter solemnly declares that it
g not only the duty Of citizens but
the duty of the Church to
discuss this most momentous of ques
ions. The third paragraph of the
etter begins with this emphatic SEN
ence:
but all agree, and there can be no
question whatever, that some remedy
must be found. for the misery aud
vretcnedness which press so heavily
It this moment on the large majority
# the very poor.
Much Is said today, concerning the
Unjust distr button of wealth, which ,
GEMS severe and revolutionary. The
treet corner agitator talks of "wage
lavery' and some will say that such
ak ought to be suppressed as calcu- ,
atei to set class against class. But
sten to these words of the Pope.
IA small number of very ricn men /,
ave been able to lay upon the masses :
the poor yoke little better than !,
avery itself. n
The spirit of this letter gives ample =
Encouragement to those who would so :,
nange society that it shall not be =
Ossl BILE for rich men and masters. - .
, use the language Of the Pope, ito :.
Sercise pressure for the sake of gain =
pom the INDECENT and the destitute, :,
nd to make ones profit out of the =
BED Of another. - y