The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-09-11

D the Sunday before Labor day, tn,
preacher expresses his sympathy will
he hard lot Of the wsrkingman an.
POINTS out some of the conditions which
Increase his difficulties. The text Ii
exodus !, IL, ",Thc more they afflicted
chem tho more they multiplied an(
grew"
Some virtues" wrote Joseph Add
,on. are seen only In affection" Blu
rom the Egyptian standpoint 1t would
AXE very long and a very useless
Investigation to find any virtue in the
Rational catastrophe which, as the text
would indicate, was about to over
whelm the Egyptian kingdom. The
nightest foreign foe ever assembled
| upon the borderland drained by the
Ihrteries Of the gigantic Nile was not
| 10 be feared as much as was the host
| bf ensIaved Hebrews who We're living
|among them. 1t was only a few hun
| ired years before that a little handful
Of Hebrews, with their docks and
herds, hid migrated to and settled in
the land Of Goshen during the pre-
mieEship Of Joseph. the famous states
man. But since that time the de
scendanfs Of old Jacob had multiplied
SO greatly that now they could be
counted literally by the hundreds OF
thousands. Not only In numbers were
they to be feared, but in mental power
.la1 NTH tIa ,a,ayapt.ial aan..iattiya
ness Of the Hebrew, these people were
absorbing much of the wealth of the
kingdom. Moreover, the signs of the
times declared they would soon be-
come rulers OF the nation. BY silent
revd&tioa they threatened to take
possession of the Egyptian govern
ment, as long afterward the descend
ants Of the Old AZtecs, whose fathers
mad been conquered by Cortes, bided
their time and finally worked out their
own governmental salvation by elect
ing practically full blooded Indian TO
the throne of the Montezumas-Por
lirio Diaz, president of the Mexican
republic.
"What shall we do? What shall we
dol" was the one question that was
upon almost every Egyptian lip
"ShaH we allow the Hebrew people to
become the dominant factors upon the
banks of the Nile and to sit upon tile
throne of the pharaoksF This Ques
ton was not only asked In the street,
but 1t was anxlously discussed IN the
kings palace Tonight we see the
lights blazing In the privy council
roofs AS we enter the council cham
Der we see the king sitting ut the end
of the long room. surrounded by his
best and strongest ministers. After
the question has been talked over long
and earnestly | see the king rise. He
looks straight at his councillors of state
as he says. Gentlemen. we are facing
a condition, not theory. We dare
not and cannot deport the Hebrews
from our realm, They are NOW essen
tial to our national welfare and pros
Derity as laborers. clerks and sergnnts.
But we can debar them from holding |
We can forbid them study II
ing Ia our schools. We can enslaye
them and make them the chattels Of |
our people. We can degrade them by |
ignorance and overwork. Thus saith |
The king. / here and now decree the |
Hebrew men and women and children |
from henceforth , to be in perpetual
They shall be compelled to
make bricks without straw. My mill
sters VIII see that my decree Is car
led out. When the king speaks the
,ing's will becomes the law. Gentle
men of the privy chamber, the council
8 dismissed"
Disfranchfsement of Hebrews.
This royal behest was carried out to
he letter The Hebrew people living
a Egypt were disfrancliised Not only
we're they deprived of the rights of
citizenship. but they were degraded to
he most AFFECT and humiliating servt-
ude Their property was taken away
rom them, and theg could not even
lain their wives and children as their
wn. Yet, strange to say, and yet
ot strange after all, the more the
Hebrews were cursed and struck and
! used and murdered by the Egyp-
ans the more their numbers grew,
nd the more of menace they became
D the Egyptian government The la
or question, On accountkof the hpu-
llities practiced under the shadow Of
'haraoh's throne in 1878 II. c., be-
anne as imminent and dangerous as is
ne labor question in the United States
( America in 1904. A. d.. under the
hadow of the statue of the Goddess
T Liberty which stands I'M New York
arbor. and with uplift0Sfarm declares
lat all men in this land are free and
quail
This is the first Sunday in Septem-
nr. Tomorrow Is Labor day. Many
-eachers this Sabbath.morning VIII be
liking to the mechanics, the clerks
nd the farm hands, to the masons, the
lrpentcrs and plumbers. and to all
lose who work with their hands. 1t
not inappropriate that this morning
should present some Of the conditions
lat are affecting American labor. If
this talk should speak frankly con-
.rniHg capital, shall speak with
lual candor concerning labor, for l
-mly believe. az dear friend of mine
i'd to me a few days ago. that ethe