The Penn's Grove record., 1904-08-12

whole, the attitude of the New Testament
is one OF warning against the seductions Of
wealth.
The evangelical churches stand i1non the
word of Scripture, and so IN svmnathv
with labor. In fact, of some 1000 0O0 "a
male members in the evangelical churches
OF our land, not less than 6,OOO.O 900 are
wage earhers or manual laborers. So that
the claim that the modern church has do.
parted from the position occupie nv the
apostolic church is not we'll ounded.
What, then, from the letter and spirit Of
the Bible IN connection with the teachings
Of experience is to be suggested as 4 means
Of curing the quarrel between labor and
capital?
tions between the rich and the poor. Let
them meet together In the fellowship Of
Gods house and the Divine Fatherhood
Out of mutual acquaintance will come Inn.
tual respect, and a recognition of a com.
mon humanity.
You may remember Emerson's story os
the quarrel between the mountain and the
squirrel, where he says:
"The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel,
And the former called the latter Iittls
prig.
Bun replied,
1Ou are doubtless very bio.
But all sorts of things and weather.
Must be taken in together
To make up a year
And a sphere
And l think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I'm not as large as you,
You are not so small as l;
And not half so spry.
I'll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track.
Talents differ, all is well and wisely nut:
II cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut"
Then there should be a deener interest
taken by capital in the financial we'll .he;no
Of labor. Such devices as profit sharing'
old age pensions and the like will give the
workman a sense of greater security and
of partnership with capital.
Interest taken in the proper hous;nr of
labor, although not always appreciated il
IN the right line. So; too, the Introduction
OF the social secretary dis an intermediary
between the corporation and the emuloye,
Another thing needed; not so much id
the interests of labor or capital. but in the
interests OF the innocent non-combatants.
is compulsory arbitration, applied at least
where the public suffers intoferable incon.
venlencr, as in the case of a railIoad. tele=
graph or coal strike. Compulsory arbitra-
ton may not always be satisfactory to the
combatants, but it is essential to the peace
and comfort of those not involved in the
controversy. This remedy, or military cor.
troll, as in the recent railway strikes in
Holland and Austria, should be used to
protect the public.
The sovereign remedy, however, must be
not by recourse to legal means, but bv the
application OF the royal law. James (ii;8(.
after speaking OF the relations between the
rich and the poor, says: IF We fulfill the
royal law according to the Scripture, thou
shalt love tiny neighbor as thyself. We do
WELL" This is the aqua regia, the royal
solvent, in which we may solve all the hard
asperities of conflicting interests,
Only as men come to know God thro,,ob
Christ, whom He has sent, and so come to
love their fellow men, will it be possible to
solve these questions Of controversy in a
way that will insure the permanent pro-
gress of our civilization.
What VIZ need, after all, is not measures.
but men.
"The world wants men-large hearted.
manly men;
Men who shall join in chorus and prolong
The psalm of labor and of love.
The age wants h~eroes-heroes who shall
dare
To struggle in the solid ranks of truth:
To clutch the monster, error. by the
throat;
70 bear opinion to a loftier seat;
To blot the error of oppression out,
And lead a universal freedom in"