The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-11-16

those who count supremely upon the
compulsion of law that, until you
can count also upon hearty convic-
ton of the essential equity of law,
the cleverness of those whom it affects
will be principally concerned in
evading it and it may wisely be re-
membered that the mightiest Man
hood that ever touched human prob
lems-mightiest because it was both
Divine and human-was least of all
concerned about legislation, and most
of all with making a way into the
heart of man for the divine law of
brotherhood.
And again upon the radical ques-
tions which disturb great section
of our country.
''The Bishops of this House put on
record their convictions that, while
waiting for the adoption of some plan
that shall deal mere effectively with
the great problem of the religious
care of the colored people of this
country, the conscience of the Church
needs to be aroused to the absolute
inadequacy both of means and of
methods for the discharge of this
tremendous responsibility, and to be
awakened to the care of this great
multitude of people who, although
another race, have been bought with
the blood of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, and are in sore need of
the teaching of His Gospel to uplift
them to sounder faith and purer
life. -
"Such words confront us with the
gravest problem of our American life
today, and the most increasingly
menacing. 1t is idle to deny, or to
ignore, the fact that the people of the
Republic, North and South, are rad
ically divided, not alone as to the
facts which the words just quoted
affirm, but as to their meanings and
we rejoice to be able to congratulate
the General Convention that it has
appointed Joint Commission with
authority to call to its aid the best
wisdom in the land, and to probe the
questions which affect not only our
selves, but (most of all) a race now
numbering some nine millions of
people, and brought to these shores
by no choice or consent of their own
Ii, by giving them freedom. we have
only given them the power to work
mischief, and if lynchng has come to
be defended as a necessary protection
TO families, then surely we are face to
lace with a situation at once desper.
ate and dishonoring. We may not
Ignore 1t; we cannot disown it. If
is a part of our social situation. and
II the Church can have nothing to
say about it, then she simply dis
owns her duty, and her Master
Inc race problem is one that puz
zles the best brain of the country to
solve, yet'it cannot be avoided or put
aside. 1t is here to be met. and go
luton must come in some shape or
form, and when it does come If will
be through a union of the highest
christian influence and the broadcast
craftsmanship of the land.
The word "caste'' in this eminent
church document strikes at the kev-
note of labor issues, and it is as much
due to the spirit of caste'' as to anv
other cause that present problems ex-
Ist. The Unsuitable frenzy for the
highest pinnacles of an aristocracv of
wealth, and the adulation and wor-
hip of those within that sphere. mnst
'esult In the policy of deprivinp
abor as much as possible of industri-
II compensation in order to swell tbo
'oners that are replenished here and
Exhausted in London, Paris and
donte Carlo. Caste brought about
he frightful history of France. and
0 avoid future troubles more or less
ragical, which are sure to grow ont
I conditions as they are trendinp
specially with the vast army of nm
esirable foreigners which great man
featuring interests are importing in
farming numbers in order To roam
reater profits, that spirit must in
'me measure be curbed- and IL
tristan teaching can accomplish
nsht in that direction to turn aside
o6slble future labor ho.. a.. -.