Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-08-11
am I with him alone.
am with him alone.
/, the peace that passeth knowledge, dwell
amid the daily strife.
l, the bread of heaven,, am broken in the
sacrament of life"

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sacrament of life"
While there is never any bitterness in
the Masters utterance regarding wealth,
His views may he readily gathered from
such parallels as that of Dives and Lazarus
duke Xvi:l9).
Again, we have the same attitude in the
passage on the camel and the needles eye
Matthew xiN:23).
Not only was the Lord poor, but His
apostles were all poor men, who placed no
value on wealth. Paul, the greatest of
apostolic preachers, supported himself by
manual labor, and taught They that will
be rich fall into temptation and a snare,
and into many foolish and hurtful lusts,
which drown men in destruction and per-
dition. For the le7e OF money is the root
of all evil Il. Timothy vi:9-l0). On the
whole, the attitude of the New Testament
is one of warning against the seductions of
wealth.
The evangelical churches stand upon the
word of Scripture, and so IN sympathy
with labor. In fact, of some 100000 of
male members in the evangelical churches
of our land. not less than 100000 are
wage earners or manual laborers. So that
the claim that the modern church has de-
parted from the position occupied by the
apostolic church is not well founded.
What, then, from the letter and spirit of
the Bible in connection with the teachings
of experience is to be suggested as a means
of curing the quarrel between labor and
capital?
First, let there be closer personal rela-
tions between the r,ch and the poor. Let
them meet together in the fellowship OF
Gods house and the Divine fathcrhood.
Out of mutual acquaintance will come mu-
tual respect and recognition OF a COM
moa humanity.
You may remember Emersons story Of
the quarrel between the mountain and the
squirrel, where he says:
The mountain and the squirrel
Had quarrel,
And the former called the latter Little
prg.
Bun replied,
You are doubtless very big.
But all sorts OF things aud weather
Must be taken in togethe"
10 make up year
And sphere
And think it no disgrace
10 occupy my pace.
II I'm not as large as you,
Nou are not so small as |;
And not hal so spry.
/ II not deny YOU make
y very pretty squirrel track.
Talents differ, all is well and wisely put;
If cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can YOU crack nut
Then there should bc a deeper interest
taken by conital in the financial well.be,ng
Of Labor Sucb devices a. nrott sharinr
old ace nensions and thc Ike viii give the
workman a sensc nj creator secnr,tv and
of partnership with capital.
,bnr although NOT aIways annrec;,teI IA
in tho rirht line. So too tbr Introduction
of the social secretary As an intermediarv
between the cornoration and tbe cmn,ove
Another thinr needed NOT 81 murh in
the interests Of labor or canital bmt in tho
interests of RI. innncnnt Observation-Disclosures
is COMPULSORY arbitration. annlied at least
vboro thn u,lI;c suffers n,nt.r,bla mon.
yeni[ncc a! in Tho case Of , rniI,nad te,a.
rr,nh or coal strike Comnulsorv arh;tr,.
Tim may mn, always no ,t;.t,ctnry 10 Tho
comh,l.nts Int II is essential ~ thn n,,rc
and comf,rt OF those not involved in tho
controversy THIS remedy mr. ,n;l;tar, cn,,.