The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-17

VI.
Henry j. Van Dyke:
Never in a costly palace did I rest on
golden bed,
Never in hermit's cavern have I eaten
idle bread.
Born within lowly stable, where the cat
tie round Me stood.
Trained a carpenter in Nazareth, I have
-, toiled and found it good.
Ihey who tread the path of labor follow
-, where My feet have trod;
They who work without complaining do
the holy will of God.
Where the many toll together there am I
among My own:
Where the tired workman sleepeth, there
am l with him alone.
l. the peace that passeth knowledge, dwell
amid the daily strife.
L, the bread of heaven am broken in the
sacrament of life"
>, While there is never any bitterness in
the Masters utterance regarding wealth,
HIS views may be readily gathered from
s4ch paraoes as that of Dives and Lazarus
tLuke Xvi:l9).
Again, we have the same attitude in the
passage on the camel and the needles eye
(Matthew SiX:23).
No; Not only was the Lord poor, but His
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.
ana mic many foolish and hurtful usts,
which drown men in destruction and per-
ditlon. For the love OF money is the root
OF all evil" q. Timothy vi:9IO). Or the
who!e, the attitude of the New Testament
wealth.
The evangelical churches stand rpon the
word OF Scripture, and so II sympathy
with labor. In fact, of some 1000 900 of
male members in the evangelical churches
OF our land, not less than G,OC0,0OO are
wage ,earnerS or manual laborcrs. So that
the claim chat the modern church has de-
parted from the position occupied by the
apostolic church is not we'll founded
what, then, from the letter and spirit of
inc 6lolc In connection with the teachnj
OF experience is to be suggested as a means
of curing the quarrel between labor and
capital?
First, let there be closer personal relo.
lions between the rich and the poor. Let
thcm meet together in the fellowship CT
C C;oa house and the Divine Eatherhood.
OuG Ct mutual acquaintance will come mu-
tual respect, and recognition of a com
mon humanity.
You may remember Emerson's story Of
the quarrel between the mountain and tho
squirrel, where he says:
The mountain and the squirrel
Had quarrel,
And the former called the latter Little
prig.
l}m replied,
i or are doubtless very big,
But al sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together
10 make UP year
And a sphere
And | think it no disgrace
o occupy my place
II I'm not as large as vow,
on are not so small as |
And not half so sprv
L il not deny you make
a very pretty squirrel track
Talents a differ, all is well and wisely put;
II l cannot carry forests on nv Lack
Nclther can you crack nut
Then there should be deeper interest
taken by capital in the financial well-beiny
OF labor. Such devices as profit sharing
ola age pensions and the like will give the
workman a sense OF greater security and
OF partnership with capital
Interest taken in the proDer HOUSING Of
labor, although not always appreciated ia
IN me right line. So, too, the introduction
o. the social secretary as an intermediary
between the corporation and the emp!oye.
Nno; her thing needed, not so. much in
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 into!erable incon.
NeAi;n nc, as IN the case OF Il railioad telc-
graph CT coal strike. Compulsory arhitra.
ton may not always be salts factory TO the
comuaiants, Uut 1t is essential to the peace
ana comfort OF those not involved in the
controversy. This remedy, or military con-
IToii as III me recent railway strikes in
Holland and Austria, should be used TO
protect the public.
The sovereign remedy, however, must he
not by recourse to legal means, but bv the
apphcauon OF the royal law. James (ii:SJ.
hiter speaking OF the relations between the
iIch ana the Icor, says If We fuill the
roy@i law according 10 the Scripture, thou
Sh&t love tny EeiGhbor as thyseli, We do
well ms is the aqua rcgia the royal
so.Vent. IN which we may solve all the hard
asperitiSs of conflicting interests.
oniy DIS men come to know God through
Shrlst, whom He has sent, and so come TO
!ove thelr fellow men, viii it hc possible to
So.Ne the'e questions OF controversy in a
way that viii insure the permanent pro
gress OF our civilization.
What we need, after all, is net measures.
hut men. ~
The world wants men large hearted.
maLly men,
Men who shall join in choru: and prolong
,n,he psa!n oi labor and of love
Inc age wants hcrocs-htrocs who shall
uare
10 struggle in the solid ranks Of truth,
throat;
10 bear opinion to n lofticr seat
10 bot the error OF oppression out.
And lead Il universal freedom in. ..
Faces That Comfort One.
81 wish some people knew lust how
much thcr faces Can comfort one!" The
speaker was NOlng woman who ha6