Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-14
THE LABOR PROBLEM
INTERESTING TALKS BY A. /.
uRlcH OF DIES MONIES AND
REV. w. H. HORNED
Large Attendance at Open Meeting
Under Auspices Of otturwa Trades
and Labor Assembly at Labor Hall
Last Evening-The Addresses.

Money in itself and of itself can
not earn money. Christ has commando
ed us to take no interest from orr
brother and every man in the world is
our brother" said Rev w. H HORNED
in his address on the solving of the
labor problems, given at the open
meeting of the Trades and Labor as
sembly Friday evening in Labor hall.
Rev. Hormel is pastor of the East End
Presbyterian church.
The meeting was also addressed bv
A. l.. Urich of Des Moines. president
of the State Federation of Lahor. Both
speakers dwelt on labor conditions and
labor problems. A good sized audience
was present.
Rev. Horned was the first speaker.
He said in part: Christ came among
the poor. he stayed poor all his life.
He was not ashamed to earn has way
by manual labor and to eat his bread
bathed in the sweat of his
brow He went out among the
poor and talked to them Some
people seem to think that Christianity
is a sort of paid up insurance policy
that takes effect at death, but 1t was
not for this that Christ came. He
came for the living and not for the
dead; to teach men how to live and to
give them life.
The allegiance Of all men should be
to him, because he is the only true,
just the only real man. There is
brother workman that stands at the
head of this great universe and he it
is who controls all the powers that be,
all the nations in this world, and he
stands ready to direct them for the
general good of all those who want to
be men,
Love or Force.
There are just two ways to bring
about the conditions that we want.
The rights and conditions that civiliza-
ton stands for. That is liberty, free
dom, education and protection of prop
erty. and peace among men. First,
there is Christ's way-the love plan.
The other is the law plan. That Is by
means of police, armies, navies, jails,
penitentiaries, and all Of the weapons
used by human law. The latter plan
has been tried for thousands of years
and yet look at the result.
"Talle the condition in some of the
foreign countries today, or for that
matter in our own. Standing armies
they have and have had for years and
years. Civilization has advanced.
People should be better If that plan is
success. Do we hear anything of the
Iessening of the armies? No. There
is all the time cry for larger stand
ing armies, greater navies. Who pays
for these great armam ents? Whose
sons are they that fill the ranks? Is
it those who sit in the highest places?
| Is it the noble, the barons, the great
that question for yourself. Every year
the forces Of the law are increased and
the increase is demanded.
TT is what Christ said, Give hate
and We shall get hate, give love and 1t
shall be returned to YOU I have many
relatives in Germany. They are many
Of them young men. In this country
there are many of us who are
men. Surprising there should be a
war between this country and Ger
many. We of the same blood would
be forced by our allegiance to our
countries to fight against each other.
And so while we both profess to be-
lieve in Christ, we would sin against
his express command, Thou shalt not
kill
Banding Together
In France and in other foreign
countries the working men are begin
ming to open their eyes. They are
banding together and are agreeing that
they will not fight with their brothers
of other countries.
Christ is today taking hold Of the
hearts of men in greater measure
than ever before. If We miss him in
the solution of any Of these problems
we will find that our solution is wrong.
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