The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-01-13

Of you and your. religion. It is a
hollow mockery.ss :si~s il. s's< T.. ss@
The face Of the superintendent
flushed; : then = he = upbraided 7 the
young man, and admonished him to
pray for control over an ungovern-
able temper. The teacher refused to
take the advice, and an argument
ensued, in which the old man was
Yworsted and exhibited a temper that
certainly needed praying over. Hor-
rified teachers who overheard the
argument were Of the opinion that
both were fit. subjects for much
prayer.
| There was great stir in the shop
where the teacher had worked for
years. An agitator had appeared and
invited the men to attend a meeting,
to be held in the evening, for the
purpose of forming union. To the
teacher the union had been an in
st1tution built on very Objectionable
lines. Employers had frowned upon
1t, and he had regarded un1onists as
lawless class. Prominent members
OF his church society had denounced
1t in scathing terms, and their opin-
ions had prejudiced him against all
labor organizations.
The superintendent of the mission
had been vehement in his denuncia-
tons of all things connected with
the unions, but now his ideal, the
superintendent, had been shattered.
Heretofore his advice had been a
guide to the young man, but his bru-
tai Indifference to human suffering
had exposed the false shepherd. Like
drowning man, the teacher grasped
at the first thing that floated near
him. He decided to go to the meet
ing and find out what there was in
unionism.
This is my commandment, That
| We love one another even as I have
loved YOU This is my text and I
propose to demonstrate that upon
this foundation the unions are built. !"
These were the first words spoken by
| the agitator, and a hush fell over
the audience of working men when
the words Of the Nazarene, uttered
in mellow, sympathetic tones, were
heard.
Surely this could not be the agi-
tator. The speaker was man Of
slight build. Lines of suffering mark
! ed his features. He was mild of
manner and impressed his hearers
as being a man of great intelligence
and benevolence.
"The world is filled with good
| things" he continued, land the Gre
ator never intended that few
should monopolize all his blessings,
| while the multitude groveled in pow
erty and thousands persisted through
lack of the bare necessities of life.
I have here copy of newspaper
that tells of banquet given to dogs
! at Newport, and in the same paper
| is unfolded a tale Of horror that
makes my blood and yours run cold.
"While the dogs we're being pamp-
cred and Toasted on choice viands,
woman and her children we're found
homeless and starving on the streets
of New York. Think of this, and
then denounce us as rabid' agitators,
If you dare, because we want to bring
about conditions that will make our
children and yours as precious as
dogs. -> -.
"The Carpenter Of Nazareth--the
Redeemer of mankind-said, while
on earth: 1T is not meet to take the
children's bread and cast it to the
Dogs but this Very thing is being
done today, and thousands of the
protesting followers of the Christ are
not only allowing it to be done with
out protest, but are found among
those who are doing it.
while passing the morgue the
| other day, I was attracted by
number of children, who exhibited
great evidences of grief. I asked a
bystander what caused the commo-
ton, and he carelessly replied: oh,
not much! It's only bunch of
street arabs. One of them was froz-
en- to death last night, and he's in
there
"Why do you tolerate such con-
ditions without protest? Because
your attention has been all taken
up in your own struggle for bread?
This little fellow was only a street
arab, they said. Yet he was a hu-
man being, made after the image Of
God.
The street arab, human and made
in the image Of God, rests in an un-
marked grave in the potters field.
"Surely the Christ, who said, In
asmuch as We did it to the least of
| these my brethren, ye did it unto
me- will hold men responsible for
such inhumanities. And when I say
this, l mean that He will hold you
equally responsible with the favored
classes. You have the remedy at
hand, and you will be condemned if
you do not embrace it. You are
your brothers keeper, and will be
called to account If you fail in your
duty to him.
''The labor organization seeks to
instill into the minds of men the
doctrine of love; and is condemned
for doing 1t.
II say again, the world is filled
with good things, provided by mer-
cifn1 Father, and that the. masses
can not secure them, because they
have allowed themselves to be ex-
plotted by the few, who seek to keep
them in subsection, and coin their
bone, muscle, and blood into yellow
! gold. ..
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