The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-11-10

! and purified before Gods altar, was
pushed out again by this implacable
! shadow. The child that he saved from
evil surroundings and turned in the
| right direction who would gladly have
| walked in righteousness and virtue.
tottered and fell under its dark spell
and sunk again out Of sight.
So, then, he began to study this dark
monster. He determined to know the
reason for the existence for such be
ing in a world God had made so boun-
teous. Nature had not been niggardly
in any respect and the brains and
hands Of each and every man could
produce ten times more than he could
possibly consume. No man should be
poor then, except the thoroughly idle
man; yet Marius found that the idle
man possessed the most and the hard
est toilers had the least. Evidently
charity was not a remedy for poverty.
The cure must go deeper than that,
and he could never be satisfied until
he should understand it and bring it to
bear on the wretchedness he saw
around him.
The Spirit of Universal Brotherhood
grew dearer and dearer to him. While
one fellow being suffered from injus-
tice he could not be happy, and he
preached Truth and Justice ceaseless-
ly. He began to grow popular, Tor
though he made enemies by his plain
speaking, his eloquence, his startling
originality, his sincerity and truthful
ness attracted people and his influence
began to be widely felt. He received
a call from a richer and more populous
church and the offer of a good, COM
Portable salary for his work.
Marius hesitated long time. If he
accepted the call, he must give up his
charity work among the poor, and he
might be tempted to slur over the
truth when it promised to hurt his rich
parishioners. Perhaps he would him.
self forget his ideals, and become lazy
and luxurious. But on the other hand
he would be afforded a chance to talk
to more intelligent and influential peo-
pie and more Of them; he could dis
cuss causes and remedies with them
and thus hasten on the day Of true
reform. His charitable works could be
done by others as we'll, and charity
, was but a makeshift, mere dealing
with effects, after all. Finally he re.
solved to make the change, vowine
greater loyalty to his ideals than ever
and determining to put new zeal ane
| earnestness into his work.
In his new field, Marius did not fai
to speak the truth as he understood it
Many Of his hearers were shocked anG
angered by his bold denunciation Of
usually accepted practices, and by hi:
vivid pictures Of needless poverty
and oppressed toll. But they came
| again and again; men who grew pallit
! under his burning words dared not e
| away lest they miss other burning
| words; and always the fascination O.
some possible new and startling truth
to be heard which would scorch ant
w1ther yet entrance them, kept crowds
| flocking around him. He was a very
! popular and much hated man; he wa!
| both admired and feared. Rich men
engaged In shady deals, came, heart
and trembled; rushed away angry an<
came again. Frivolous women VIII,
| AoA
on pug dogs and monkey dinners, wer,
moved to Mysteries, wanted him exc
cuted-yet heard or read his every ser
mon. He was called a "blasphemer!'
an "anarchist!" a "brawler!" and We
they came to hear him in multitudes
His nearest friends warned him agai1
and again but he spoke as his sou
dictated. And finally crisis in hi
life arrived.
One night committee from his owl
congregation waited on him, to war;
him as to his extreme utterances. The,
said he might preach against tn
wrongs in society in a general way
but he must not illustrate so mucl
from real life; he might be as eloquen
as he liked concerning new theories
but he must not try to pull societ
down about their ears. If he did no
conform somewhat to the demands O
conventionalism, they would be force
to ask him to resign. They offere
him plenty Of time to think over wha