The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-17
MINISTRY OF
E.. THE MANUAL TOILER.

Few ministers in Atlanta peradven-
Ea are accustomed to think Of Lie
H8hd opera house as a sacred strGc-
iS8 1t was never dedicated or con-
seated to religious uses. Naturally
podgh we are prone to regard it-a
y aaN house, chiefly devoted to the
musement Of the people. It is that
\ WHSomething mOre--a concert hall,
Nature platform and auditorium,
Aptace Of assembly for patriotic,
kRational and religious purposes.
.9 palace Of the muses. has been
iiNhy times transformed into forty Of
tB people intent on cooperating
f8 noble ends and the achievement
of the highest social and sacred
ideals. When a few evening ago,
Rev. DR.. Gunn and myself, invited to
Ropen and close the meeting with a
recognition Of God, looked out upon
a great company Of railway trainmen
hold an open session in the opera
house. 1 was impressed with the es-
sentially religious character Of all
our industrial organizations. The
lines between things sacred and
things secular are vanishing. And
this is we'll enough if the change
means the elevation and glorifica-
Mion Of secular activities as one
|#method OF honorin" God and serving
&smankind
IS Twentieth Century Chivalry.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, all fulsome eulogy aside, are
an order Of >knighthood. They con-
y stitute one division Of twentieth cen
tury chivalry. Six hundred thousand
brave men are employed in the trans
portation service of our country.
Every year over fifty thousand of
SNhem are killed or wounded. at the
lNtost Of duty. There are few, if any,
records that equal this
!Eearly showing Of death and disaster.
~ \ow pathetic is this tribute Of hu-
d life and distressing injury paid
a Iwell being Of their countrymen
BY these soldiers in the valiant, but
unheralded, and often, unrccognized
army. of commerce. Peace hath her
victories no less renowned than war.
To win them courage, decision, pat
riotism, intelligence and endurance Of
hardships are as necessary in civil
life as in the experiences of the men
in uniform who defend the flag
afloat and ashore. 1t is not in har-
mony with the feelings of some of
us to suppress our admiration for
these men. In honoring them we hon
or ourselves.
Ministers of God.
We need to understand in an age
when wealth brings leisure and leis-
, gure rots in idleness that all honorable
Ntoil makes one n Minister of God
God, the Father Almighty, is a work
er. He it is who heats the furnace
of the sun, fills the pools in the sky,
heaves the ocean, paints the sunrise
and the sunset, and AXE mighty
engineer drives on the planets in
their revolutions. God makes and
unmakes governments, sets up and
dethrones kings, changes the map of
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human destiny. "My Father,' declar-
ed Jesus Christ, "workcth hitherto, -
or up to this very hour.
! Jesus Christ was worked. 'My
Father worketh hitherto and 1 work. -
Unless He had been worker He
could not have claimed Sonship of
the Father Christ gave the longest
period Of his life to manual toll, thus
glorifyine industry by His example
Christ did mental works as a pupil
in the synagogue. AS Hebrew even
then wa 81 dead language, He had
to acquire it with the same sort of
application required by our boys to
learn Latin and Greek in college and
high school, Christ did moral and
spiritual work in all the Offices he
discharged as the worlds teacher
Gand Savior. Whether as a carpenter,
making yokes for oxen, or as man
ASbuiller, developing human spirits, by
81 imparting faith, hope and love, Jes-
So us is always and everywhere the
: worker and co-laborcr with God.
So there is a gospel Of work. There
Hs ministry of manual toilcrs. Every
man is called Of God and duly ordain-
Ell az and commissioned and qualified to
8 SbeS worker in some sphere, vitality