Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-04
THE JUNGLE IN
THE BIBLE TIMES
Rev. William Horace Day Tells What
Pork Packers Saw When
Swine Died of
Devils

At the First Congregational church
last night the pastor, William Horace
| Day, preached on "The Packers OF
Gadera" in the course on MARK s
Mosiacs of the Master" The Congre-
gational Choral club assisted the choir
in a very attractive musical service.
After the sermon the pastor conducted
a fellowship meeting, at which Mr.. Lott
sang 'In the Secret of His Presence" "
He said in part:
Jesus in this mosaic of Marks gospel
had crossed the lake with his disciples,
had encountered the poor fellow who
was the slave of an unclean spirit. The
demons has gone oub of the man into
a herd of swine which stampeded into
the sea and had perished. The herder
ran into the city and told the owners
what had happened. Among those who
came to see what had happened were
those who had an interest in the pork
packing business.
What the Packers Saw
I'VE are told that they looked at the
man, but they evidently saw nothing
but the dead swine. They were so con-
cerned about the hogs as to be incap-
able of thinking of the healed man
clothed and in his right mind. They
were afraid Mark says. What made
them afraid? Not lest Jesus should
heal too many insane men whose sins
had blighted the life of home and chill
dreIi. They couldn't have been afraid
of that. They feared it would be too
expensive. I have no doubt some of
these Gentiles were benevolent men
who deal charitably with the unfor-
tunates in the homes of misery about
them, but when their special drove of
hogs was threatened they could see
nothing but imperiled business in
terests. They besought him to depart
out Of their borders He was too
anxious to deliver men to be interested
in the business Of the packing town Of
Gadera.
The Gadera school of economies ex-
lists today. In this age of marvellous
prosperity the aims of politics and of
business have been primarily CONNER
cial. VIII 1T pay in dollars? We have
been getting rich and energy has been
more valued than honesty. William
Allen White has we'll said of a recent
political campaign: The platform ap-
pealed to the cash drawer instead of
the conscience Today we are perhaps
threatened with a panic because we
have left conscience out.
Last summer when The Jungle and
the president were the cause of fear
and trembling in Packingtown in Chi
cago a friend said to me: The presi-
dents action has ruined our market
abroad He was not concerned about
the truth of the accusations, only at
the loss of business built upon a cheat
In congress- it was hard to secure
action on the question because some one
had drove of swine Of Gadera to pro-
tect.
Vision Of New Life
"1he packers of Gadera saw little
but the dead swine. To Jesus and his
disciples there was a vision of a new
life, restored home and useful service
to friends and nation. Jesus came to
establish the fact that man should not
live by bread alone that civilization Is
for man and not for the sake OF grow
ing swine. He forever opposed that
division of humanity into those who
have because there are so many who
have not. Today civilization is under
the eye of many who have been with
him who walked to Galilee. The wheels
of legislation have been blocked in
Washington and in the states on ali
kinds of pretenses when men went to
protect the child because the child Is
of less account than the hogs OF Ga