The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-13
FAIR HAVEN NEWS
Plea TO Wage Farmers Was
Topic of DR.. Sneath's Ser.
mon-Pastors speak
on Cleaning

At the Grand avenue Congregations
Il church, Rev Dr Sncath preached
yesterday morning upon Some I'M
2prtant Values; a Plea to Wagc-ean-
ers, Ills Scripture was taken from
Matthew VI, 3d. but seek yc first his
Kingdom and, his Righteousness and
All these tjngs shah be added unto
you"
There are changes taking place to-
aT, looking O. tho bcttcrmcnt Of the
uman family said the preacher,
In these Wagc-earncrs are ospc-
clally interested, The danger is that
the thinking upon these revolutions Is
too exclusively from the commercial
point OF view, 1t Is all money and
With many It Is absolute senshness.
There are certain values which wage
earners as well as others must ever
keep IN mind, or these tho preacher
may emphasize AT least three and CON
corning which the wage-earnor cannot
axe umbrage.
Tho value Of true character must
not be forgotten, In this day men
seem to think that It is unessential,
Power Is the magic word. But power
apart from ehHracter will lead to row
olution without justice, Organized
power can achieve great results and is
90 be encouraged; but it must not
werk apart from character: or the CO.
operation desired in our time will be
selfish in character and will lead to
defeat Of any permanent good.
y second value is the Christ. Wage
earncrs may revere His name; but
many ~ thcm have no vital relation
10 him. He became a toilcr and His
teachings have given new ideal con
+ corning labor 10 the world He should
be honorcd for this If for nothing
moro. But He also sacrificed His life
10 become the worlds saviour and
abiding friend. It Is mistake, in.
dlFidualy and collectively for wage
Gamers not to give the Christ per-
manent and prominent place in their
thinking and living
"A THIRD value is that of the eternal
life, Tho agnostic position that We
do not know therefore we do not care
is not the true theory Of life. Wage
earncrs need TO link the other life
with this one, even as Jesus did. TIC
say with Mr. Carnegie. one world al
q time; the duties Of the other world
/ when we reach IT, Is not a sufficient
/ Ideal ever for successful living here
There are aspirations which wage
/ carners can never satisfy here. If We
/ think only of the present. We will In.
/ evitably be led into a condition Of
discomfort and despair, we want t
know Of a Fathers approval; Of HE
where the Incomplete an unattainablC
shall be made complete; where there
shall be chances which can never b.
realized here, and satisfactIons which
; are not even dreamed OF here. 4
/ young man said TO me recently that h,
. hoped IN the rclncarnate lie he woult
be baseball player: and soeials
said he hoped IN the future for an op
portunity to develop the love for ar
which Is IN him and which he canno
develop because Of the financial re
Quiremcnts Of this life What Is It ii
these lives back Of their theories?
Is the faith that at some future tim,
they can untrammcled follow thei
trucst desires II Is tho inspiration o
The next life that keeps them from dc
spalr in this one
"Hc who thus links the two world
also has larger conception Of tn
work lie docs here. He is not liviri
a life Of dun selfish grind; but he &
helping God and humanity to tina
higher ideal of life for which hi
ideals call; ana he knows that they Ia
bor not in vain who thus labor in tn
lord For did He not say well don
good and faithful servant thou has
been faithful over a few things;
will set thee over many things; ente
thou into the JOY OF the Lord