The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-11
ITO be Continually
S ITO be Cont inued.J IS.
CHURCH LABOR
SHOULD Co / OPERATE J /
Are Sufficiently in Accord on
Fundamental 2 Principles IS q.
Work "a Harmony ...:=s B.
Both Believe That Humanity
Should Be Given Preced |.
zs5 Over Property ,ss. s*,4
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a BY REV llARLEs STEELE,
There may sbe many points Of differ
ence between the church and labor as
TO pecific aims and methods but there
are enough points Of agreement and a
sufficient number Of fundamental
principles for which both stand, TO
warrant church and labor In uniting
for the purpose Of carrying out+a COM
mon program. Ne s3z.$ ~ s:,:s ;S:ss
Should Be Sympathetic: *.s /.
Church and labor should be. sym
pathetic one toward the other, otrst,
because Of their common Mistakes
Both organizations have been CON
troled by men and women who were
very. human and therefore fallibfe.;
There are still occasions when a critic
ism one Of the other is justifiable:
But this criticism should be sympatfi-i
etic, because It will no doubt be dis
covered that the critic has been guilty
OF the same offense. # II TT SS' 4
W. 81 For Social Reform. Y. IIsssss
Church and labor may co operate
becaue they both believe IN the lal-
walton Of society, although sthey may
not agrees In every particular as: to-
how this salvation is to be accom-
gplished. No one can successfully deny.
that the Influence ot the church has
extended Sindef initely beyond the COM
parattvefy narrow: limits aof Its own ,la
institutions and Organizations. "a city
without church would present al
hopeless situation. The unconscio GUS
Influence OF Christianity cannot hei
measured. The . principles Of the |
church has so permeateds society, that;
the great mass Of men have come TOT
accept them as q smater OF course But
even more signifi eant is the. positive
1nfluepce OF the church upon society,"
However ineffectiye It may be IN some
respects, the church may well be proud
OF It ahitory In the matter OF social,
reform The labor movement, IL itI
counts for anything at all, must be
considered asa social movement. IN
70 very important sense, the Individual
IS absolutely lost in It. There is no.
term that is more frequently employed
to- express the Significance of tl1fA
movement than the solidarity Of the
working class. = Sss Il 49, & sst u a
standard Of lndiyiduaIisn,.. III
Church and labor may cooperate
because they both believe IN the. eman-i
cipation Of the individual They both
demand that q man shalt rise up and
be counted ais one. There was q time.
when nothing was quite 50 cheap as
human life Even today, many large
employers Of labor conider il cheaper
to run the risk sof killing their
ployes and paying the slight indemnity
than TO 80 to the expense 81 introduce
ing safety appliances. Labor has long
been fighting for the recognition 81
the value Of the ind idual human life.
has insisted that ID man il Of more
value than q machine. The ancient
philoso phers declared that aSpurchased
lave Il better than q hired one, and il
accordance- with & this principl they
compelled half OF the world to dwell
behind prison bars. They insisted
that the W0rkingnan has no & soul
Then can1e Jesus Christ He showed
the world how highly God values fha
individual. And the church has ever
since advocated this primer
Cars of Human Rody. ssss
. 6 hurch and labor cay operate
because they both believe & nthe care
1 Q 1.-THE human body would no. be
he very ifficult to- produce proof
texts from scripture In orde ITO IN
dtcate that the Bible teaches this doc
Str1ne. Yez are the te1npleas of the
Holy Ghos.. was the statement Of the.
New Testaner writer when he argued
Tor bodily cleanliness Labor IN try,
ms 70 secure higher wages ana short