The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-03
DUTY VERSUS RIGHTS.

The following article on the above
subject, by the Rev Charles Stelzle,
is a new departure In the manner OF
reasoning from cause TO effect; and.
TO our way of thinking, is the real
mode of procedure. The cause" is
the inhumanity-in a greater or less
degree-of the few toward the many.
The effect" Is the necessity of the
many for being compelled 10 demand"
their rights" We all must recoG-
nize the fact that we owe some duty"
TO each other; but TO induce the "fav-
ored few" to do their duty. is another
thing. It is not such a great task TO
teach duty to those who do not know
it, as il Is to secure the performance
of duty from those with whose pc
cuniary interests il might come in
conflict. The line Of reasoning is cor
rect, however. and it viii come some
day.
1Ir. Stelzle said.
Since the birth Of the American Re
public, we have accepted as supreme
the doctrine of the right OF liberty
and the pursuit of happiness" In our
systems Of Jurisprudence. and In our
ueatises upon stntecraft and sociol-
ogy, the emphasis has been upon the
nights Of mankind We have been
hearing about the rights of the child.
the rights Of women, the rights of
capital, the rights of labor civil rights
and political rights, until the doctrine
Of human rights has become n thing
working endless confusion and hat
req
In sharp contrast with this method
of securing better conditions for man
kind and a more harmonious spirit
among men, is the doctrine taught bv
God. In the sacred word there is prnc.
tically no reference 10 the rights OF
mantle emphasis is uDon the daty Of
man
When the strong opprcSs the weak,
we immediately cry out that there
has been a transgression Of rights
The New Testament declares that the
law of love and brotherhood has been
violated.
If the rich operator opDresses the
~age'earner, reducing him To a star
walton plane; If he 50 manipuiates the
market and closes factories so as 10
prevent the laboring men from enjoy
Ing lood and comfort. the remedy that
the bible proposes is not in emphasiZ.
ing the rights of the poor but In
thrusung In upon the employer the
thought that in the treatment Of his
men he is TO follow the law OF love
and OF brotherhood
Human rights will never suffer If
human duties be performed Tue time
has come when duty must be cmpha-
sized. The duty of the employer to
the cmploye. of the employe TO TIE en-
ployer.
Duty. then. and not rights. Is the
supreme need OF the hour. For the
doing Of ones duty Will carry one far.
ther along than the mere granting of
another's rights. Gradually. men are
coming 10 learn this important truth
The growing spirit of altruism indI.
Gates II. The workinSman demands
Justice, and ne is right But God de-
mands more than Justice His Impera.
tive is Love. For love is tho fulfilling
Of tho law
First. Because / am not afraid tC
line up with my fellow workers anC
make honest demand for that which
is Justly ours.
Second. Because | want 10 sec ev
CRY man. woman and child have plen
~ 10 eat plenty to wear, and plenty o
time 10 enjoy It,
Third. Because | am opposed I,
flth and Ignorance. and In favor O
health and knowledge
Fourth Because [ can think NOR,
Of an honest heart under a ragge,