The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-09-08
LABOR SUNDAY OBSERVED
FATHER O'SULLIvAN DELIVERED
EXCELLENT SERMON YES
TERDAY MORNING.

Tells the Members of the Trade I'm.
ions That Theirs Are Moral SOcie.
ties and That Their Objects, Aims
and Purposes Are Upright-HistOry
Of UniOnism Justifies Its Existence
The first observance of Labor Sun
day, by the Central Labor Union in
compliance with the bylaws enact
ed at the last convention of the Am
erican Federation of Labor at Tor
ONTO thai the Sunday preceding La
Dor Day be observed as Labor Sun
day, took place yesterday and the
members of the Central Labor Union
of this city attended the 1890 o'clock
service at st. Augustine's church.
where they listened to an unusually
interesting sermon delivered by Rev
w. J. O'Sullivan.
In opening, Father O'Sullivan ex-
tended his congratulations to the
members of the union for the initia-
tive that they had taken in inau6ur-
atipg what might be termed Labor
Union Sunday and said that it should
appeal not only to the members of the
organization but to workers the world
over, because it seems that it should
be productive of great results fal
to the members of the organization
but to the commonwealth and citizens
at large, because it gives an object
lesson of the high order of the under
lying principles upon which such an
organization should be established
the principles of truth, justice, equity
brotherly love and patriotism, which
should govern the aims, objects, an6
actions of such an organization, ant
by so doing will place the cause Of
labor on the high plane where j,
rightfully belongs.
A Moral Society.
1.-THE moral standing of any organ.
stitution and it will be seen that il
the object be for the betterment an(
the aims and purposes for the i'm
provement of the members of the So
ciety then it is moral society in OBJ
ject, aim and purpose and if the
methods employed to realize are up
right then it is also moral and praise
worthy
mo one can deny from the study o
the history Of the labor union that i
has all of these characteristics max
ing it justifable and eommendable ant
a praiseworthy organization. 1t hal
been proved that the results obtained
by labor unions cannot be oItainet
any other way. A prominent writer
are 20 demoraliH1 and destroy. an.
that the only way to prevent this j!
the spirit of organization to resis
being crowded out.
"The object of the union is the in
surance and the betterment of thu
conditions o. the members. The lat
Ter object has the greater attention
and is of Sroa. Importance, having t
do with the conditions of the wag,
earners, the + urs OF work, sanitary
conditions Of facto'ies, safety o.
members and other things for tn,
well being of :Na) kind, and in order
that the objects Of the order may bt
realized 1t must at all times be gov.
erned by the laws and principles o.
justice as b"!o"e stated. The agree.
ment between the wage earners ant
the employer is contract and thu
carrying out of the contract must al
all times be governed by the laws q.
justice and righteousness and when.
ever either side loses sight of these
principles then trouble is liable tC
ensue, at all times mist the members
keep the supreme laws and purposes
in view and be governed by them"
The Ruler of All Men.
A few years ago Father O'Sullivar
attended the conference in New York
City held preliminary to the peace
conference at The Hague and at this
conference, where many great mer
were present and talked over matters
of Importance to the entire universe
the name Of the ruler of all meI
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