Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-05
Of LABOR
THEME OF PASTOR
DR.. ]. Whitcomb Brougher Ex-
plains Church Message to Cap
itaIiSt and Corporation

DR.. J. Whitcomb Brougher, pastor
of Temple Baptist church, was greeted
by large audiences yesterday on MS
return from his vacation. He spoke
at the Auditorium in the morning on
! "The Workingman's Friend" a sermon
appropriate to the observance of Labor
day. He took for his text Mark 6:3;
rs not this the carpenter" Among
other things he said:
Jesus Christ has q special message
for the capitalist and the corporation.
He has also a message for the wage
earners. The teachings of Jesus Christ
will furnish the solution to all the so
cial problems of the hour. 1 look for
ward with happy expectations to the
day when the teachings of Jesus Christ
will bring about proper relations be-
tween capital and labor, and the labor
ing man will be accorded his r1ghttul
place of dignity and power in the
progress of the world.
SAVIOR DIGNIFIED LABOR
Jesus Christ himself was a work.
ingman. He was a carpenter and the
son of carpenter He is the only per-
son that ever lived, so far as 1 know,
that ever had the privilege of select
ing his own earthly parents. He chose
to be known as the son of Mary ana
Joseph, who were working people.
The so-called eighteen hidden years,
of his life, from the time he was II
until he was 80, were spent in Naza-
reth. He was obedient unto his parents
and he was industrious.
Jesus Christ, therefore, becomes
the ideal workman. He worked with
that honesty and fidelity of character
which stamps all honorable LABOR To-Day
with dignity and special honor.
Christ chose Workingmen for his
chief APOSTLES He did not recognize
class distinctions. To him a man was
man, whether rich or poor. He was
just as much a Savior for the rich as
for the poor; for the great as for the
lowly; for the exalted as for the OBJ
scure. Still, it was a striking fact that
his most intimate companions were
laboring men. Peter and James and
John we're fishermen. They were his
closest and most intimate companions.
SONS OF TOLL FOREMOST
CAS- a matter of fact, the men who
have influenced the world most have
been men who have come up as sons
of toll. Moses was the son of poor
slave, Levitt. Gideon was called from
his threshing floor to deliver Israel.
David was a shepherd. 1t Is likewise
true that most modern reformers have
been the sons of toll. Luther was the
son of a poor miner who had to strug-
simply a cobbler, but he was also the
father of modern missions. DAVID
Livingstone toiled at the cotton gin.
Ben Jonson, the great English scholar,
was a mason. Bunyan was a tinker.
Elhu Burritt became known as the
learned blacksmith Horace Greeley,
james Gordon Bennett and George w.
Childs worked their way up through
poverty to become the greatest news
paper men the world has ever known.
Jesus Christ lived the life Of Ia
boring man. Every condition OF So
ciety, every station of life was open to
his choice. He might have dazzled the
world with the splendor of his attain
ments. He might have come with un-
| told wealth at his command, but he
did not. He came into a workingman,s S
home and led workingman's life. He
came with a distinctive purpose OF
making conditions easier for the labor
ing classes.
"The church of Jesus Christ, as
consequence, ought always to be in
terested in matters that concern the
laboring people. The Influence of the
church should be used that the laboring
people may have just wages, better
homes in which to live and greater
opportunities for the enjoyment of the
best in life. The church that is true
to Jesus Christ will make this part
Of her great mission. She will endeaVor
to demonstrate by active helpfulness
the great fact that Jesus Christ is IN
terested in all that pertains to the con-
ditions of the laboring classes"