Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-10-27

ing brothers Who are look
ing so earnestly. 50 pathetically for the
breaking o. the day The workers
think ue are out q touch with them
They say we ara 50 snug In q assur
auce % a golden cits beyond the skies
that We have &c thought or passion Tor
thar city Rhfch Il to come down out q
heaven from Cod 10 the people
Whether that De true or not. 81; Is time
for Is 20 besar ourselves. 20 demon
strate that We are O our % touch
with the masses that in all theft
struggles FOR 3uster conditions. for So
cial righteousness. for higher deals.
the Christian church is with the work
ers
We wonder sometimes when this
sort % thing is going 20 stop Ihe
patror.Eing air which SO many assume
when lacy begin 10 talk about the day
laborers Is enough TO Ill those very
iaborers With disgust In the nrst
place. a LOT % sentimental pity Is be
INK wasted over the iaboring Ia
lie asks none Of this. and u does him
no good xhen Il Is expressed The
iaboring mar l. The happiest mar
alive o. course. there are a te~ eX
ceptious here. Just as there are q good
many exceptions among those Wis
have received a self-appOirted place
among the gentlemen q le.sv-2 Ma
ture has 10 blessing FOR that which
doesn't Go anything Everything =
life activity. animation When 3
hing In ra'ur nc longer works ~e
call IL dead and begin 20 search fc- a
spade 20 bury q Nor does God have
blessings fcr he itler That tsut the
vay b. dispenses Nhat Is u his hands
He has mapped IL days q every
seven for work. and Il y The universal
human experience thai. when his CON
rafes are kept TIE keeper IS tie hap
pier. eyen tho-Eh Re eo@su labor he
SIX days for tie sole purpose q being
obedieut 20 Tie Lord
Privilege q t-e Tsiler.
The necessity for vc-k = ~iu~rought
into the constitution Of things ard
persons Tie very fac: hat a Ia Is
a toiler puts hin IN line with one q
the Gates commandments o, Coo
In some places the conditions under
which be tolls ought 10 te improved
radically improved And here those
who have been trying 70 express pity
need 20 put their attention II safety
devices can Be Installed where there
has been danger heretofore. u sun
shine can b admitted 70 drive out The
darkness and DRY up The mold. 4 prop
~ ventilation a make Il healthier
FOR the toilinE uen ard ~ouer. Il iD-
provement can - made n the moral
surroundings. Il children are kept out
q body st1ntins and mind destroying
factories. and 4 whole catalogue q
other things reuedied. there xiu -
20 appreCiAble chasD between xork-
ing men and women and other uorrais
But this long dawn ont strain over
working Eea. because they are ~ork-
ing zen. : oct OF harmony With tie
whole makeup o, men and TIE par
pose Of the Lord Tie church which
lends Itself to this kind q music Is
losing is opportunity and destroying
the possibility ever % finding o1e-
Ne Possible Gut.
Again. there Is 10, that impossible
gulf between the Christian church
and the common toilers which some
speakers and correspond
ents would have Is believe some
topics for diseuisitions are found L
the rich churches OF Sex York but
any such are misrepresentation O.
American Christianity as : who.s
The toiler six days in the week = -
backbone Of the church OF Sz-1av
and during the week There IS 70
better man in church thar IL who IS
engaged In honest Industry duri1E -he
week Such a man i providing fo-
his family. Conscisrdc1sly. o. unco-.
scientiously. be Is obsysrE Il SAB
bath commandment. tie great pz-- q
which is 20 work six days q. order :
appreciate a rest OF he seTe--h zzy
To claim that tie toiii-E -zssas ~.
ting the noun With IL uo6ise- = GO
tation marks. are CIT @ -o-ch ~.
the church. Is E SANDER zxz-s- -h=se
men vho work There a. sc-E. Il =
sure, WHO have 3 E-svz-cz zf-h -
without a f~oz-ta8c= ~ 80 ezr-c-
d-zz a universal co1cl1slcr f--- suca
insufficient data Tie working ran -