The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-02-11
CHURCH AND LABOR
REDEEM. THE WORLD
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More Adquate Spirit: Of Efficiency
Is Needed in Both organ r
izations. -
EDUCATION MUST KEEP
!: PACE WITH AGITATION
Redemption Wrought Not by Mir
acle But by Devoted Ef-
forts of Men. IL
(By the Rev. Charles Stelzle,)


One small child In. the heart or
Africa, deprived of. the rights AMI
privileges of human being, must
make the rest of the world i'll at
ease. The worlds redemption can
be complete only when all men are
redeemed physically, mentally and
spiritually. There are some people
who look upon this world as sink
ing ship, from which very few are
to- be saved. But the real task that
confronts us is the saving of the ship.
Redemption means the reign of the
Kingdom of God on earth-nothing
less.
Cooperation the Watchword.
Church and labor may cooperate
in this task because both believe in
the salvation Of human society, as
we'll as the salvation of the indivil-
ual. They both believe in the care of
the human body as we'll as the devel-
opment of the human soul. But each
has its own peculiar function in the
work of redemption. The church is
not labor union, and the trades
union is not a church, Neither should
criticise the other because it is not
doing each others. work.
Spirit of Unrest.
Redemption will come only as men
are made dissatisfied with their pres
ent conditions. In this work of
developing unrest the church and la
Dor have a common task. This
spirit of social unrest will come as
there is held UP before men a higher
ideal. This ideal is not so much
system as it is a life. It must be ap-
parent that the ideal. society must
consist of ideal individuals. These
individuals must become the leaders
in this movement for the worlds re-
demption and here is the crux of the
! whole situation-it is after all a mat
ter of leadership. -.
Trials o. .zIea(lert. .s-ssz'ss - - -, q,
+; To be leader among men means
to be lied about and slandered. But
we must have men and women who
are willing to bear the bfunt of the
battle, the cursing with the blessing.
Every great movement today needs
redemption. This means that the
greatest need today is that of leader
ship. Old methods in the industrial
world are passing away. There is
workingman as we'll as the employer.
! This movement in the world of pro-
duction demands efficiency experts
The insurgent movement in politics
is al a question of leadership The
protest against bossism, against old
fogyism and antiquated statesman
ship requires bigger and better men.
The greater responsibility in the
0r11 1f 1ohr lc
Of labor leader-the old type is pass:
ing away. The new labor leader must
be an educator as we'll as an agita-
tor The newer spirit of efficiency
in the church demands better lead
ers Everywhere there is burst
ing of the old bonds. as the world
cries out for redemption.
Development Slow.
The development of leader is al
ways slow process. Moses was
Learned in all the wisdom Of the
Egyptians" nevertheless, he needed
the solitary life of the shepherd, for
forty years, to prepare him for the
great task of leading out into libetry
the slaves of the Egyptian ruler The
leader of today must have learned
how to think things through. His
plans must be built upon sound prin-
ciples. His individuality will always
be prominent, but if mechanic can
not build a machine without observ-
ing inexorable laws, is it reasonable
to suppose that a man can build his 3,
hfe-plans of scrap-pile material. :
The worlds, redemption will be
wrought not by a, miracle. but i,
through men. The biggest job of all :,
is to get the right kind of men.