The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-28

whom they are In contact. They
should realize that loyalty TO God
means that they SHOULD show forth
the praises OF Him who hath called us
out Of darkness into his marvellous
| light"
In word. every true Christian who
has made full conservation of him.
self to the Lord. to walk In the foot
steps of the Savior. should waken to
the fact that we are In a critical time
We are I'm the time mentioned by St
Paul. when every mans work shall be
tried SO as by fire. q Corinthians III.
1877 The testing will be along the
Hines both OF faith and of works. Only
Nose holding firmly to "the faith once
delivered to the saints" will be able TO
bring forth such fruits, such good
works. as the tcstings of this hour re.
qulre This class. awake TO their re-
sponsibility toward God ana the breth.
rem and the Bible. and full of zeal
therefore, will thereby be kept in this
"evil day" God will bless them In
their endeavors to glorfy Him.
My Brothers keeper--Soeially.
In the days of slavery and serfdom.
every master. every feuda lord. recog.
nlzcd responsibility for his servants
or slaves. He was interested In their
health and In their morals. for they
were his property, and any deprecia-
tion meant financial loss TO him. Thus
selfish interest kept him alive to his
responsibility. To considerable degree.
But now all that has changed Scrfs
and slaves. released from obligation.
are without supervision and care. The
less lit of our race are in serious dan.
ger of being crowded to the wall. Our
lawmakers have recognized the fact
and have thrown around the weaker
sex and children safeguards In the
laws. protecting them from designing
people who would exploit them for
selfish purposes.
Nevertheless. with all that human
law has yet been able to accomplish.
the danger is increased AS knowl.
edge increases. trusts and combina-
tions selnshly boost the price of llfe's
necessities and luxuries. Those mem
bers of our race less favorably equip
ped for the battle of life are seriously
disadvantaged. some 10y reason OF less
intellectual powers. others by reason
of unfavorable circumstances aud Ell.
vlronments. Il
Under such conditions II Is not sur.
prising that all who are able are bnnd.
ing together into unions for their own
projections: nor should 1t SURPRISE us
that these. also. selfish and. hard of
heart. should sometimes be unjust I'm
their demands. and sopietimes cruel
and ready to slay their brother who
Joins them not in D1er organization.
In their desire to GirOmote the best in
terests Of their cfaft they may. indeed.
reasonably exhSrt fellow craftsmen to
support the Organization. and may
show Its advantages. but beyond that
they darg not go without infracting
the principles of justice and bringing
Diving condemnation which. sooner or
lategl In one way or another, will sure
.iy 5e meted out.
Seen from this standpoint. unlonism
has responsibility toward brethren
not members OF the union-to treat
them justly. kindly. helpfnlly. And no
doubt this attitude would bring the
larger blessing and truer prosperity.
My Brothers Kecper-Finanoially.
Gradually TIE world is realizing It's
responsibility TO the weak aud incom-
petent and aged The Orphanages,
Hospitals. Homes for the Poor. etc.
are all proper recognitons of the
brotherhood OF man-aside from the
higher brotherhood In Christ. We
cannot claim that these institutions are
the product of pure bcneyolence. We
must admit that politics has much 10
do with them. The desire for con
tracts and for labor In connection with
these institutions. has. of course. much
to do with their existence. The ex-
pendture of such enormous sums as
annually go to these institutions nat
urally enough draws IN army of po-
litical heelers and onlookers.
The Day Of Reeompense.
The All.SeelnS eye OF our Creator
keeps watch over the affairs of His
creatures today as 1t kept watch over
Abel's interests. God allowed Cain to
have his way; allowed him to kill his
brother: allowed the righteous to suf-
fer: yet Cain did not escape. but was
held accountable for the death of his
brother Gods sentence upon him sep
arated him from his brethren until he
cried out that his punishment was
greater than he could bear And. slmi-
larly. we may he sure that the Cain
class OF our day will be held account
able for the wilful Staying of their
brother. especially to the extent that
the brother desplsed may be II child
Of God. As God declared that the
blood OF Abel cried to Him from the
ground--cried for justice-so the init.
nation OF the Scriptures Is that all In
justice OF every kind. everywhere will
bring n ''just recompense Of reward
st. james 6glirntlvely represents the
laborers. the toilers In the fled Of In.
Dor today. as crying out 10 God. and ~
being heard. and It's resulting ln n
grent "time of trouble" in which the
great. the mighty and the rich shall
weep bitterly (James v. H. A. thesr
are not the union men. generally WIN
orn crvinoy ouf NJ tho nraeanf tfnoa tr,