The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1911-02-17

r NAN Of Victoria, Australia,
= n. speaks - follows coacssn.
Ny Ing laborers and The labor
question: Surely We have
some message for our toll
ing brothers who are loot.
Ing 30 earnestly, 20 pathetically for ths
breaking Of the day. Ths workers
think We are out Of touch with them.
They say We are 20 snug In our assur-
snce Of golden city beyond the skiss
that We have no thought or passion for
that city which 10 to come down out Of
heaven from God to the people.
Whether that be true or not. II 10 time
for W to bestir ourselves. to demon
strate that we are not our Of touch
with the masses; that In all their
struggles for juster conditions. for 90
cial Righteousness. for higher ideals.
the Christian church 10 with the work.
ers."
We wonder sometimes when this
sort OF thing IL going to stop. The
patronizing air which SO many assume
when they begin to talk about the day
laborers IL enough to nh those very
laborers with disgust. In the nrst
place, . lot Of sentimental pity h b.
ing wasted over the laboring man.
He asks none Of this. and II does him
no good when II ID expressed. The
laboring man ID the happiest man
alive. OF course, there are . few ex.
ceptions here, just - there are . good
many exceptions among those who
have received . self-appointed place
among the gentlemen Of leisure. Ma
ture has no blessing for that which
doesn't do anything. Everything 10
life. activity. animation. When Q
thing in nature no longer works We
call II dead and begin to search for .
spade to bury Il. Nor does God have
blessings for the idler. That isn't the
way he dispenses what 10 In his hands.
He has mapped out six days Of every
seven for work. and It 10 the universal
human experience that. when his com.
rades are kept. the keeper II the hap
pier, even though he doesn't labor the
six days for the sole purpose Of being
obedient to the Lord.
Privilege Of the Teller.
The necessity for work 10 inwrought
into the constitution Of things and
persons. The very fact that . man 10
toiler puts him In line with one Of
the greatest commandments Of God.
In some places the conditions under
which he tolls ought to be improved.
radically improved. And here those
Who have been trying to express pity
need to put their attention. II safety
devices can be installed where there
has been danger heretofore. n sun
chine can be admitted to drive out the
darkness and dry up The mold. II prop
Or ventilation can make II healthier
for the toiling men and women. II I'm
proyement can BE- made In the moral
surroundings. II children are kept out
Of body stunning and mind destroying
factories, and . whole catalogue Of
other things remedied. there will BE-
no appreciabls chasm between work
ing men and women and other mortals.
But this long drawn out strain over
working men. because they are work.
Ing men. ID out Of harmony with the
whole makeup Of men and the pur.
pose OF the Lord. The church which
lends itself to this kind Of music ID
losing IT. opportunity and destroying
the possibility ever Of finding one.
No Possible Cult.
Again. there 10 not that impossible
gulf between the Christian church
and the common toilers which soma
speakers and magazine correspond.
ents would have u believe. Some
topics for disouisitions are found 10
the rich churches Of New York. but
any such are misreprssentatives Of
American Christianity - . whole,
The toiler six days In the week ID the
backbone Of the church on Sunday
and during the week. There 10 no
better man In church than he who h
engaged In honest industry during thu
week. Such . man 10 providing foI
his family. Conscientiously. or uncon
scieutiousiy. he 10 obeying the Sab
hath commandment. the great part Of
which 10 TO work SIX days on order "a
appreciate Q rest on the seventh day
TO claim that the toiiing masses. put
ting the noun with ito modifier In quo
tatiou marks. are out Of touch with
the church, 10 . SANDER against thess
men who work. There are some. TO b
sure, Who have . grievance. With Of
without Q foundation; but ~ cannol
draw \ universal conclusion from such