Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-02

Many who see the killing Of this anti.
typical Abel shirk the responsibility
by saying. Am | my brothers keep.
err" not realizing that from the Divine
standpoint they have a responsibility
toward every other Christian with
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 bis marvellous
light"
In a word. every true Christian who
has made a 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 critical time.
We are in the time mentioned by St
Paul. when every mans work shall be
tried 80 as by hre'' q Corinthians I'll.
49, The testing will be along the
lines both Of faith and Of works. Only
those holding firmly to "the faith once
delivered to the saints" will be able TO
bring forth such fruits. such good
works, as the tesdngs Of this hour re-
quire. This class. awake to their re-
sponsibility toward God and the breth-
rem and the Bible, and full Of zeal
therefore. will thereby be kept in this
- ! day" God will bless them in
theiE sndeavors to glorify Him.
Ny Brothers 'Kseper-soeiaIly.
In the days of slavery and serfdom.
every master. every feudal lord. recOg-
nlzed responsibility for bis servants
or slaves. He was interested In their
health and In their morals, for they
were his property, and any deprecia-
ton meant financial loss to him. Thus
selfish interest kept him alive TO his
responsibility. to a considerable degree.
But now all that has changed. Serfs
and slaves. released from obligation.
are without supervision and care. The
less tit 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.
lions seldshly boost the price OF life's
necessities and luxuries. Those mem.
bers Of our race less favorably equip
ped for the battle OF life are seriously
disadvantaged. some by reason OF less
intellectual powers. others by reason
Of unfavorabe circumstances and en-.
vironments.
Under such conditions It is not sur.
prislng that all who are able are band.
ing together into unions for their own
protection; nor should 1t surprise us
that these, also. selfish and hard Of
heart, should sometimes be unjust in
their demands. and sometimes cruel
and ready to slay their brother who
Joins them not In their organization.
In their desire to promote the best In.
terests Of their craft they may. indeed.
reasonably exhort feIow-craftsmen to
support the organization. and may
show its advantages. but beyond that
they dare not 80 without infracting
the principles of justice and bringing
Divine condemnation which. sooner or
later. In one way or another, will sure.
ly be meted out.
Seen from this standpoint. unionsm
has responsibility toward brethren
not members OF the unon-to treat
them justly. kindly. hepfully. And no
doubt this attitude would bring the
larger blessing and truer prosperity.
My Brothers koeper-Finaneially.
Gradually the world II realizing ts
responsibility to the weak and incom.
petent aud aged. The Orphanuges,
Hospitals. Homes for the Poor ETC.,
are all proper recognitions Of the
brotherhood Of mnn-aslde from the
higher brotherhood In Christ We
cannot claim that these institutions are
the product of pure benevolence, We
must admit that politics has much to
do with them. The desire for con.
tracts aud for labor In connection with
these institutions, has, Of course, much
to do with their existence. The ex.
pendture Of such enormous sums us
annually 80 to these institutions nat.
urally enough draws an army Of po.
litlcal heelers and onlookers
The Day Of Reeompense,
The All.Seelng eye OF our Creator
keeps watch over the affairs OF His
creatures today as II kept watch over
Abers interests God allowed Cain to
have his way; allowed him to kill his
brother; allowed the righteous to sur.
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 be sure that the Cain
class Of our day will be held account.
able for the wllful Staying OF their
brother, especially to the extent that
the brother desplsrd may be a child
OF God, Az God declared that the
blood OF Abel cried to Him from the
ground-cried for justce-So the inti'
nation OF the Scriptures is that all in.
Justice OF every kind. everywhere will
bring lust recompense of reward"
ST. James hguratively represents the
laborers, the toilers In the ded OF Ia.
Dor today, as crying out to God. and as