United labor bulletin., 1911-02-09
THE WORLDS REDEMPTION
THROUGH CHURCH AND LABOR.
lBY the Rev [

lby the rev. ClaTleS SIelZle.)
One small child in the heart of Africa
deprived of the rights and privileges OF
a human being, must make the rest Of
the world ill at ease. The worlds re
demption can be complete only when al
men are redeemed physically, mentally
and spiritually. There are some people
who look upon this world as a sinking
ship, from which very few are to be
saved. But the real task that confronts
us is the saving of the ship. Redemp
ton means the reign of the kingdom ot
God on earth-nothing less.
Church and labor may cooperate in
this task because both believe in the
salvation of human society, as well as
the salvation of the individual. they
both believe in the care of the human
body as well as the development of the
human soul. But each has it's own pc
culiar function in the work of redemp
ton. The church is not a labor union
and the trades union is not a church
Neither should criticise the other be
cause it is not doing each others work
Redemption will come only as men are
made dissatisfied with their present con
ditions. In this work of developing un
rest the church and labor have a com
mon task. This spirit of social unrest
will come as there is held up before men
a higher ideal. This ideal is not sc
much a system as it is a life. 1t must
be apparent that the ideal society must
consist of ideal individuals. These indi-
viduals must become the leaders in this
movement for the worlds redemption
and here is the cruX of the whole situa-
uon-it is after all matter of leader
ship.
To be a leader among men means to
bbe lied about and slandered. But we
bar- xKrbn Wi
ing to bear the brunt of the battle, the
cursing with the blessing. Every great
movement today needs redemption. This
means that the greatest need today is
that of leadership. Old methods in the
industrial world are passing away. There
is a demand for square deal for the
workingman as well as the employer.
This movement in the world of produc-
ton demands efficiency experts. The in
surgent movement in politics is all
question of leadership. The protest
against bossism, against old-fogyism and
antiquated craftsmanship requires bigger
and better men. The greater responsi-
bility in the world of labor demands
better type of labor leader-the old type
is passing away. The new labor leader
must be an educator as well as an agi-
tator. The newer spirit of efficiency in
the church demands better leaders.
Everywhere there is bursting of the
old bonds, as the world cries out for re-
demption.
The development of leader is always
slow process. Moses was learned in
all the wisdom of the Egyptians" never
theless, he needed the solitary life of the
shepherd, for forty years. to prepare him
for the great task of leading out into lib
erty 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 principles His
individuality will always be prominent
but if mechanic cannot build ma
chine without observing inexorable laws,
is it reasonable to suppose that man
can build his life-plans of scrap-pile ma
terial.
The worlds redemption will be
wrought not by a miracle, but through
men. The biggest job of all is to get the
right kind of men.
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