Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-08
FOR THE MAN WHO is DOWN.
The International Sunday School Les
son for Nov. 9 is Abstinence for
the Sake Of Others" Rom. .14:7.27.
(By William T. Ellis.)

(By William L ElilS.)
II that keen eyed little old Jew, DR..
Paul, formerly of Tarsus, could read
our newspapers for a month and look
about our civilization, he would prob
ably let loose some Of his boundless
enthusiasm: -"I knew it.would work!
] was sure they would come to it.
They called me an impractical dream
er, but I saw it as a law of life; for
none of us liveth to himself and none
dieth to himself"
We can imagine Paul commenting
in some fashion as this: Look at
these news dispatches. Cleveland
gets rid of flies, by abolishing all the
breeding places. Shall not livery
man store refuse where he pleases; or
contractors wait their own convent
ence in gathering garbage? Isn't that
their personal affair? All, the city
sees it now: The welfare of the whole
community takes precedence over the
liberty Of the individual.
Watch Philadelphia driving Its pig
geries from the city limits. Hard OIL
the individual owners? Yes, but they
must yield to this supreme law of the
highest civilization, the well-being OF
the entire social body. You can't 90
as you please and live in the TWEEN
tieth century, or in the New Tesla
ment.
The old apostles sore eyes would
snap as he cries: Behold the CHRIST
law Of otherism at work on every
hand! Here is a city which 1s not
permitted to empty it's refuse into the
river, all for the sake of another city
a hundred miles further down stream.
One old fashioned housewife who pre-
fers rain-water for laundry purposes,
is forced to keep coating of oil IN
her rain barrel, even though she per-
sonally does not object to few mos
quitoes.
"Your modern business is yielding
to the same social law. Shall not a
manufacturers run his plant as he
pleases? Not any more. Even a FAC
tory does not live unto itself. The
law steps in and makes the owner IN
stall safety devices. It regulates the
number of hours his employees may
toll, and the minimum wage they may
receive The age Of minors who may
be hired Is fixed by law. Matters OF
ventilation sanitation and hygiene are
determined by the state. Big business
and little are being forced by law to
recognize this new teaching of Jesus
Christ; that the welfare Of all IS the
concern of each and that the strong
must care for the weak; and that
None of US liveth to himself and none
dieth to himself"
Calling The Roll of Business.
The platform for today, as Paul. laid
it down for the Roman Christians. Is
this one of social inter-relationship
You can't do as you please without
pleasing the devil. Life is to be lived
with respect to the other man-and
God. Whether we live or die, 1t is
unto the Lord. Our goal is not only
the common good, but also common
God. 1--WE shall all stand before the
Judgment seat of God" What tre-
mendous incentive! Old Paul relent-
lesslv pushes further the principle or
the chivalrous obligation OF the strong
to the weak: For If because of meat
(This allusion is to the questionable
practice of Christians eating meat that
had been dedicated to idcls) thy
brother is grieved, thou walkest no
longer in love. Destroy not with thy
meat him for whom Christ died.
We have translated this nowadays
all into the familiar terms Of social
service and efficiency. The vote of our
day has gone against whatever hurts
the weaker brother Every man. eV-
cry practice, every business, must
answer to this test.
Let us call the roll of merchants
who ASH nublic permission, protection
and patronae~-