The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-08
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LABOR DAY SERMON
REV. JOHN l. BRAY CALLS UPON
EVERY WORKING MAN no
VOTE FOR PROHIBITION
Z ON SEPTEMBER n. !.
LABOR DAY SERMON

Rev. John L. Bray preached Q
forceful sermon at Ciay-Street Meth
odist church Sunday night, on the SUBJ
feet. The Legalixed Liquor Trafic and
the sLaboring Man." with his text
from Haggai "a: "Ye have sown
much. and bring In little: ye eat. but
We have not enough: ye drink. but ye
are not filled with drink: ye clothe you
but there 10 mono warm: and he that
earneth wages. earneth wages to put
II In bag with holes"
The words OF the text are In cx-
hortation to the people to spend their
wages for that which would benefit
them, and not TO put their wages into
bags with holes" That In to say.
.Do not labor and earn wages, Ane
then, spend those wages. hard earned
a. they are, for that which 10 Of no
manner Of profit, and which In the end
will bring only trouble and degrade
fion. Be diligent In the earning OF
wages, and then be just ~ di1igent
! and careful In wisely investing those
wages
Tho text IN distinctly laboring
mans text. It gives to the laboring
man the splendid thought that God
was interested In him in the days Of
the early dawn of existence. 10 In
terested in him and his labor today.
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aho vii % ,..s.s $50
te1Ihs. tnat very s.s,s -.
inst uoo noius = 'hMn
how no spends the wages OF his brain
and Drawn.
Iouay. one 81 the supreanc plooscas !
% the nour. Tor the eonsIoe, A.'on %
the iaporins mah' "hsthet ,he xiew
point % mora or thea4' .ne
The tssuA m n uuestles OF dollars and
rehts ll ~ tne Do1hihs iueseoH % 'n1
\ nay. Tnere - more money invested IN
saloons Dy worEinsmsn tnah y taNes
70 Tuh .nis sosS1hahsl- ING nA'ioh >
efink osii - sometn'hs s.artilnS, ana
,ns workHk ah conIrioutes more
man NV sne tnis nofisf~'3s
"an.e IN nAlu eArncu $3.50
mere naA Deen an awakening sen
IMent AMONG iano.'hs men "ueH'ns
tns .nnuence % An1 oI sne na, TN
Iui ,nnosncss .. he s1oon. IN no.
oe1' .sve. uas In.s'hvn@i eon-
sn.o" =, s"c ~s .r =. iAovI
nsio IN me cry 81 toronto. Durlns
maj meet.Hs one VI the kAet ~
.Iss ~ un.on 1872 se1 nsiu I'm s"ea
~ srcN auuI.oFau' Anu iuul .ncu-
s1nu men 1890 anu oh'Hus'.. i 10y
App.~"'eu os. si.oIoas !.
OF we iesAu nquor HAInc ano
s.1ohss eAeu sn sympathy
ae r 20 Ile.
80 enenA ~ 'cSehe ssass ~ more
1s ,, n 80. nrsn
sHaus ~. en ne
49, ns .,a,. Hsns .or
" If -su Auuo1 'rAHs
s,n..a "a !. .s. s sA -
y .he
pas ~ 81 "hk i.s oah-
~ sppus. ."e IA
noI.ns MAJ = mas orseo 70 's usual
.a..s .. 49,. aa aau. mas
k'he " 'ne ',a =. 0s ,csouIees IN
~ - nSoa IN men
ln,o 'he .uppo.I .ns saaoon' 1ne
soon p.ae 49, hsar =. pss.-
o.e W 49, p'Ars ~ne,e lAool'ns men
are emptoyed. u Always ready 70
sasn No en0SA ~nu tnus make nim
.sel sense Q. ornka.ion TOT the favor:
:. eaiis NseH poor man ciun |.
y - enuAse an us prociama.'oh OF
~" .o1 sne IaeoreI. wnen IN
s ns 49, - sae in1..eI .ne sa-
s.,,. A.'u eaos1
wno are ~ a'iseht m attempting
oon..nus .n az an.ea nauor
..ans IN tne k@oa ula dominion are
ehemies Of tne IAnoring man care
not now Loudly tnsy pretend TO be his
Ar,end' tney are MS worst enemies.
some things are being discovered by
sns iaoorine man. In regard 70 this
.nieuitous ineotuton which has so
loudly proclaimed nsAit the friend Of
the iaoorinG man. Labor 10 no fool.
htnough It has been fooled so long
ny the selfish greed OF the booze
mongor The economic side OF this
question 10 challenging labors atten-
ton ~ never before, and the day
seems to BE- dawning when the agents
of groE shall And It altogether more
diffcult 70 hoodwink the laboring man
than formerly. In order to verify the
statements ! have already made /
wish to note some interesting state
ments made BY labor leaders. No truer
note OF alarm was ever sounded than
n now daily. ringing out to warn NM.
wary feet:
President Gompera. Of tho American
Federation OF Labor, has said: aThe
time has como when thu saloon ana
the labor movement must be divorced =
John Burma. the Enriish ishor ,.sa
er. nays: .WorkinEmen AN me "a
make 1 new heaven and q new earth
for them They can NAV. shsrs go
themseIves Nv sayinr tia s3K 0aa noo
spent II arink and csmhi,rS nao,.
week.. 4 ~'-
John n lennon. 4r.a.nr>r =, -.
American Federntinn ~ Tahor MAJ
this intcrestins Nm ten,ent sn,ns 1s,cs,
ago: aWe should az All IN our nosres