Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-23
2orH cgNruRY coNpIrloNs.
Rev. George H. strouse Gave Shop
 Talk at Cutlery Plant.

Twentieth Century Conditions was the topic of the shop talk given under he auspices of the Y. M. c. A. at the Cutlery plant Tuesday at noon by Rev George H. Strouse. pastor of the First Baptist church. Rev. MT. Strouse said there is a happy day coming towards which we are all looking. Whatever the past has been. he continued, what ever the future is going to be, every man who thinks, and the man who doesn't think live, knows that things are not right in this world. The evil dence of social or industrial upheavals are on the way or have already ar rived most convincingly and conclu- sively.
 And this is true in this land we love-under whose flag we are proud to live and where we believe a man has a larger opportunity than in any country on this planet
 But this is also true of other lands. The awful carnage across the sea yes terday today and tomorrow gives us a frightful revelation of the desperate conditions of those countries that boasted of the very best in the world of culture and intellect.
 When a dozen or twenty men can speak the word that will plunge a dozen to 10000. 900 men into the fields of bloody warfare, we begin to see that the ordinary man hasn't much to say. The men who do the suffering ought to have something to say about creat- ing the fields of blood.
 I am speaking to working men to- day who will agree with me that things are not right in this world. You may not agree with me as to the causes or the remedies but we all agree that fires are now burning that will sooner or later work havoc some social unrest. And this social unrest indicates a striving on the part of the masses for something better. This rarely spells progress. But little pro- gross is made in this world without sacrifice And frequently the price paid is staggering.
 The average business and profes- sional man is just coming to his best | at 40 years of age. In some cases ir the industrial world a man reaches the dead line at that age. Some cor porations have voted not to employ men beyond 40 years of age. Men
 this furnishes 8 knotty problem Great many men can't afford to be sick 1 When well and at work it takes every l collar to meet expenses. A man thus
 forced to the very limit to meet his l financial obligations has little time 1 for soul and intellectual culture. ChilC labor is sapping out the real life O l future generations. Under such con Giitions we can never boast of a boun tiful harvest. Our land seems to bI cursed with the cneapneSS or nuIQal life. It matters little whether muscl or blood is involved as long as tn products are turned out. Thirty thou sand industrial workers are killet every year. That means a, good size' city is plotted out each year. Thei
 families are left and provision mus
 be made for them. Here are just
 few phases of conditions in this 20tl
 century-enough to indicate yer, clearly that things are not right. Le me state but two causes for these con ditions: CD Many men have been un
 willing to accept the true remed
 when presented: (2) the church ha
 not always exemplif1ed her own If
 what she knows to be the only rem edy What is the remedy? Just nov
 the remedy in which so many ar
 trusting is socialism. I wouldn't un
 dermine your faith in socialism if couldn't give you something better
 Once the remedy in the minds c
 many was a democratic form of gov ernment We have it here in nam
 at least, if not in fact Socialism
 where tried, has not been success We have nothing to boast of unde l our own government. We are movtn ? on to that better day for which a creation is grooming. And 1t Is com ] ing. Men, the only remedy for exist 5 ing conditions is the ethic of Jesui ! Until Christ has full sway, ca never dream of peace on earth an
 good will among men.