The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-30
WORK AND WAGES. AN OLD
ISSUE.
The International Sunday school Les
son for july > il, The Iaborers in
thc Vineyard" Matt. 20:1-16. go.

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The wage question and the whole |
fr1 tstrial issue is mirrored III the
nll story told by the worlds great
r-, Teacher, and is the theme of to-
d-v.s sunday School lesson. There
.r. pcrpleTitics in the parable, as in
tuc facts Of today, but there seems
e.. Ie "a clear trail out in both cases.
gHse picture is that of the many
va, come into the service of the
r#rrdom of heaven where the re-
wards Of the latest accessions are as
,r.4t rs hose of the earliest. Thus
t.. nations that have most recently
.epme Christian, like the Fiji Is
bands and Korea, for instance, have
IartaEen Of the fruits Of the Cos
bel even more fully than the ancient
r..tpns Of Europe. The youngest
c..tert may know all the joys of
O. ri~t service as fully as one who
Il. labored long in the vineyard.
Tie Burdens OF Tie Boss.
From the. fact that Jesus 50 often
tth the stamiRCint of the employ
or - parallels like the present one,
and from the further fact that he
ISL easily handled men. il has been
inferred that he was q master car
r. ni.r with Workmen under him. Ger
tulrIv. lac understood perfectly the
Hr.hienl OF The man on whose should
sr- rests responsibility.
This householder in the story who
ua.lsl lahorers for his vineyard, and
vts went again II again to the
market place. hiring all he could find.
iui She same anxiety as has today
tat farmers of western America. He
LeQ ta set ia his crop in time. His
- c3 Tor labor was as real Us the Ia
berer'. need for wages. This side of
thf parable may not be overlooked,
.. ..s- ,F NC ,,ft,,, fofl r.. raanDnj-a
tha pcrpleXitieS and cares and broad
responsibility To society, which en-
p'overs bravely accept rs their share
ar the burden of life. Let us not in
dulsr in a mad delirium Of attack
upon capital and employers. The mar
Vbo runs q business is not often q
rogue. although there are selfish and
ruthless men in business even as in
labor Unions. This graphic little story
FROM ont of the long-ago brings with
:, lesson Of tolerance.
The viii To Work.
Some Of the laborers in this vine
yard put in a full days work for a
l..s as daylight lasted. Another
batch went on duty in the middle o
thr morning; another at noon; an
other i'm the middle of the afternoon
and ~till another within an hour o
closing time. All were given the SAM
-"@ - III S1AANi III ~ EtCS -
E~rtteful because his harvest had beer
gathered.
.N1 we're paid a living wage-th'
ua.31 rate. Let us get mat clearly il
w.aL. Nobody received less than hi
dut. Those who worked longest coul'
h"t complain that they We're under
IaiI: their only objection was tina
tl late corners we're oFerpaid whicl
N't rot Il very generous state o
H.Nd.
THE fact was that all/the laborer
~tlted work and waited for it, an
htI the same need of wages. The nla'
t'kon ON at the eleventh hour had a
r#tl a need for - days wages as thos
"@' had spent the whole day ami
the zines. OF course. the meaning lie
oH the surface Of the parable, tina
t.'d pays for purpose as we'll as pei
~t"TGIaGce. The good we would d
ond cannot is recorded in heaven
LOGGER. Let us be glad that there
" 1igh"r scale of Justice than prevail
'# earth. and that Gods standard {
No'He5 is not ours.
ne parable is a parable of mere
@}d not of economies. 1t portray
tht gracious consideration Of Co
"t.1 as it reveals the ungenerous az
Eaprotherly complaining of the worl
e.f in the vineyard who were not GA
be- GUS" their fellow wurkmen wei
equal :harerS IL their own good fC
{;
\ Modern Instance.
men a Detroit automobiie man
9 .Urer recently stirred the Wor
~ "nnouncing that nobody in i
t.r3!ty would receive less than II
q .drf u day, there was Widospre;
s. .tiCism from other employers Wi
%oell not, or could not. pay such
rae. Why should we not all rejoi
f'Ht some thousands Of men arc &c
,ts even more than they earn? J.
maa who sweeps the floors of this a
~t"f9pbiie factory anG0t earn tive a.
lHrt y LAY according IL prevasi
standards, any nor than the eleven
ta3r ~tailaTs in the vineyard could ca
l ~ C".iarius.
A. n deep into the foc.al u
~. eGr time when - ask Wheth
~'"ps good fortune. due perha
"a pcr'al Ge-it Of his own. I
Wilo |. to the generosity OF his 81
ployct, or Ctaer circumstances, SD
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