Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-01-06
JUSTICE TO LABOR
Workman Should Be Counted
Among the Honorable OF
Mankind.

For these wcrkmen maintain the
fabric of the world. and in the handi
work OF their craft is their pra, err
Ecclesiasticus 1884.
Here is very different idea OF
work from that contained in the open.
ing chapters CT Genesis. According
TO this prophet, labor is not curse
laid upon man for his sin. but serv-
ice so holy that thA very doing OF Il
constitutes prayer Therefore
does he sound the praises OF the work
ingnan as others have sounded the
praises OF king and soldier The pillow
man, the jewel cutter. the blacksmith.
the potter-Dll these. although they
are rot sought for in the council OF
the people nor exalted in the assembly.
though they sit not in the seat of
the judges not understanding the cove
nent Of Judgment are still 10 he num-
bered among the great and honorable
OF mankind,
In order to understand the Justice
OF this tribute. we only have TO re-
mind ourselves that IL is work which
has made the world what 1t actually
is AZ The present moment An that
We mean BY civilization. in the ma
terial sense is the result OF toll in
the sweat of mems hrows For ages
past the men who have labored with
their hands-the farmers. the woods
men, the blacksmiths the spinners.
the builders-have been contemptu-
ously regarded as an inferior grade
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than animalsl And yet while kings
have fought and noblemen hunted.
while Eilded couriers have twirled
their scented handkerchiefs and toyCn
with their ieweled swords, while
so-called superior classes OF all ages
and countries have spcrted gambled
and debauched. these same inferior Ia
horers have made the world what
we see 1t today, II is their toll
which has cleared away forests
cultivated farm lands. opened mines
constructed railroads, laid out and
built cities 1t is their work which
has created wealth, founded nations
redeemed the waste places OF the
earth reared the vast monuments OF
civilization Not more surely are the
pyramids Of Egypt the memorial not
OF Pharaohs but OF their driven slaves
than are the huge piles Of stone and
steel in our modern cities, the memo
rails of the unnamed toilers Of this
later age
Maintain Fabrics OF the World.
And net only is IL work which has
made the world what il is today but
il Ia work also which Keeps the world
going from hour to hour | have food
upon my table. clothing upon my back
roof over my head books upon nay
shelves only because q million hands
are toi'ing in my service. Let this
labor be suspende but for little time
and death and destruction would
stand towering at my threshold With
out these" says the author OF Eccies
iasticrs shall not city be inhasit
Cd nor shall men soiourn or walk nr
ard down therein: these maintain the
fabric OF the world"
II is these facts which are SLOW y
teaching the supreme dignity Of Ia
Dor. Carlyle had these In mind when
he declared that work and work alone
Is truly noble Ruskin, when he re
vealed tae beauty gained through toll
Morris. when ne peached and prac
ticed the gospel OF skilled craftsman
ship: Millet. when he painted the
Sewer. the Reaper" the Clean
ers:' Abbey. when ne used the stee
worker and coal miner for his symbol
&c irescoes ia the Harrisburg CAPT
tol id!enesz is doomed as badgc
OF distraction. Work must hencefortf
be the sole title 10 nobility whit
man vs. the true prophet when in his
Song OF Occupations nc chants tho
Homcric catalogue "ao1sebuilding
blacksmithing. glass blowing ship
building. piledriving hshcuriBK' and
declares that there s. nothing which
leads 90 greater than these lead to-
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