The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-18
THE GOD OF THINGS As THEY ARE.


NO longer demand The purely animal
We cannot now rhapsodize simply
over rags, bones and hanks OF hair.
But we can pay tribute and homage
and honor to- the man and woman:
Who have looked; each other between the
eyes, and there they found no fault.
They have taken the oath of the Brother
They have taken the oath Of the Brother
in-Blood on fire and fresh cut sod,
On ths hit and the aft q the K Khy6er
''The call of the Carpenter is to
modern religion what Rudyard Kip
link is to modern literature. Both
White and Kipling give their readers
the inspiration to explore. Religion
in the hands. of White, while revo-
lutonary, is rational. Poetry .penned
by Kipling, while Unconventional, is
practical for everyday use. Both
White and Kipling are free Of sensu-
ality, romance, Inconsistencies and
symbolisms. To read. their thoughts
is like seeing the sun peep, through
the clouds, casting its. added beauty
upon the garden of life..
. Amy man who reads THE Call Of
the Carpenter will learn to hate
even to <dispise-the modern church,
becluse> he will then reverence and
honor the memory of Christ who.
'+stirreth up the people" against "the
gods that are, taken from. e. printed
books" I know one man who, was
pastor of an aristocratic Presbyterian
church, with a salary OF $4,000. He
was also editing reactiorary news
paper in city of zoe, people, for
which he was drawing anttadditional
salary of 5000. Furtherj he wrote,
upon request, articles for the Atlantic
Monthly. The Outlook and similar
conventional magazines ofsineffect1ve
reform, :lauding Billy Sundays It was
his idea that Billy Sunday, whose
circumstances 'anad ridiculous theology
he dispised, should be judged not by
his methods, but by HIS results, that
is. by the NUN Der 81 staffsticaI con
verts he obtained: 49,
This Presbyterian minister, editor
and Sunday admirer, happened to be
come imbueds with some OF: the spirit
OF The Call of the. Carpenter It
had the effect of dynamite upon his
! social theories. One morning the city
was startled by the double announce
ment Of his resignation from the
church :pastorate and from the news
paper editorship. His act. caused all
| sorts of conjectires concerning the
I possible motive, but only e, few per
sons knew the reason for his rescue
If from bIase materialism and his ,plung-
ing into the whirl of life. as it is to
"draw the Thing as he sees 1t for
the God Of Things as They are!"
Today, that former Presbyterian
clergyman, with magazine articles, is
lauding the self-respect of the I: w.
| W., damning the betrayal of the
churches to their God and shouting
against the rcommercialism and frivol-
\ ity OF Billy Sundays revival methods.
/ Some change! But he ~has@had a" new
vision. He has had q glimpse: OF
! humanity, eternity, democracy and
Christ. Not now can he be false to
them, for he knows there is future
society from which the burglars out
fit and the roulette table and the
adventurous exploiter' have beer
eliminated, ~
This, you say, 2is a, dream! But Is
social happiness more sof a vagary
than the recent conversation from
coast to coast by wireless? Once the
ocean was untravelled. Today we
speed across the seas more swiftly
THAN can the swallow. But we gel