Evening journal., 1916-01-03
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not know where you can buy man
for three dollars now, unless il is in
some of these cities when they are
voting on the question Of licensing
booze, then you can buy some fellows
for a glass of beer and then pay
more than they are worth Why has
tho proposition changed in our civil
ization and the value Of man con-
stanty risen? II has been due to the
workings of Christ's gospel in human
souls. At another time Jesus ex-
clfimed as he saw the sparrows fit
ting from branch to branch mo
sparrow falls to the ground without
your Fathers notice" If God will
attend the funeral Of a sparrow, will
he not care for you and me?"
Agencies For Uplift.
There is a tendency in many quar-
ters to trust to other agencies for
the uplifting Of a man and the gain
ing OF human rights. rather than TO
the Gospel plan. Let me take occa-
sion at this time to put myself on
record that 1 am in favor OF labor
unions. Employees have the same
right to organize as their employers.
tion can the working men Of this
C, rt.y obtain thei, rights. / was at
one time n pastor in the factory dis
trict of a great city where many Of
my parishioners had to work seven
days a week and some of them at
times labored as high as thirty-six
hours without rest. Many n time 1
have plead with the managers Of
q
and frequently they would meet my
entreaties with indifference and even
insolence. How is all this 20 be chang
ed2 Labor unions legislation, can
accomplish something, but compare
lively little II the working people
OF this country ever get their rights.
II will be through the compelling
might Of the gospel Of Jesus Christ
Whenever you get an employer
soundly converted. you will have a
man that will look upon his business
as means of serving God 1t Is his
opportunity TO contribute to human
welfare And whom you get an en-
ploye thoroughly converted. he will
look Ipon his employer, not as one
from whom he is to get as much as
he can, and to give as little a posi-
BILE in return but he will have a spirit
and purpose to labor for the common
good. The motto of both the em-
ployer and the employe will be, IAN
for each and each for ALL" More
and more I feel the importance OF
tn, value OF Christianity. not simply
of "the sweet by and by" but for
'the nasty now and now" not mere
~ TO get. men 10 have a home in
Heaven when they die, but also to get
them 10 have a heaven in the home
while they live When the jewelled
hand OF wealth grasps the calloused
hand Of toll and both are clasped by
the pierced hand Of the Son Of God.
II will solve the problems Of strikes
and lockouts, ana solve them right.
Christ, WOman's Champion.
Womanhood never had champion
H.. Christ came. Woman was merely
the toy and slave Of man. II is the
Gospel that has given woman her pro-
per place in society. A Chriatless wo-
man is the most ungratefui creature
on earth, when everything she has
she owes 10 Jesus. Childhood had no
cf .mpion till Christ came Even the
philosopher. Plato. advocated the
abandonment OF supernuous children.
you have more in your family than
you want" said he, put them out
on the mountain and feed them to
the wild beasts" / am glad that did
not live in Plato's time for / was the
youngest of fourteen children. Jesus
said, suffer the little children to
come unto me"
In the pearls of Christs parallels,
as recorded in the fifteenth chapter OF
Luke, Jesus spoke OF the lost sheep,
the lost silver and the lost son. In the
first case, one out Of one hundred was
lost, in the second, one out of ten, in
the third. one out OF two. But in each
case the thing lost was Of value and
there was joy I'm the heart OF the
owner when the lost was found. Like
wise, said Jesus, There is JOY l.. the
! presence OF the angels over one sin
ner that repenteth."
There are many things that the
people on this earth are interested in
( that the angels in Heaven doubtless
would pay no attention TO at all
! Women will scramble at bargain
counter worse than "A fotball scrim-
mage. They will talk by the hour
about styles In hats and gowns while
the angels would not stop to think
for a moment whether they were
( dressed i'm silk or calico. Men will
talk politics by the hour and sit up
all night TO hear the election returns
and the angels would merely smile al
their foolishness. Suppose every
thing you have said in the last six
months had been recorded on phono.
graph tablets. and then you were tied
in your chair and all these thing.
ground out in your ears. Wouldn't
they make you feel foolish? How
much OF the thought and time and
strength OF the average person is alb.
sorbed with the poor. foolish thingl
that perish with the moment. But
there is one thing that Jesus said
that attracts the attention OF the
Heavenly host and that is the saliva,
tiOn Of a human soul. Foo they
realize, as we cannot. what It is foi
a soul to be saved. What a JOY ant
glory Is in living with Christ in th'
more favorable environment o
Heaven throughout the ages. The,
realize. as we cannot. what IL is for
soul TO be lost TO be cast into tn,
outer darkness and TO hear the sen
tence Of eternal doom.
In the last place. God has showi
how great a value he sets upon a hu
man soul by the sacrifice and dealt
Of Jesus Christ. Whatever one /
! willing 10 die for. that he counts O
great worth. II God deemed on
: salvation from sin a matter OF sucl
: infinite importance that in the per
) son Of Christ he was willing to di
I for US, certainly il is "A matter wort
Z our living for. The rescue of sou
! from eternal death is the most I'm
portant business that ever occupie