Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-01-25
SermOn=LeCture
Organized Labor
REV. G. BOHON SCHMITT DE.
LIVERS FINE ADDRESS
AT st. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Church Last Sunday
Evening

Notwithstanding the intense cold,
a good sized audience was present
last Sunday evening to hear the ad-
dress on organized labor delivered at
st. Pauls church by the pastor, the
Rev. G. Bohon Schmitt, before the
Typographical Union, the Newark
Trades and Labor Assembly and mem
bers of organized labor generally.
Those who were present were
amply repaid for braving the zero
weather, as the pastor was at his
best, and delivered an address, which
for force, eloquence and touching the
point desired has rarely been equaled
and never excelled in the city. If it
were to be repeated under favorable
weather conditions the church would
not accommodate those desirous Of
hearing it.
The delightful music rendered by
the vested choir added materially to
the beauty and impressiveness of the
service. Their work gives evidence
of the attention given their duties,
and shows the effect of close and per-
sistent practice. The beautiful duet
occasioned special notice.
The evenings program was intro
duced by one reel "moovie" entitled
"a Durable Disease" illustrating the
successful treatment of case of
tuberculosis at the Union Printers
Home. This was followed by a-num-
Der of stereopticon slides showing the
buildings and beautiful surroundings
of the Home.
Then followed the address, which
was delivered in the usual forceful
style of the pastor, and was received
with marked attention. Mr.. Schmitt
began his remarks by reading the
we'll known poem, "The Man With a
Hoe.
Mr.. Paul Ziegfeld, a member of
the Newark Typographical Union is
deserving of much credit for the
interest he manifested and to whose
untiring efforts is due much of the
success of the occasion.
We give the sermon-lecture in full
as follows:
"The laborer is worthy of his
hire."-St. Luke 10:7.
Mapooru oOoc haplT tO cfuHnnt HaUS
and to the classroom of a now sainted
professor. 1t is a peculiar thing
that as we grow older we are &C
customed more and more to live in the
past. One often recalls long for
gotten incidents far better than those
which have taken place but yester-
day. The professor already referred
to was wont to say to his students,
"Young men, be sure that you have
a text when you are called upon to
speak. In the next place be sure
you speak to the point. Say what
you have to say and then sit down."
With regard to the first of these in
functions l am sure that l am obey
ing and have obeyed it. But with re-
gard to the second am not always
so sure. Especially so when my
parishioners or better still my wife
calls me to task for some lengthy
discourse. However not to prolong
this service beyond the length Of
time to which it should be devoted
| shall endeavor to say what | have
to say on the theme "Organized
Labor" and obey the injunction of
my former professor.
First of all let us notice that the
words of the text are the words of
the Master Himself. They were ut
tered upon the occasion of His sending
out His disciples to preach and dis
seminate the principals of His most
holy religion. They were in prepara-
ton for the great work which was
soon to devolve upon them. They were
to go into the towns and villages
round about preaching the riches of
grace in Christ Jesus. They were to
be clothed in a dignity which has in
these latter times been denied oft
times to Christ's ambassadors. They
were not to whine OF beg their way
a remuneration worthy their calling.
Some one has said, Labor is w6r-
ship, labor is praise" Ever since the
pronouncement of Almighty God to
our first parents in the garden, "In
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the
ground" has the dignity Of labor been
mans portion. True there have al
ways been those who have been para
sites in the world, reaping where they
have not sown and gathering where
they have not strewed" But to the
man who labors, whether it be by
Drawn or brain, there is satisfaction
in doing things which never comes to
the parasite. He knows what it means
to be doing things. And he has the
consciousness of power within him.
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