The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-02-21
Christianity Elevates Labor.

hardship incurred thereby, labor is in
diSpensable for the study OF the
sciences, the pursuit of business, the
uplift of society, and the necessities
of life. The Founder of Christianity
was born and grew up amidst LABOR 10
teach mankind the all-important truth
that happiness consists in the perform
ance of duty and the making OF sacrl-
fee. Christ thus made Himself the
equal of the working man. His foster
father was working man, the apos-
ties were working men. Christ placed
the pillars of His glorious Church on
the shoulders of two working men, st.
Peter, a fisherman, and ST. Paul,
tentmaker. SChristianity strives to i'm
press the world with the principle that
the slaboref must be regarded as a
brother in Christ to enjoy the privi-
leges of true fraternity and true lib
erty. The value of man, moreover,
must be measured not by riches, in
fiuence or power, but by his moral for
titude to combat the evils of life.
Christianity demands that the working
man should receive just wage. La
Dor should not be brutalized by excess
sive activity; suitable time must be
accorded for the body and the soul,
time for rest, time for the family, and
time for the worship of God. The
right of every man to a livelihood con-
stitutes a natural right, the right OF
property is human right and in case
of conflict the human right must cede
to the natural right. Man, the king
of the visible creation, must not starVe
on earth. Christianity affirms that the
solemn obligation of public authority
is to protect in the natural right to the
necessary means of living the indus
trious working class. Christianity I'M
ceasingly points out the rights and du-
ties of both capital and labor.
Christ Survives as God.
Nineteen centuries have glided by
since Christ Jesus, the Goodman, was
| born in Bethlehem of Juda and since
His aifeless body was taken down from
the Cross Of Calvary. The life of pur:
fity, OF sacrifice and obedience, which
! thousands and thousands of excellent
| men lead to serve Him at home and
| abroad amidst hatred and trying diff
ficulties in their search for souls, the
crowds of virgins, who would be an or
nament to society, forsaking, neverthe
less, all for the sake of Christ to be
come the CONSIDERS of the sick, the
helpers of the dying, the guardians o.
the homeless and parentless, and the
educators of the youth, bespeak in
tense love for Jesus, Who, the Kins
of hearts, has attached to Himself the
elite OF humanity for we'll nigh twenty
centuries. The carnal man hates
, Christ, but the spiritual man love!
Him. The love Of Jesus has spreat
about this earth benefcent works o
! charity, verify | say to you, as long a.
you did it to one of these my leas
brethren, you did it to Me- No mere
man could ever retain such love, es
pecially for over nineteen centuries.
Would that mankind knew tina
Christianity is the friend of the poor
because the enemy of injustice, thu
/: pillar of the nation, because the moth
er of true patriotism, the prop Of soci
ETY., because the" fountain of morality
The modern world should learn wha
Christianity has accomplished in thu
past to have confidence in its salutar.
power for the present and the future
That power, that renewed the ancien
world, is sorely needed today to reno
vate the modern world. Return, there
fore, men of the century, to Christ AM
Christianity The future appears darl
and gloomy. Know Christ and Hi
salutary doctrine, which gives true lit
erty and not the enslavement of hu
man beings, true love of home an
} country, genuine brotherly affection
and peace to men of good will. Re
turn, hayward humanity, to the savin
Cross of Christ Jesus, or onward t
the abyss of strife, dissension, wars
destruction. and misery.
,+TIMOTHY CORBETT,
Bishop of Crookstor