South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-05
SEES INDUSTRIAL
AUTOCRACY DOOMED
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Rev. Beck Predicts Miners
Victory Rev. Rodgers
Calls Work Godlike.
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DE ashamed TO do what our Lord
Savior has done?
NObIest Work Serving Christ.
Labor Is Godlike, for 1t Is a char
acteristic OF GodlflOe men and women.
care not what age or CLINE you
may choose. Godlilze men have been
men OF labor. We may begin with
Noah or the Patriarchs and study
the history OF the Cody kings and
the Prophets the Apostles Of the
New Testament and early disciples
such as Paul and Barnabas and
without exception we find them to
have been men OF action, men Of
labor.
with but few exceptions the best
men and women of today are the
busiest Friends let us follow the
example and guidance of our lord
and Master who said: must work
the works OF Him that sent me while
IL is day Yea, let us be GodHke.
''The noblest work in this world
Is the service Of Jesus Christ, for
thereby you labor for the things that
perish not. In such "a work we all
may have a part. Let us follow the
example Of him who said, My Father
worketh even until now, and work
Follow the lowly carpenter, always
remembering Christ at the carpent-
er bench was greater than he was
who swayed Caesars sceptre and II
Christ had aspired to sit on Caesars
throne he could never have been the
Christ, for the only road from this
earth TO heavenly glory is through
the valley Of humiliation and labor"
Christ HOnOred WOrk'--Beck.
The question Is not this Jesus
the Carpenter grew out Of the feel
ing" said Rev. Beck in his sermon.
that a carpenter could not do such
wonderful works as Jesus was do
ing. Such things would be more ap-
proprtately done by king. a schol-
ar or some other great one In in
terpreting Jesus TO the world since
that day there has been a tendency
to make Him a king instead OF show
ing that He was a carpenter. He was
born Of royalty. He was not reared
in royalty. He did not use authority.
force and wealth TO perform His
work. He was a member of a hum
BILE carpenters family, humbly born
and humbly reared. He learned the
carpenters trade and worked at IL
for years. When He set out on His
great lifework He began as a hum
BILE man and wrought out the plans
for His new world as a meek and
humble citizen.
That fact gave Him a point Of
contact with the common people
They heard Him gladly He could
always say. Come unto Me all We
that labor and are heavy laden and
1 will give YOU rest lie is today
the laboring peoples best friend. He
alone of all their advisers has
place of rest To- offer them. He has
new era for them.
Jesus the Carpenter honored work.
lie houored IL by working. He honored
4. by what He said about It. Some In
terpreters have made work a curse TO
mankind Jesus taught that it is a
I blessing Some have taught that God
rested after the six days Of creation
Jesus SAYS MY father wOrketh hither-
60 and I work As another has said !:
our God Is a wOrkingman's God and
the Christian religion was founded by 4
workin gman.' The first disciples left
uo place .n the church for idlers The
apostle Paul commanded that all should
work and eat Of their own bread Those
who did not work were not 10 eat Work
is I'm favor "a all Christian circles.
Jesus she Carpenter instead of using
fJlitical and military power set great
ideas love and spiritual power To work.
tie taught Gods ownership of al wealth
aud mans stewardship OF whatever he
might possess He taught the father
hood Of God and the brotherhood OF all
mankind He taught that love is a
greater power than force; that men are
al. alike precious 90 God; that men are
better than sheep or any other wealth.
Industrial Democracy Coming.
'Now at a late day the struggle for
Industrial liberty Is coming % the front.
The old Industrial order IS passing. We
are getting new wine skins for the new
wine. III We think the struggle Is bit
hard take look backward at the strug-
Ele for religious liberty then look at
the struggle for political liberty Of
which we have Just closed the last chap
ter In the light OF this history we may
congratulate ourselves that We have got.
ten thus far with as little violence as
we have had.
WAR has FASTENED this victory All
the world fought political autocracy
The hideous monster was put down. De
m0cracy was exalted After the war
we discovered that industrial autOcracy