Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-23

Box III. !. w. HALL.
"Fced Ny Sheep
''0rgan,ze1 labor does nat care
Tor the starving and freezing chill
~~~ ~ pronounce
/ zen. .- " a minister of
nc Goope III open-air union
Imcyting at the college campus
Sunday evening, August Is. The
writer, who has no part or parcel
with either side in the present dit
ficulty between the railroads and
their men, chanced to be in the
city at the timc and hearing Of
the religious service to he con-
Quoted betool, himself thence for
| spiritual help.
Is it any wonder that the feel
ing is prevalent that the pulpit is
losing its influence? Is it any
wonder that utterances from the
pulpit are treated with less and
less concern? Why is it that
preacher with large and eager
audience before him will throw to
the winds the wonderful oppor-
trnity which is his by choosing
to lay aside the teaching of tie
Word to take up in is stead TIC
discuss on Of some subject Of
, which he knows less than moth
ing?
Selfshness is the basis Of all
evil and in the present conflict
it is exhibited in large gobs on
both sides. 1t is true that or
ganized labor is not concerned
! primarily N. the welfare Of chill
dren, but ! do not think there
there has been any more power
ful factor behind the ceaselc,s
battles of labor for better posi-.
ton in the world than the ever
present concern it has felt for lis
own children II the child Of a
mine operator or Of 4 railroad
director starves or freezes this
winter it will be the fault Of the
service at a winter resort or the
heating system of metropolitan
mansion, but the child Of a labor
er, while it may rot starve or
freeze in this land Of plenty may
find itsc,f without those things
necessary to its proper develop
1nent merely because Of the fail
IRE of the laborer to receive reg
ularly the fruits of his toll.
OF whose children are the rail
road managements so solicitousiy
concerned when theye refuse to
accept the governments .proposi-s
ton to return all striking men to
work with their seniority unim-
paired? They would submit to
every provision of the govern
ment's plan save that Of seniority.
They knew that acceptance of
that point would not cost them
one cent but moreover, would in
sure the continued operation of
their lines. Was it for the chill
dren that they so resoluteiy re-
fused?
What is seniority? Let's apply
it to the preacher. We will say
that after twenty or thirty years
e h"-d and conscientious work
3 ,rself from the
bottom the top Of the
heap d. as felt the pinch of
poverty III the early days. He has
seen the evidences oif want in his
little family, the worn shoes Of
his children, the faded dress of
the good wife. the barren walls
and the uncovered floor. His
heart has yearned for the things
to which he has felt himself en-
titled. The road has been rough
and rugged and at times it has
seemed he must give up in des-
pair. But. thank God! through
love and perseverance and prayer
he and the little woman he~
weathered the storm. They have
passed the time when they must
worry about the things which
have tried their very souls in the
days gone by They can now
witness the ful6l'ment Of their
hopes. True, they are not pos
sessed of great wealth and are
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