South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-17
INDUSTRIAL STRIFE
THROUGHOUT NATION
DISCUSSED IN TALK
Rev. Titus Says Capitalists
Must Seek Kingdom of
God as Remedy.

In his sermon Of yesterday. Rev.
q ". Titus pastor Of the Fret
Christian church. touched upon the
great unrest thar Isl present IN the
country today. Speaking from the
text Matt $50 he said. III Jesus
had a message for the day IN which
lie lived we must remember that
lie has a message for our own day.
lie spoke with authority not only i'm
that day but His words have come
down through the ages an the great
est and wisest that have ever been
uttered. We would do well in these
troublesome times 10 stop and lis
ten 20 what lie has 10 say 20 US"
] need not srend any time ac-
qualntnR YOU with the fact that
these are troublesome days that we
are now living There is a feeling
o. vast uncertainty and unrest about
W. and we scarcely know what viii
happen on the morrow Think for
a moment az the industrial unrest.
We are confronted by n situation
unparalleled in the affairs of our
country. Perhaps in a day or two
the entire nation viii be brought %
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lized because OF the waging OF the
war between the owners OF the rail-
roads and the workingmen. il Is
also true that this winter may wit
ness suffering that has never been
known beS1re on account Of the
bitter s. lggle between the mine
operators and the men OF the mines.
Drifting Into Industrial War
we have drifted rapidly into
The grip OF an Industrial war that
bids fair to threaten life and prop
erty I'm almost every community.
We have been Inundated i'm the
ewes Of the world In the bloody af-
fair IN our uelghhoring state Who
knows where we are drifting and
what IS to be the outcome One
thing is sure. we are not getting any
nearer the solution with our present
endeavors for 20 any unbiased mind
it is evident that we are drifting
farther apart in these matters per-
tanning to "a mutual understanding
between these two great classes. i
am not surprised that even the gov
eminent has failed I'm the solving
Of these two great problems now
uron u.s. How are they 20 be SET
tIed9 What is 10 he the solution Of
these struggles ] am not a parti-
zan in any sense but I am firmly
OF the conviction shat I'm our efforts
20 solve them we are far from be-
ing right Sure the government can
never do Il.
"No permanent basis Of union
can ever come as the result OF
mans ingenuity Socialism. with
al !ts idealstic principles will never
bring order out Of the chaos These
have been tried over and over again
and have been found TO be want
ing What then Is TO be the ans
wer TO the seeming riddle2 There
can be but the one answer, namely.
that which is suggested in our text
The religion of Jesus Christ.
Need Sermon on the Mount.
I'VE need the principles OF the
Sermon on the Mount This is the
one thing that we have never really
tried True. we have touched upon
the fringe Of the matter but we
have failed IN putting into the terms
Of real every dav life the doctrines
that the CARPENTER OF Galilee laid
down. If we tried this there would
lie no disposition on the part OF any
man trying 20 grind the soul out
Of n man who happened 10 he in
his employ He would see 20 Il
that every man received a just due
for the expenditure of his energy
lie would not be like a certain man.
ufacturer who said. when he ord
cred his foreman 10 rut n certain
man % work az a ridiculously oW
wage. dam them. they have got TO
come 20 it, When the capitalist
seeks frs. the kingdom Of God he
WIN not think only in The terms OF
dollars and cents and huge profits
from the bones Of his hirellngs. but
no viii think Of their welfare. and