Year: 1869

what profit shall this birthright be to mef and he
sod hls brthrght unto Jacob &C. Inc labor o. .ne
alton as his strsitened circumstances compel
hm to accept Often he Is at tle point 70 dle 10 LOT M
ceive such compensation tor his labor as ne has
oYered-nOt such he asks or such as his labor Is
lated by labor. There is nothing conceivable having
intrinsic or conventional value that Ii not the pro,
Hncs oi labor In ap0r es asiao al with the
blessing therein contained by bargain ana SAFE ne
could not regain 1t in all its privileges ana powers
though he sought 1t carefully with tears. Tne mis-
OF his lot was temporarily allevlated by the pos
session of the then fertile region Of Edom IN which
he and his descendants nourished for period but
EdOm, as the type OF labor, soon became des0late
From generation to generation u snall De waste"
the reward of the righteous "He shall foursh as q
branch and shall be rec0mpensed In the earth"
The rich and powerful were the special fav0rtes OF
God, and were considered; hence the astonish-
ment of the apostles when Christ declared that un-
der The new dspensaton 1t was as easy for camel
enter INTO the kingdom OF heaven: They reasoned
II the rlch the special favorites OF Cod, cannot De
sS resulting rom the bargain and sale wherein
}, ovsss;sss
Gated by the evil in the bargain and sale
wherein the thirty pieces OF silver represented the
material agency IN the transaction clearly presents
the principle, "Heal similar with similar" This was
the initat0ry step for the overturnng OF the old dis
as one





day with the Lord and as


God moves In a mysterious way


His wonders to perform,


the day when this change TO be final and complete
Is, no doubt from the signs of the tlmes silently but
surely approaching. The news OF The beginning OF
this change was first communicated to the labOring
class-to shepherds as they watched their focks by
night. The same class were chosen chief in nstru-
ments In procaiming the glad tdings IN the days Of
its iniancy-fshermen tOiling at their nets. The
carpenters son became King OF kings and Lord OF
lords. The beginning OF the 0verturning OF the



capital was to the Jews stumbling block and
10 the Greeks foolishness. Ii was incomprehensibe
to them in that day; and the stumbling fools are not
all dead yet. Labor is the instrument In the hands
OF God which more than any other Is to-day working
out the great problem OF the final change, when
Esau, between capital and labor. "Ephram shall
not envy judah anu Judah shall not envy Ephralm;"
when the earth shall be fun Of the knowledge OF the
Lord as the waters cover the sea- Labor is now do
ing more to bring about this than all the learned
preachers with their eloquent sermons and finely
Labor. with the aid OF scence-which ls the result
OF abor-'is exalting the valleys making low the
hills and mountains, rough places plain and making
straight in the desert q highway for our God on
which his horse in armor swaoweth the
ground with swiitness and saith among the
Is not afrighted" Labor Is the means by which
opposite parts OF the globe are being brought into
close prOxmity-lt is opening up the way for great
and marvellous change for the ushering in OF that
day which was propheticaly spoken to Esau-"and
1t shall come to pass when thou shalt have the
dominion that thou shalt break his yoke tine yoke
OF MammOn) from or tiny neck. The merchants
which were made rich by her (MammOn) shall stand
afar Off weeping and wail1ng. For In one hour so
great riches Is come TO naught"