Peete. dunn oy sone E srtptuse Tesaon: Utes G: kw Micah es Be “What doth the tora -pequire of ee ut to do’ justly, and to love merey,, and os “Wali lunbly with thy Goat’ Ttroddotions: Wet cus: the-otdrall Co say eany {ise of "the labor trowise-we ave having: It ts Hoviey notntins, to be ‘dumb, to ignore the situati and go on rroaching the simple gospel, But hes the Pesucie gospel nothing to do with teal life: John $ho baptist did not think so. When people came to him asked, “Whet ‘shall we do”, someone might have sold to him, “Don't bs too specific! But he ws specific, Ye said, "He thet hath two coats, let hi to hia that natn none, -« don't *be too personal; ijust preach « . But John satd, “Do violence to no man, nei the: SF se any jcecie ies ‘be content with your. we; King Herod came, some ‘one might have sata, ‘be diplomatic, or hé will cut off your head! ‘Bub Ss (John was very undiplomatic, end, tuning onthe old _ | joundrel of 5 King, denounced him'for hie shorteom= ings. The simple gospel is more than an evasion,tho ae tsbotae: tal 0, WT oes F real. one: isa must speek: ou me Bt bare taoth in ity é There, are..two' facts which naar tae’ present, position and the Word of God assumes them Dots five of these 1s the dicnity of labor. God id the side ofthe worker, The worker has rights. fhe Adler bas nove, whether he belones to the idle “rich or the idle poor, "If any man wilt not, work, ) neither shall he eet’ That ts, the moat prinitive “oF labor from a is dentedmoh SR ble does not confine work to manual lal 1 hap thinker who shouts that the only man | 4 isthe man tho works with his hands, This’ / is ee teaching. Paul said, “I Labon®, He was not talking about mldng tents, but about jpreaching | the gospel, He says, "Zam labor: main, because t] preach the Truth that.malkes men fre@l The hardest wd!) Werk le hot with the hands; but with the brein, the goul, the self, The men whose hands are not directe| by & well-disciplined mind mst remain a mediocre “| worker, There is no room in the workd for idlers. The saddest ting that can teppen—to-s—memeia Lo-WRD Bothing—te-to. ‘ 5 Il, “The second fact the Bible assumes ts the sanctity gf ownership, whether public or private. God says, — . “Bands off of-your n&ighboxs property! “What one owns. \ 4s his. If it is not his, why did mount Sinai thunde: out, “Thou shalé.not steal! There can bé no theft in & world where everybody omns everything. God's lev — looks on taking the other man's property es stealing, Sons ghee thief 1s dangerous, Ownership is sacred, end the man-who wantonly destroys his neighbor's +, Property is an outlaw, Ownership is a trust as vel] .’ “ge a right. Property is a trust, end ve are stewards. in ueing what is his own, amen-must have regerd for | Big neighbor ag well ag Aimsolf. : ; ital not forget that Ged lives with the af Who Yorke, and let ‘labor keep its lends off of wig ces not belong to it. : i “God has for laborer and for the sanctity of owner- ship, a three fold message. a : ry 1, The first is justice, “What doos the Lord require. of thee but to do justly;" God is gencerned with cons uct rather than property. The question is not how puch ig-€ min vorth, but what kind of © man fs he; jo end how is he living? The-only line’ of ete whieh God draws between men is whether they do well or 111, An unscrupulous poor.men who is out to plums, der and pillage the rich, and-an poe ae nen who te out to. 0) g and exploit the poor, | Dovb mescals, te ebifieh millionaire ond the bum : pho throws a bomb are in the sam class, God's firstPequirenent on el} neon is thet they do justly, & mitie Go rightof 2% Bes : Tustice-means a qquare deal to lebor. the employer who ds’not giving s just.wage to his employees is t-honest, Tabor-is not guilty of treason when {1 ries to: better tts dondibion. eens wilvneverbe. wattle rtyht: unt juaties horde # scales, eee Austice means a square geal for capital. Lhe empi ‘ex whe 1s not willing for a labor imion'to run his — “bistness must not be classed as a bed men, He my bo @ capitalist, but he hag rights nevertheless, and is itled to justice. Laber will nover permanently 9° | tter its position by wroncing its employer. 7 + deetice is-the reign of law, No men:can-afford to ‘break tlie lav, even for his own financial aavonte, for the law is his only protection, When a man the ‘law to inoréasé his: profits, ‘he pleys the fool, Taw must be upheld, ‘cost whet It may. 3 Do justly. That is‘what the church moula day to peo- ple today. We mist behave ourselves and pley fair, le mst restrain ourselves and give as well as dems a fair deal, We mst stand for the rejesty of the tau] and the authority of the courts as against the viale: of mobs and tie rioting of wruly ren. * 4 '. The Second message is mercy. "What doth the Lord require of thee but to love mercy Something. more than justice, Something more than a square deal, It 4s mercy, Wercy is the cultivation of the spiril of (S008 #H11. tot us try to see the good in other peo- ple. Let us strive to promote the. spirit of good Will rather than hate. Tt-also means the @olden- Rute| This is the only thing that will lead us out of the _ Wilderhess. ile must do unto others as we wonld have fin do to us. Tt ts vonderfuk what this will secon S, The third mecage 1s the Jnurch. “What doth the Tord requite of thee but ‘to wall humbly with thy God! There is sonething bigcer than justice, Dincer