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The Presbyterian of the South
Vol. 9G. No. :n. RICHMOND, VA.
August 'J. 1 ! f_'"J
STKIK KS are probably a1 iliis I inn oeeupy
in<; t In* thoughts of more people in this
country than any ot Iter subject. Tin* right, in
i In* abstract, of any man to quit work or of any
organization ol* men to agree together to quit
work, cannot he ? l<*ti i?>< 1 . A strike is 1 ly
entered into to compel 1 1 ic employer to grant cer
tain demands of the employes, lint it shotihl
always he home in mind that there are many
others involved in every strike. It' the light
between the eoal miners and the mine owners
afl'eeted only themselves, the public 1 1 1 i it h 1 have
no right to say anything. lint when settling
some grievance of their own. no matter how
real it may lie, they ought nsider the ef
fect upon the rest of t.ic people. When t?tMI,(HlO
miners slop werk the shortage of coal will cf
fcet directly at least fiO.OOO.OOO people and in
directly as many more. Wailroads and steam
boats must stop running, so passengers and
freight cannot he earned. Power plants and
manufacturing cstid>lishments must close down.
SI M.MKW l?KSO|{TS, hi sum > cases at li'iisl,
and tin* iiu in li<*r is iinTi'?isiii?x, si em in I ??*
developing into t lit* devil s resorts. (Mm* ol our
correspondents, writing I rom one of I lie most
famous resorts on the Atlantic coast, says:
Weatli -r. Wiiter. accommodations line: people
wiekeil mostly, wantonly so. The place irrows,
hut all wrong." (Mir correspondent i< lln-re lo
preach and we are sure he will preach a sound
gospel, lint we are afraid lie will not reach
many of tli ? people, who are doing so much In
lower I lie moral tone of the place. One of ilie
st range thinirs is that so many t'hrisiian people
go to this ami similar places in search if
pleasure, when there are so many places wh-re
(!im!'s people arc <;atlicriiii; evcr\ siimiiier and
when* they have unalloyed pi \jsiire mixed with
a spiritual development, that will all'ord pleas
ure and profit all through the year. Tin* call
is Iteinii sounded out louder and lollder each
year: "( oine out from anion^ iheui and he ve
sepa rsilef sait li t lie I iord.
rivast' tlx* 1 1 II III I > 'J?Jqp7 #1 '?(JatoO? "'Jm' I"1'
I In* pap -is. 1 1 will i?i' ?% ... ^ . or am!
c?:IIm i'mo.iI i< til ;i 1 1 llif rlVorl | > 1 1 1 into n to put
llit> | i;t per into homes that :i ? iu?w with ml
mil*. Wf hope thill t litTt* iii'f many who will
ivthli r I hi" 1 1 I p t<i lis ;i 1 1 < I tn llic ( 1 1 it ivli .
NKlilJOKS ;ir.> im-rrnsinir in niimhi'i's in this
roinil ry. hnriiit; the ? l?*?*;i ? !<* 1 ! * 1 0- 1 !*l!< ?
tin- iiifi-f.'ist' Wiis t?vt*r lilMHiUO. An inl "Ti'st iiiii
l";n- 1 in that tin- iiirrrase in tin' North ami Wt'sl
is far "rivalrr proport ionatrly than in t h ? ?
South. Tin' iiifr-'ast' in tin1 South was l.M per
ffiit. in tin' North per rent. ami in th"
\\ i'st per fi-nt. This shows that praeli
i-ally all of tin* normal ineivjise in the Nrjjro
pi pnlatioii in tin' South has m i *rr:i t ?*? 1 to tin*
North ami West. The ??r;'ati'sl lionu* mission
lifhl in tin* t-oi i nt ry is anions tin* Nrjjroes. It
is far easier to reach thfin with tin* gospel in
tin' Soiilh than any 1st'. So Ihr Church
onuht to increas ? its etVerts to cvant;eli/.e tht'iii.
On ?li%> Ko.nl to lli?> I'rcsliyteriuii Kimunpiiit'iil, licn-viMr, Texas.
so their products cannot l>c i*u 1*11 to sup
ply 1 lit* needs of thousands, and llieir employes
must l?e thrown out of work. They are anxious
to continue at work. When railroad men go
on strike, they stop the movement of passen
gers and freight. All the multitudes of people,
who are dependent upon wlial is moved on llie
railroad for the supply of food ami other ne
cessities, must sillier more or less as long as
the strike continues. "Nolle of us liveth to
himself." When any man thinks of leaving his
jol?, whatever it may he. and under whatever
circumstances, he ought to consider very care
fully the question as to what elVect his course
? nay have on others, lie should ask himself
the question, "Will what I may gain l?y going
<m a strike justify me in heing I Ik* cause of
giving discomfort ami suffering to others?"
There are times when a man may do certain
things that may he an injury to another. A
man would he .justified in destroying the prop
erty of another, in onl'r to save his life. Rut
as soon as possible, so far he has the ability,
he should make reparation. Oil the other hand
"<> one has the right to injure another only
that he may have more of comfort or pleas
ure.
IP !\V people realize 1 1 ? ? w fortunate i !:?? k>ou'h
ern Presbyterian Chuivh i.- in the m.i i ? i*
of ( ' 1 1 1 1 1'< -I I papers. 1 1 lias three |>aper> wliicli ;i i'? ?
entirely ? I.-* v??t ???! to tin- ad vaneement of its in
terests. Vol it has 1 1 ? >1 a dollar invested in
any one of tliein. nor does their publication
eost I lie Clinl'eli a dollar. Their pages arc ; ? ! -
ways open to t lie agencies of t h ? ( 'liurch to ji re
sent any matter that will advance the interests
of tin* work for which tin v are responsible.
The Northern Chnreh has good papers, but,
judging from their usual conl -nts, the agencies
of that Church cannot make much us< n| them
in advancing their work. We hav? just seen
the statement that the paper which is the or
gan of the ('anadian Presbyterian Church is
beinsr publish *d by the Church at a consider
able I >ss each year. A short time ago il was
reported that the Chnreh papers of the North
ern Methodist Chnreh, and which are owned
by the Church, had been published at a loss of
$400,000 in four years, and y.'t tlx (Seneral
Conference was reported to have felt that tin
papers were worth that much to the Cliuivh.
The papeis published in the int. -rest |* th>
Sou) hein Presbyterian Church only ask that
pastors and peopl'* will do all they can to in
RSUKUJOX airninsl I a w l'i 1 1 authority is
tailljlll some 1 1 UK's I iv those who olljjllt to
t < *;i ?* 1 1 only oImm ! it*ii ?*?? to the laws ol 1 lit* laud.
"Ameririi" (a Jesuit or^.in), says in a recent
issiH', '?'I'll,- lirst duty < ? 1' cv-'ry < '?! 1 li* >1 it* to tin*.
I'ulilic School is N'tlT to pay laxt-s lui* its
ii i:i i 1 1 1 "i ? :i ?it*f. -I i isl ift? cannot ohli;;c tin1 sup
|H?ri til' a syslt'iii which yr an* forbidden in t*oii
Si*i??ii< f t<> list*. Tin- lirst duty ol' every t'atliolic
null 'I' !<? ill"' Public School is to keep his chil
1 1 l*t ? ? i out ol' it.'* There is no law ivtpiirinir ?'
parent to semi his chihl to a pllhlic school, so
whether lie does or not, is for hilil to decide,
lint there is a hi\v that every hod y mn.<l pay
laxes for the support of the Public School sys
t 'in. hecause it is for the <_'ood of the whole
country. lie wlu? refuses to pay this tax is in
exactly the same position as the man who re
fuses to pay any other tax or to keep any other
law. Men were sent to prison during the war
for teaching; otli'rs to refuse to oliey law. It
would li?' a jjooi | th in <j: for the country, if the
same practice were enforced in times of peace
No man has a rijjlit to say that lie will not
ohey a law properly made hy his country, lie
may se -k to have it chaiiifcil, but*is lonir as it is
on the statute hooks, lie must ohey it.