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...religion became individualism. But individualism has worked so deeply into our hearts that we are asking if we have not been selfish. Ought we not to extend our religious thought to others? With such an idea we will come to the thought that Christ is the friend of the workingman, the politician and the economist, in helping them to solve present problems. So with denominational differences. If discordant sects could get Christ's spirit, their differences would vanish...
...which the price of flour is shown to have been reduced in 1865 to one quarter of that of 1800. Giffen, in his table published in 1885, shows the range of prices from 1839 to 1884 and makes the statement in his introduction, that the condition of the workingman has improved vastly, since the purchasing power of money has doubled and he is earning an increase in wages of from forty to sixty per cent. Comparing the dates 1839 and 1884 further, he shows that in the former time an English laborer had 15 shillings left after paying his rent...
...complete account of the history of the Union with a statement of its principles and methods. There will be four leading articles on the following subjects: "The Origin of the Union." by Professor Peabody; "The Union and the University," by G. L. Paine '96; "The Union and the Workingman," by James A. Stinson of the Riverside Press, and "The Principles and Methods of the Union," by President Ely. The publication, which is about forty pages long, will also contain pictures of officers and teachers and exterior and interior views of the building. Friends of the union will be especially interested...
...been stated frequently by those who have studied the matter carefully, that what the workingman of today needs most is a sympathetic friend, and a number of our students have proven by experience that these men readily respond to kindly proffered help of this sort...
These students have learned also that they receive a good equivalent for what they give that the workingman can add to their store of knowledge and to the breadth of their horizon. To hear the topics of the day discussed by a group of intelligent workingmen is of itself no slight privilege...