Put It First

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Apr 20, 1905

The Old Testament creed setting forth the triple requirement which God makes, puts first what too many Christians require last: “What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly?” Let that requirement be held in its right place, and our labor problems would be in a fair way of adjustment. We have just heard of a man, now in an honorable position and a working Christian, who says he was for years alienated from Christianity because his employer refused him an unquestionably just increase

in wages, and the same day doubled his subscription to a benevolent society. We have heard employers ridicule Christianity because Christian employees did their work in a slovenly way, broke their agreements, and showed no interest in their tasks except to get the greatest pay for the least service. Each one who does his best to fulfil this threefold requirement, putting just dealing first, where it belongs, is doing much to solve labor problems—more, perhaps, than many who propose solutions on platforms and in the press.—Congregationalist.