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"Be ye  subject  to  every  human  creature  far  God's  sake." — I. Pet. ii. 13.

Ex. : I.  Joseph  and  Jesus. II. Coming conflict   III. Abomination of desolation.

I. Dangers :  1. Infidelity and  credulity. 2. Golden  mean. 3. Infidel,  socialist.

II. Socialism: 1. Its speciousness. 2. Private  property. 3. Labor  leaders.

III. For poor:  1. Extreme necessity. 2. Eminent  domain. 3. Occult  compensation.

Per.: 1. Alms-giving. 2. Christian  nobility. 3. Time  and eternity.

Brethren, what  a  lesson  for  strikers  and  socialists is  Jesus,  the  carpenter's  apprentice! What a model  for  masters  is  the  gentle  Joseph! What a proof  is  each  of  the  power  of  faith! What a commentary  on  the  evils  of  infidelity! The abomination of  desolation,  spoken  of  by  Daniel  the prophet, were  the  Pagan  unbelievers,  whose  entry into the  Jewish  Temple  was  to  be  the  signal  for the destruction  of  Jerusalem  and  the  overthrow of the  Jewish  nation. Brethren, he  that  heareth,  let  him  understand. In our  own  nation,  to-day, there is  abroad  a  feeling  of  anxiety  concerning  the stability of  popular  government — the  permanency  of republican  institutions. Men — leaders and  followers alike — instinctively  feel  there  is  imminent  a  conflict between  the  two  great  forces  of  capital  and  labor, and discuss  the  abomination  that  is  to  precipitate