---
title: 'Hardships of the Working Classes'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas De Witt Talmage'
date: 1886-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Social Issues'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 11'
- 'Deuteronomy 22'
- 'Isaiah 41'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/talmage-1886-hardships-of-the-working-classes
---

# Hardships of the Working Classes

Talmage's 1886 sermon condemns exploitation of the working classes—especially women—describing harsh factory conditions and urging Christian justice. Also includes an ethnographic sketch of 'Crackers.'

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