The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-30

idea, which boldly comes forward, pro
grsmme In hand, and bids US accept 1t an
help to build mp its rule as an inevitabl
necessity. 1t summons living societ
publicly and oontemptuously to it's bal
and bids 1t be ready to be demolished an,
ofterwards re established according to tn
fancy of this evil spirit, powerful indee'
to destroy, but helpless to create.
Thus it Is that this doctrine-if it can b.
called q doctrine-so philanthropio at tn
outset, 90 peaceful, so brotherly thi
doctrine, which announced itself as
new gospel of peace, freedom, and brother
| hood, has come to speak sternly of war, oi
massacre, of destruction has sworn tina
no matter what opposition it raises ant
what blood 1t costs, the socialist idea shall
| triumph, and has decided that if it he ne
cessary to reach the throne at which il
aims over ruins and over corpses, It will
| stride over ruins and over corpses Lei
the human sacrifices seal, If need be,
THE BLOODY COVENANT OF TIE NEW
SOCIAL ORDER.
1t win scarcely be believed that this
work of social destruction has been com
pared to the work of Christ, the refOrmeI
and transformer Of society. 1t is SO, how
ever and this new era which is before US
has actually been likeped to the social
trensformation, or rather restoration,
achieved by Cbristianity-as If anything
could be more fagrantly antagonistic to
the great transformation worked by the
Christian idea than this pretended trans
formation dreamed OF and sung by the
prophets Of the socialist idea /; 40 if q rev.
olution brought about by force and yto-
lence could ever be compared to restor-
ation accomplished through love aud self
sacrifice!
You reformers and innovators, do you
forget that Jesus Chriet attacked nothing
by force and destroyed nothing by violence;
that In his divine wisdom he was content
to sow truth in mems souls and love in
their hearts as the husbsndman casts seed
into the furrow aud that truth and love
have done their work among humankind
as germs in the earth, as the blood in our
veins, as electricity throughout nature
that is, in mysterious silence, with
strength full of gentlepess and patience,
yet with unerring certaintyf You forget
that
IF CHRIST CURSED THE UNJUST RICH MAN,
that is wealth abusing its privileges, wealth
without love, compassion or sym psthy for
he never dreamt of lead ng the
poor against the rich, but simply placed
between the two the powerful but sweet
link Of charity. You forget that If be
slaves from their chains, he never incited
master or slave to wage fratricidsl war
1n each other, aud that it was only as
his teaching sank into the heart of the
master that the fetters of the slave set free |
through love dropped of themselves, as |
ripe fruit drops from the tree in its good |
lime and aeason. You forget that if the |
1ivine Reformer came to found o new |
society, it was by new creation, and not |
through destruction that he came to |
'ehabilitate even bodily society while he
created the true kingdom of souls and
hat, far from breathing into It the spirit
If social hatred and Jealousy, be came to
If love and social self denial. The very
goal which the socialist idea has reached |
~ identifying itself with the idea of social |
is itself the best proof of the
ANTAGONIST BETWEEN
SOCIALISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
do not ssy that each individual in the
anks of contemporary socialism defines and
dopts this program me of destruction go
learly and 30 resolutely as I have stated.
Jnder all standards there are many men
Tho neither see nor understand where the
hiefs whose orders they obey are leading
hem-hopest, upright men, duped by viii
aims; passionate tovers of good, while
trayed and lost in the great army of evil.
f0lIy admit those exceptions possible,
ay probable, everywhere and, indeed,
Thy deny their existence7 Nevertheless,
10 m6luSpSiDB OF SOCIALIST acLlOQ In our 4
ay lies In the idea of destr ction, and the i
roblem which contemporary socialism no 4
niger seeks to veil is simply this: "What I
re the speediest means for completely denaol c
hing the old structure Of society Uhich is 9
lreddy bursting asunder in all its parts; and )
hen dopn, aohat is to be done to rebuild +.
'one its ruins the edifce of the ne1o social
'der ?" Yes, such is the problem whose
'lution socialism boasts of finding, even
lough it be through rivers of blood and !
ountaiUs of corpses and yet this social :
ody, rotten as it is said to be, still rests 4
] strong foundations as old as humanity +
self. /
Property is it's material foun dation, the d
amiiy its human foundation, and Religion 9
, divine foundation and, therefore, the q
gical march of the socialist idea drives it, Q
re fate, to clamor not only for the reform q
ID Transformation but for the ruin aud i
str uctiOn of these three things on which I
sts IL
IE WHOLE OF SOCIETY, RELIGION, FAMILY q
AND PROPERTY.
do not hesitate to declare it. in spite of the