St. Paul daily globe., 1885-02-02
SUNDAY IN THE CITY.
DR.. Smith Delivers an Emphatic Ser
mon Oh Socialism.
Irish Agitators Blamed for Prospective So.
cial Generalization
The Machinery of the Carnival Removed
Theodore Thomas Plans.
Nearly Fatal Shooting-Return of Rail-
road Coinmission-General Notes.
A SERMON ON SOCIALISM.
Rev. DR.. Smith Discusses its Nature, Causes
and Remedy in an Emphatic Sermon.

In the First Methodist church last evening
the pastor, Rev. DR.. S. @. Smith, preached a
rather sensational sermon to large audi
ence on the subject of Socialism. After
pointing out the indications of the spread of
the disease of socialism under bold banners,
and also various guises such as trades unions
and free thinking societies, the reverend
gentleman began to show forth the cause of
socialism, which he said were easy to be
seen. One was false view of life, the idea
being prevalent that it is merely a state of
existence In which to make money. An
other was n false view of society. The
Declaration of Independence started
with a lie which has been
echoing through all these hundred years. 1t
could not be possible that men are born
equal, that the tramp and clod-hopper are
upon the same plane as the honest, decent
man. On the contrary, as in the church, so
| in society, there are stations and classes the
bounds of which are clearly defined. But
taking the first sentence of the Declaration
OF Independence for their motto there are ag-
itators raging up and down through the
country aud the world, many of them from
|
politicians, who hope by trucking to them to
influence the Irish vote. Even the clergy hob
noo with them and encourage them
although knowing that they come from the
nOt-beus vi suicide and rebellion. And then
when they have read sufficient of the horri-
ole crimes perpetrated by these people, Of the
PI9nix park assassination, OF dynamite ex
! piosiuns lin the houses of parliamen /,
4 iffnfoV
outrages hold up their hands IN horror at the
ire tnry have stirred up, and wonder that it
| Uurns.
A tuird cause Of socialism, he continued,
was lase view of religion. Socialism Is
one of the lies of intideliiy, destructive of So
ciety as well AS OF the church. He next con-
sdvrcd
THE DEMANDS OF SOCIALISM,
reading from Chicago organ of the body,
| the AtdIm. the extract counseliug tne
down trodden TO look rot TO
| capital, not 10 the seitisn rich for
feurcss, but to the poor wLo are not
mean enough to get rich. DIR. Smith ad-
verted also 10 the Thanksgiving day proccs-
| sion ana exercises Of the Socialists OI Cnica-
| 20, where resolutions oi most inceudlary
| character were adopted. One would not be-
iievc, he continued, that people would believe
such stuff, aud yet there were 1900 who
SAID ''amcn" to it in Chicago thai
day. It Was in behalf oi the
substance of these resolutions that
lie hest blood OF France Vas shed,
mat hundreds oil the best heads OF the COIN
nouwca.In 1eil into the basket; for the
cislislic principles o to-day are identical, or
nearly SO, VITA those proIOunded By Jean
jacques Rousseau. Hundreds aud thousands
Oh men there are in the country WHO believe
that ali the rcn are tyrants and eau only be
subdurd by bioOdshed.
DR. Smltn IIru called attention to meas
uTes whlcn he thought would prevent lne
impending evils Ol socialism. One Is 10 re-
dress eXisung wrongs. Socialism cannot be
suodued Oy nowIing or preaching, or police
or IUrce OF arms. Iuat was tried i'll Eraucc
aud failed, Capital is undoubtedly selfish,
aud has a lesson To learn ~ peace tnst must
else be learned IN blood. Tue remedy iOr
over production is not shutting down
mills aud waiting for hign prices.
Society must fail uniess every man with
strength ana desire 10 work nas cnance ~
work. Ii is undoubtedly true, however, that
mills aud tarms produce mort tnau can al
present be consumed. The remedy for this,
however, is wider and more various produc-
ton, the making OF more different kinds OF
things.
Tue doctor thought too, that all
CORPORATIONS SHOULD BE AaRSABLE TO THE
STATE,
that legislation, not of a blind granger mob,
but OF Christian statesmen-should stand be-
tween tue corporations and those tney op-
press.
Another remedy of the evils Of socialism
which he emphasized particularly was to stop
all gambling ut onee-not alone the iusignil
icant gambling which gors on in the back
deps, tut particularly tnat INDUCED In by
CHRISTIAN mrn, IN tuis city ana in every
,srge city-bettng on the rise aud fall Oi
grain stocks anR provisions when there is DO
exchange Oi commodities. How can wheat
have 4 lair price, he asked, when
ten times the amount raised In the
whole country is bought and sold
Chicago aloUei But we are told this is com
mercr aud II lie outrageous to Interfere with
it. II must, nevertheless, Le swept from the
face of the earth by men, or God will SO
sweep il.
DR.. Smith dwet at length on the necessity
of developing the public conscience, OF stimu
ating righteous indignation against fraud on
the ballot boxes aud bribery ia national aud
state Legislative halls. The public con-
science ou the subject OF personal
responsibility and accountability also must
be developed The difference between the
wrrtchedncss Of IrclandAnd the happiness
of Scotland is not so much in the soil, nor
the land systems nor the whisky drank nor
the religion, as It is the result Of the diverse
characteristics OF the peoole tbemseIves-the
one thrifiless and discontented, the other
thrifty aud disposed to make the best Of
things.
Another element mentioned by the
preacher in tie prevention Of socialism was
the spreading of knowledge Of all kinds.
To this end he called for u radical change In
the whole educational system. Instead OF
putting ali through one machine, the eduea-
ton should be so voiced as to develop the
powers aud skill Of eye, hand and foot, as
well as Of the brain-au education represent
ing our civilization.
The last ana mostimportaut remedy men
toned by the doctor was the realization Of
the Christian commune, symbo.ically set
forth in the com immunity OF the early fathers.
when this is realized, with all the charity,
love and faith which it implies, then will
socialism fnd its doom.
THE CARNIVAL CLOSED Up.