Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30

"iiii'o VI l'llSlouo p'i 'ilodl'di'
 Bearing this fact ill mind, l know of nothing more entertaining than to go to ministerial union, conference, or What-not, where the white chokcrrd brctherrn discuss the question: "lIOw we are to Reach the Masses ;" On such an occasion, am irresIst- IbIy reminded of Peter pindar's boatswain dragging the midshipmcn along to the accompaniment of;
 "Comle, blast your eyes you
 SCoundrel, come along,
 And save yourd dyoung sinful soul r
 The parsons fill the position l should occupy should 1 slap your face and then ask you, "Do you love me-" but they don't seem to realize that tn" next question, IIhy don't you love me-" is one which answers itself
 have often wondered whether these gentlemen read the Bible. Viewing that book as literature and that Is the only point of view from which l can survey 1t l know of no volume which ranks above 1t. l ad- nIirr it so much that like to believe that often people find satisfaction in 1t, And d painful doubt has often oyrrshadowcd my appreciation, aa l have listened to these parsons. l have thought. would the Rev. II. 1 Oly Surpllcc have devoted d sermon tO the annlhIIatlOn of communism, . had he ever read the volume in which he found his tcNt+ for in my Bible the apostle Paul cnioins com munsm as the principle of the Christian life, over and over again. Or, have wondered, would the Rev. ] NJ. I.uthrr IIayserd use 50 much in rcndlary language in regard to Lramps, If he knew anything of the 1 history of one Jesus Christ ; Or, l would the Rev. Cream Cheese make so much of paul's injunction to sery- ants to be obedicMt to their masters, 1 If he had ever seen the context. "hut 1 If thou canst become free, use H rather;" Surely, often think, the gentlemen who preach lurid ser mons on what they call the Labor ! Pr0blpm (D don read the Bible: or, if they do, have d different Bible from mine. Mine has nothing to say in praise of Jay Gould; on the contrary it rather imtimates that the hot place makes liberal provision for gentlemen of his kidney. In fair ness, though, l ought to say that a few days after the death of Public be-Damnrd anderbit, his pastor, the Key. Dr. Samurl Cooke, told a reporter that "thcre was something about him (P-b-D. \.) which told me that he had religion at hls heart. So we will ake 1t for granted. oI course, that he slipped through tn, needles eye.
 l Another curious circumstance l> to be noted in this connection, Whicl Is that the white chokered gentle men don seem to understand that which they do read. When l ask them how they would do away witt existing evils, they say those O them who have progressed So far d: to see that Labor has any grievances -"by the Golden Rule. That i
 we'll. We Socialists believe in tn, Golden Rule. But when l ask m, clerical friends how theywould oPpl,
 it. find that they have no idea
 beyond profit sharing or woman'
 rights, or some reform which, takcl . by itself, is no reform at all.
 All things considered, it seems t, , me that boycott of the churcl . would be an excellent idea. It is 0 no use to beg the issue. We oppo , ncnt> of white slavery will have tn
 church to hght just as he opponent ,r |. I,l f. ,,., | |