The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-04

Heaven III not HI her Than lhe lowest
pir,H0f the tartl," says Dr.. Chaa Hodge,
than In such communism higher than
the pr yalling 'IHm,' that p ,ssea nudl +
That nBme" That type OF UOmmnnl m
says that he evil Ia In the existing 10.
cial ORDER entirely. IL has reversed the
ancient herrsy that whatever IL, IL
righl," and substituted a worse hereay
la ita stead, VIZ" whatever IL, In wrong
II says that Individual ownership OF
property, In land or IN the products OF
Industry, In IN evil. Aud In the form OF
Socialism, IL says that II ls egAlnst the
best interest OF society for men TO live
separate IN families. ltw0nld have them
herd after the simpler fashion OF the
brutea, II finds the s0urce OF the exiat'
Ing evils In society In defective laws,
whether they DO human or divine, gov
erning property and the family relation.
II makes no account Of the Inherent de-
praylty OF human nature, even assert
ing the absurdiy that man 10 naturally
good, and that he Ia developed into an
evil being by the workings OF an evil
system.
It- theory of the evil Ia both false and
wicked, and its remedy Ia ideal and rev
Olntl0naTy. II 10 eubYereiVe OF Gods
order az we'll 10 name. II accuses God
OF unwisdOm and unrighteonaness AZ
we'll M man. The whole system smacka
OF the spirit OF Lnclfer, and smells OF
the pit, and its induction into power
would mean simply the turning loose OF
plndemOnlum upon the earth.
On the other hand Chrietian c0mmun.
lam says that the evil Ia chi, fly In hn'
man nature; that that nature Ia such
that no eystem that can be devised can
be expectl TO work ideal happiness, no
long No man himself, In his very nature,
Ia no far below au ideal being, II also
freely owns that a part OF the evil grows
out OF defective laws governing the 30
clal order, laws ana customs which
have had their origin In the unwisdom
and ae ilshness OF man. its remedy II
moral aud legal-yeformatory but not
revolutionary lta remedy n TO bring
men under the sway OF the principles of
the gospel Of Chrlat; TO get employers
10 observe its teachings In their rela
tiOps 10 their men, and 10 get men TO re-
gard ts teachings 10 their relations TO
their employers,
Where companies or corporations do
this now; where they treat their men ~
men, and not az machines, or what IL
worse, M brute beasts; where they show
some sense OF Interest In them and aym'
pathy for them, and manifest a willing.
mesa TO give 10 them their Just rights,
the problem Ia shorn OF much OF its DIFF
llcnlty.
Not always 80, however, for sometimes
unrighteousnes on the part OF the en-
ployees, In their demands, defeata the
righteous inten ions OF the employers.
There was an example Of thls In Chlca-
20 recently, In connection with the stike
OF the workmen employed by the Nc
CCrmick reaper and mower works. This
flIm Ia noted for their just d hrlstlan
treatment OF their men. They acceded
TO the demands OF their striking work.
men, In oil except one particular. They
refused, aa was demanded OF them, TO
discharge Ave nonunion men In their
| employ, who were good wOrkmen aud
whom they wanted 70 retaiDi and they
were in the right, They did not dispute
the pToprlety OF wOrRmen organizing
the better TO protect themselves and no.
cure their just righta, but they refused
them the privilege OF debating TO them
what men they should employ 10 do their
work. II was, and In In every such case,
an nnrlghteous demand, and hence the
refusal was a righteous one.
Communism rejects the gospel OF
Christ. The gospel IL the best friend
the w0Tkingman ever had or ever will
have. lts great founder, Jeaus OF Naza-
Teth, was w0rklngman. All but three
years OF his life were spent nj the work
bench OF NbZ Teth, ia the carpenter 4
trade. He was himself known as the
carpenters son, and afterwards as the
carpenter. He was himself OF the
massee; In his aympathies no was close
ly allied 10 the heart OF the race, The
common people In his own day heard
him gladly, and felt instinctively that
they had In him n champion against
their oppressora. Alas that In this day,
NO many should fail TO SEQ IN him their
best friend ard In his teachings the
secret Of their dellveTance. But be
sides instllling the principles OF ! 0
| gospel into the hearts and lives Of men,
and havlrg them own its teachings IN
all their relations with their fellow
men. Christian communism recognizes
the need Of Legislation IN the spirit Of
the gospel, such Legislation m will re
strict aud curb tho power Of monOpolles
aud prevent their colossal growth 10
tho engendering OF oppression IN social
aud corruption In political life, For
II In o fact, and II brings u blush Of
shame 10 the cheek Of ever true ciiizan,
that great moneyed corporations DO
bribe Legislators, DO debAuch Legislative
assemblies. and drag the very robes OF
| justice In the miry clay. They are TO.
day q standing menace TO our free nati'
tulions, and Legislation that will pu
upon them some power OF repression aud
restriction, IL imperatlyely demanded.
Can you conceive, for example, that
there IL no menace 20 tho public vel
fare In the proposed combination Of
three or four railroad campanleslo buy
up tho whole Of the Pennsylvania coal
landsY
Then, too, the time ia near when
there will have TO DO some legislation
directed against tho amaseing OF c0los.
sal individual fortunes. To permit u
single individual 10 accumulate for.
tune Of two hundred millions OF dollars
IL TO allow that one man TO acquire o
power which IL detrimental 10 tho pub
lie welfare, And q limit can be set 10
individual fortunes without doing in-
juetice, or working hardship to any
body.
Such leglslation 90 l have indicated
ought not to DO sprung hastily upon us,
~ then II would likely to DO crude and
III digested, II will likely DO the allow
aud painful outgrowth Of q struggle
with u deep and complicated problem,
and must DO born OF that wisdom which
Ia On outgrowth OF years Of study and
discussion OF grave and difficult ques-
tion, II must be such Legislation AZ will
not do violent Injustice To the holders Of
largo property, such ~ shall not en-
danger the stability OF society, but such