The Labor enquirer., 1886-09-04
HUMANITY.
The Religion of the So cialist,
and 1t is Christ
Like.
The Church on a Par With the
Blood.Thirsty Capital
list Press.
Why a G0d-LOying People Do Not
Affiliate With the Church
Of To-Day.
For the Enquirer.


For the Enquirer.
Some people are concerned 10 know
what is the object of Socialistic worship
l will answer this question for myself
and l think most Socialists will agree
with me in saving that we worship "Hu
manity;" for human blessedness i'm
plies that God and man are of kin
There could be no communication be
tween beings of different kind. The
instincts of mau point to lit. Hence, sci
a man in the heavens and worship
him." Therefore, God is infinite; hu
manity and man finite God. And the
first article of our creed is "do unto al,
men as ye would thev should do unto
you"
This introduces US to the practice o
equity" which is the highest form OF
righteousness known among men and
the least practiced to-day. Neither the
church nor the government Of eartf
have ever acted en- this principle o.
equity but on claw" and "precedent ;
or, what has been done in the past il
right to do now. This hinders the pro
gress of humanity and we are now liv
ing under the reign of Claw" There is
no such thing as liberty and equity, fol
law controverts liberty at all points and
violates the laws of nature.
In the church the infant must be
made Christian before it can know the
difference between things that differ
| Socialists teach that until the body IL
housed and clothed, the stomach fec
and the mind informed there can be no
such a thing as a corre"t life. No moral
or spiritual structure can be built upon q
| foundation of idleness, ignorance, hun
ger and disease with any degree of sue
cess; but the organizers of our go as
YOU please" system have been trying tc
make people walk upon their heads and
not upon their feet. Therefore, Social
lists teach that it Is the first duty of the
state to house, feed and employ the
body; to instruct and entertain the
mind, and that upon this foundation can
and will be evolved a moral and spirit
ual charac er worthy ofenlightened AMI
progressive humanity.
And how will this comp re with the
humanity and religion of to-day, wher'
the officers of the state are fully Occu
pied in making laws granting specla
privileges to companies and corporations
to steal, defraud and oppress the people
in every conceivable way, and teach, by
inference, that all actions are good thai
do not violate some law of the legisla
ture; and if they can do 80 wlthou
working some harm to themselves such
conduct is held to be moral, Both pull
pit and press have 50 long preached
against morality and a correct life as
means TO an end that the people are
reeking in filth.
heard one of the ministers of thi
city a short time ago denounce praye
and reading the bible as a means of sal
vation. Sure, Brother IngersOll woulc
have said amen !" to this. Yea, wha
nonsense have we not heard from thu
pulpit; and now the church is reapini
the fruit of the seed it has sown. MeE
of correct life now stand outside of th'
church lest their characters should b'
compromised by uniting with it, Sucl
is the state of things to-day, and we can
not deny it. In it we find meanness
prejudice and ignorance of all the grea
social and industrial questions of tn
day, which are pressing with such oVel
whelming weight upon the poor.
The church and the capitalistlc paper
are now gloating over the conviction an
thirsting for the blood of the men VIII
have had the honesty and moral cOul
age, in Chicago and elsewhere, to asser
the right of the laborer to his share il
the wealth his labor has created. A
talk of these men being murdereIs an
assassins is wide of the mark. 1t is
crusade of capitalism against Socialism
and free speech; they want to gag tn
people from asserting their rights.
1t was but the other day, here IL th
city of Denver, that the capitallstic pres
was demanding that the writer of this
with a few other of bis friends-sho oul
be hung as sacrifice upon the altar
appease the wrath of certain angr
capitalist of this place; and did they NJ
introduce bill into our last legislatul
to punish any two or more persons VIII
may be found talking toge' her on th
: streets of Denver or elsewhere ? In a
cordance with the verdict in Chicago,
a policeman should be killed by SON
unknown person and | should be in tt
same street at the time | may be a
rested and convicted of murder. This
Law" but is it Equity or Justice?
y THOMAS You've.
; DENVER, August %.