The Jersey City news., 1890-01-20

character and will of God, and to his
mind absolutely unjust relations that
exist in human society," lead the skeptic
to wonder whether the God Of the Bible
is the true God.
He is led to doubt the truth of God's 9
law. If God be love, and He be all pow
erfdl, why does he permit these irregu-
larities, why permit this injusticeP He
cannot understand how all the evil exists
and SO he first doubts one thing and then
another. And like the fool says in his
heart there is no God; and then distrusts
the Bible, despises the churches, scoffs aJ
the bible and so stands apart from all re-
| ligion except that of kindness and his
| fellow men; except that which is an en-
deavor by worldly wisdom to readjust
the present condition to one of justice
| and right, to one of equity, equality and
uniform prosperity and blessing.
TRACING THE DOCTRINE.
Thus we find many well meaning men,
men OF large heart and noble aspirations,
stumbling over this apparent contradic-
tion in the character of God.
We find this to be the source of all
labor trouble, all the false doctrines and
false positions of the trades unions; in
this is the seed OF all socialism and an.
arch1stic and nihilistic sentiments and
doctrines. Men are led to these positions
by the sense of justice which is innate in
their breasts, which cries out against the
taking of the marble from the boy who
only has one and giving it to him who
already has 100; against taking the one
house from the worker and giving it to
him who already has 100. He says it Is
not right that one man should have mil
lions and another nothing. He says it is
not right that one man should receive ten
dollars per day and another one dollar.
He says it is not right that one man
snould live in palace and another in a
hut. He says it is not right that one man
should go to heaven and another TO hell.
AS for the hell, he does not believe that
there is any but the hell on earth he sees
and knows and has to believe in, and pro-
poses to change it by taking by force
from him that hath and giving to him
that hath not. He despairs of any correc-
tion of this inequality by the laws of the
land and looks upon all who do not favor
an immediate readjustment as dishonest
hypocrites, thieves and tyrants, and upon
himself as u martyr to- the principle of
Justice. He sees no possible way to secure
an equitable division but by force, and SO
comes to feel justified in the use of dyna-
mite, fire and murder.
He curses God and the Church as the
worst of tyrants, and this he does because
he sees the inequality, because he sees
the misery of one and the prosperity of
another.
SIN is THE CAUSE.
Now all the difficulty of the philosopher,
the philantropnist, and the socialist and
anarchist is that they have failed to take
account of sim The kew to all THAI diff
Guilty is found in that one word.
God, Himself is a socialist except for.
sin. God is a Communist except for sin
The seeming contradictions in the charac-
ter of God is all found in the fact of sin,
and that Gods will is not done on the
earth by reason of sim God says that it
is shame that all men are not prosper
Gus and happy, that all have not plenty,
for he has provided plenty for ALL
The difference between the socialism of
God and that of these men is that they
take no account of the changed con-
dition wrought by sin. God says that all
men are born to live, but the soul that
it shall die.
But these men say all men ought to live
whether they sin or not. God says that
it is terrible thing for man to lose his
soul and cries out to men, Why will We
die?" God so loved the world that He
gave His son that men need not be lost
But these men say that man shall not
go to hell whether he has sinned or not,
and whether he repented of his sins or
not. In fact they take no account of sin
IN this whole matter and here is where
the trouble all arises. tits the knowledge
Of sin that unlocks the word of God. 1t
IS the erstanding of the true nature
Of sin that explains the character OF God.
THE THING MUST LAST WITH SIN.
These conditions can no more be
changed by the unbelieving Socialist and
than can doomed soul break
out of hell Such men are already in
nell, and their rawlings are simply the |
testimony of what shall be the cursings |
md rawlings which shall be when they |
ire behind the doors of that eternal |
prison house. The only escape from that |
ic ant f1sNtf oil,
proper use of the talent which God has |
Ziven us.
Men are ever cursing God and 9th er fell |
ow men for i'll luck when their i'll luck is |
he working of this law that takes away |
rom them which they have refused to use |
,r have abused-used in opposition to |
Gods law. Men look at others and think |
elves or that God has given them more,
when the truth is only that they have
,een more faithful and obedient, and |
heir two talents have developed into |
our, and their five talents into ten
Yearly every man that is at the foot of |
he ladder and is out of position and has
ost his talent is so because of his own |
ins, or his fathers sins, but chiefly his
'Wn.
SITUATIONS FOR THE GOOD.
The speaker then dwelt at length on the |
of men and said that this was
lot evidence of the injustice of God, but
he justice.
"Some people will ask,'' continued the
peakcr, IF our loss temporal as well as
piritual is owing to our sins is the pos
ession of riches an evidence of righteous
lessY Is Jay Gould righteous man? |
IRE his millions an evidence of right
business? If the possession of untold
Millions of dollars We're or could be
roven to be blessing [ would unhesi-
atingly answer yes. The abundance of
hat which is a real blessing to man is
nd must be considered an evidence of
ivine favor, and divine favor is based
Ipon mans faithfulness.
WORD FOR JAY GOULD.
"But what is real blessing? Are these
Millions real blessing to Jay Gould? l
hink not. :"
The speaker then stated that God knew
hat the money in the hands of Jay Gould
7as safer than in any one else's and |
yould be used judiciously to benefit man
ind, but that he was satisfied that he
7as richer man than Gould.
The preacher closed by telling his con
regation to follow closely in the path of
righteousness.
Mrs. Cylkowski Still Alive.
Mrs. Cylkowski, the wife of saloonist
ylkowski, of No. 1855 Morgan street,
hose condition resulting from the eff
ects of blow on the forehead dealt by
Al. 1