The Mankato free press., 1894-04-06
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schemes have been tried, and every
suggestion has been experimental up.
on for the altering of human condi.
tiOnS so as to make that which is
wrong and unjust and offensive, right
and lOnely,we have to fall back on the
gospel of Christ. "The Law of Love
and Love as a Law" by which each
man acts in aspirit of true brother.
hood with his fellow man.
There are evils in the social, induStri.
al and pOliticalworld that are crushing
the masses. Let the social refOrmers
recognize more and more the necessi.
ty of reaching mans heart with the
gospel of Christ, and the next step in
the evolution of man will be upward
not downward, will usher in a social
condition wherein dwells righteous
nese and peace and love.
The discussion was opened by Rev.
Prior who stated that he agreed with
the paper SO far as the definition of
christianity is concerned, and also the
position assumed regarding socialism.
But he did not agree with that part
which referred to christianity and the
church. He believed the church to be
the most important essential to chris
tianity and it's spread on earth. There
must be organization, without it moth
ing can be accomplished. He referred
to some extent to the work christian
ity has done among men and believed
that the permanent good and improve
ment OF mans condition can come only
from an inner change rather than an
outward one. He did not believe that
socialism with Christ left out of it
would ever succeed. Man succeeds by
following the example of Christ, and
to the extent he has Christ in his
heart, to that extent is his regard for
the welfare and his interest in his fell
low man increased. In so far as this
leads to socialism, he might be called
socialist, and he believed christianity
to that eXtenttO be socialistic.
The general discussion was entered
into by f. w. Cotton, Prof. Koehler,
Gen. e. M. Pope, Rev.. w. Marshall,
and others, and covered about all the
ground touched upon by the paper.
Mr.. Cotton objected somewhat to the
position assumed toward socialism and
stated that those who had been quot.
ed as authorities on socialism had
been repudiated by modern socialists.
He defended socialism against chris
tianty.
Prof. Koehler agreed in the main
with the paper and believed that sell
tishness must be eliminated from man
before permanent improvement will
be secured, Socialism without Christ
he believed would be cold and selfish.
Gen. Pope said it was not often the
pew got chance at the pulpit, and he
wished to take advantage of the op-
portunity. He believed thete must
be radical change in the makeup of
men. He did not agree with all the
paper had said of the church. Thought
the expounders of christianity should
follow more closely the example of
Christ and get down nearer to the peo-
pie. Believed that the way for them
to save the fallen and degraded was to
reach over the pulpit down into the
slums where they are. When this
spirit becomes prevalent much of the
evil which now abounds will disap-
pear.
Rev. Marshall defended the pulpit
and said the reform must come
through the church members as well
as the preacher. The spirit of Christ
must persuade all. The improve
ment must come through the individ-
ual and extend outwardly to those
surrounding him. In this way he be-
lieved Christianity to be socialistic.
The next regular meeting will be on
April 18th, when w. L. ComStock Will
read paper on "Strikes and Lock
OUTS"