The advocate., 1894-04-11
THE DEAD LINE.
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All thought begins in teeling-wide
In the great mass Its base Is hid,
And, narrowing up 20 thought, stands glorifed,
moveless pyramid.
Think of the crusades, and then i'm
agine the enthusiasm movement to
transform the world must kindle That
is the secret of the growth of socialism,
and that is the influence Christ relied
upon to make it grow. 1t is the secret
of the Peoples party's growth; and if
that party should become wise enough
to disregard the pratings of practical
reformers, and, with, sublime faith
in the leadership of Christ, make the
actual realization Of the millennium the
one plank in its platform to which all
mere details and ameliorative meas
ureS would be made subordinate, every
sect of refOrmers would unite under its
standard, and what powers could stand
before it?
FOurth-Christ did not worry over
the obstacles in the way of this move
ment. With few disdainful invec-
tives against things as they are, he
turned from the contemplation of the
colossal institutions which maintain
inequality and misery, to inaugurate
an affirmative, an educational cam
paign. Man made these institutions,
and man can destroy them. They are
the result of vicious character; change
that, and these seemingly invulnerable
barriers of progress will fall. Such was
His theory as Illustrated and explained
in the parable of the TareS. DO not at
tempt at first to overthrow evil institu-
tiOns; you may, in your ignorance, de-
stroy the good, too. Educate the world
to see that it's institutions are evil, and
the world will make an end of them in
good time. See to it that the wheat
grows to maturity, and as the harvest
draws near the tares will be apparent
to all eyes. So Christ said nothing
about tariff, nor free silver, nor paper
money; He did not even say anything
about the slavery which was about Him
on every hand. But He was right. AS
His doctrines spread, slavery began to
show as tare and it was rooted up.
But, He predicted, "This gospel of
the kingdom shall be preached in all
the world, for testimony unto all the
nations; and then shall the end come. J"
A dreadful social cataclysm would
then come upon the whole world;
universal civil war, when ga mans foes
shall be they Of his own household" "
Not war Of nation with nation, but
one last, supreme, mighty struggle be-
tween the hosts Of light and the min
ions of darkness; between the masses
of mankind advancing to greet the
dawn, and a minority seeking to drive
them back into the night. The strug-
gle would be short, but so terrific that
but for its brevity mo fleah had been
saved" The preaching has got itself
done. Steamboats, startle the fierce
beasts of the African jungles, the
screech of the locomotive is heard at
Jerusalem; capitalism has gone over
the World-it knocks for admission to
the frozen North; and wherever CAPT
talism has gone, with its strikes and
lock outs, it has been vigorously
preaching this gospel, for there
are socialists among wOrkingmen
everywhere to point out the way. And
now look over the world. Behold the
seething mass of discOntented human
ity in every land ON the globe. Some
tremendous change is universally i'm
minent. There are "wars and rumors
of wars" all the time, between the suf-
fering masses and the owners of the
earth. Europe and America are reso-
nant with agitation of the new ideas.
The harvest is certainly near; the tares
will be all gathered soon. He must be
blind who cannot seethat, even now,
the hosts are marshalling for the great
battle of Armageddon. And where is
the church? Every institution is alert
but the church alone. While al eyes,
either in hope or in fear, are turned
toward the coming dawn, the pulpit