The herald., 1895-05-13
TO THE EDITOR
[The Herald under til is heading prints com
mnnications. but does not assume respons..
bility for ne sentiments expressed.
DR.. Herron's Message


Editor Herald DIR. Heron has de-
ivered his message and the church peo-
pie of Los Angeles are in a state of in.
tellectual blind staggers from the start.
ling and dazzling picture OF a new spirit
ual order so clearly and ably set before
them. Nothing short of stopping their
pay could have so stirred up our local
ministry as DR.. Heron has done. feel
sure that no such seed. destined to pro-
duce so rich a harvest of lasting good, has
ever been cast this way by any other
spiritual power. The brand newness Of
his ideas is only equalled by the profound
and deep seated impression they make in
the inner hearts OF all who hear him.
Spirituality, he says. is intensely prac-
tical. 1t is not in the air. or something
separate from every day life. but it is the
thing to organize and run the world with.
If the state were to take the Standard
Oil company's business and run it at cost
for the whole people. that would be q
sayings are the most practical; they may
not be in line with the present spirit of
commercialism. but that only proves that
the present system is fundamentally
wrong. That thing only is right which
will advance the general good. We are
now working in an industrial system
funded on the idea of selfish interest
that system every Christian should repu-
dia.e, for it is anti-Christian. Christ was
strictly scientific when He said: "Deny
yourselves and follow Me- meaning sub
ordinate your own immediate personal
claims to a cooperative effort for the gen
eral good and incidentally you, as a So
cial unit. will prosper in the general
prosperity. Ii was news to some when
DR.. Heron said that competition was not
the scientific principle of production.
Some there are who never heard OF any
other way of producing wealth. few
years back, in country not far south of
ours lived the incas. who, by the coop
erative principle OF wealth production,
made their labor more effective ten times
over. TO the individual producer, than we
do today. with all our puffed up lad
vancement." But this fact has escaped
general observation. If the individuals.
in the production and distribution OF
wealth, work together, they cannot fail;
it is only when they pull against each
other. as now, that the strong and con
scienceless win and the very many fail.
1t seems incomprehensible to many that
if there is new principle that Will do
such wonders in social regeneration, it
has not been discovered long ago.
The answer is that it is certainly re-
markable that men could have overlooked
it, but it is equally certain that they
have done so. But consider that at one
time all men alive. and there were some
very learned ones among them, believed
the earth was fiat! 1t was always round.
though in spite OF their ignorance. The
kingdom of God is not in cloudland, but
we are enjoined to so apply the essence
of Christ's teachings to our systems. in
sttutions and customs, that this world
will De good enough to be calico the
Klngdom of God. DO what we preach
Dickens YORKSHIRE schoolmaster grazed
the truth nearer than he knew when he
told the boy who had correctly spelled
horse to go and curry him and clean the
stable. After we learn thing" said
Squeers. I'VE go and do it,
w. C. B. RANDOLPH.