The herald., 1896-09-27

fxion, were not In accord with the will
of God, but the work Of vile, cruel and
wicked men.
Then why was Christ crowned with
thorns and crucified? 1t was but few
days before that the whole city had
bid him welcome into Jersualem with
shouts of Joy. If we read few chap
ters before the account of the cruci-
f1xion, we shall see the reason. 1t was
because he had preached the fatherhood
of God, the universal brotherhood of
man, denounced every form Of usury,
legalized robbery and wrong; def1ed the
money power, called the rich oppressors
Of the poor lot Of tombstones, beautiful
to the eye. but inwardly full of rotten
ness and corruption. and said that it was
easier for q camel to go through the
eye Of . needle than for rich man to
enter heaven" He called them den
of vipers and a lot Of hypocrites. and
asked them this startling question:
How can you escape the damnation of
hell?" He insulted the national bank
ers in the temple. kicked over the tables
of money, accused them Of baing lot
OF thieves, and with a whip lashed the
rascals severely and in fiery wrath drove
them out into the street. No wonder
that we read that the money power
and rich aristocrats plotted for his
death, bribed Judas to betray him, arrest
him, charged him with the awful crime
Of treason against the government and
blasphemy against God. Upon these
charges Christ was condemned. crowned
with thorns and crucified. He was muir
dered, not by infidels and heathens, but
by the rich aristocratic church men,
bers of His day. the priests and leaders
in the church. 1t was those who clam
ored so loudly for his blood and cried
out: Away with him! Cruelty him!
He Is not fit to live" The same element
in the church today would cruelty Christ
again should he return to earth. If not
actually, yet they would cruelty him
with vile words. denunciation. bitter
epithets, the boycott and prescription.
Human nature is still the same as of old.
The logical descendants of Christ's mur-
derers bring the same charges against
Bryan and the free silver men and all
reformers, as the Jews did against
Christ. They charge us with being
traitors to the government and bias
phemous against God. They try to stir
up the ignorant rabble against Bryan
and call loudly for his political death.
The truth is that the past twenty-five
years the money power has pressed
down a crown of thorns upon the brow
of labor, and crucif1ed it upon a cross
Of gold" AS result. vast multitudes
have died Of starvation. many committed
suicide to escape slow, lingering death
upon the cross of poverty, while many
more have died by inches, lacking food,
medical care, pure air and the common
necessities of life. They died upon the
cross of gold with the crown Of thorns
pressing down upon their brow. Mr..
Bryan stated only the truth. His words
were an Inspiration from heaven. The
Son Of Man Is being crucified today
upon the cross Of gold with the crown
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in the person Of his brothers, the sons
of men.
Judas was bribed to betray Christ to
death by the money power So multi
tudes believe that Cleveland, Carlisle
and others have been bribed by the gold
bugs, the Rothschilds and Morgans and
their allies, to betray the people into
the hands of their enemies for crucifix-
ion.
As Christ died upon the cross, the
bloody rabble mock and jeer and scott
and insult him with drugged wine. So
tdoay. capital, which has robbed labor
of the fruit of it's toll, stolen the pro-
duct of its labor, rolling in wealth.
while labor writhes In poverty and suf-
fering. Offers the workman a few soup
bones, crusts and second hand clothing.
or dances for charity-thus mocking and
insulting their victims, while they suf-
fer, groan and die upon the cross, be-
meath the crown of thorns.
Christ was crucified between two
thieves, as though he was the greatest
rascal of the three; uplifted between