New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-11-17
Henry George,
The Ap ostle,
An Estimate Of His Character and Infu.
ence by One Of His Disciples.
Epigrams From the Lecture Of Rev. Buz
eel on the Great Champion Of
u the Common People.

OcOISe-Iuo ApOSllcs " tuo NoAAAoA
People," delivered here and in Spring
field, was in all respects a mastery one.
Here are some of his most striking cpl
grams:
Henry George was man AS truly in
spircd of God as any man who ever trod
our planet. His great heart beat in
thorough sympathy with suffering, toll
worn humanity as it strove to upward
climb. !
He was one of the common people
and he knew their thoughts, their wants,
their needs. His heart was tuned Alright
to vibrate in unison, with the heart of
humanity. .
Thoroughly honest, sincere and con.
scientious he had no patience with shams
and hypocrisy: Tender and sympathetic
in the presence of his friends, he scath-
ingly denounced everything he consid-
cred injurious to the public veal.
He considered 1t his special mission to
fight the gaunt specter of poverty that
bears down so heavily upon earth's suffer-
ing millions, effectually crushing out all
hope and making life but dreary tread
mill-a battle with starvation and want.
When he proclaimed his glorious gos-
pei that human misery and poverty were
not in accordance with the divine plan,
but perversion of it, the toiling mil
lions felt thrill of hope flash into their
Respondent breasts, for they had always
been taught that Jesus had said that
there should always be folks doomed to
be poor.
The worshippers of mammon have al
ways tried to prove the necessity of pow
erty by the Bible, even as men used to
prove slavery by it.
Henry George was the only man to
whom the common people could look,
as leader who was not using them as a
stepping stone to office.
lie hated no man nor class of men,
but hated with relentless, witEering
hatesall social shams.
He recognized the colrupting iniqui-
@ty Of the protective system and no writer
has ever 50 clearly pictured its wlther-
ing and corrupting influence.
4 He was the relentless foe of monopo-
ly in every form and sturdily advocated
their public ownership and operation.
He was man of principle. No one
could ever accuse Henry George of sac
rifcing principle to expediency. From
first to last he was consistent and never
lost sight Of the end he had in view.
His honest worth as man compelled
the admiration and respect of his most
bitter opponents. Only Senator Platt
wasttoo busy to even say word about
the man, who was an honor to the state
which he disgraces.
His magnificent book-Progress and
Poverty-made an epoch in economic
science. It lays bare the springs of our
current civilization and shows the path
men must pursue to rid civilization OF
its plague spots and prevent the few
from absorbing the birthright of the
many.
All his writings are masterpieces along
the lines he takes up. They all deal
with the rights Of man and riddle spec
ial privileges of every description.
4s, The fact that he Was an American by
birth did not blind his eyes to the fact
that America is not che human race.
Henry George was a profoundly relig-
ious soul, Not, thank God, of the sort
that make great noise about their pie
ty, but of the sort that live their religion.
The rights of man was the shrine at
which he worshipped. His religion con-
sisted In loving his neighbors:
Senator Plat called him an atheist.
Think of it! That corrupt, old hypocrite
calling Henry George an atheist! Platt
lied and he knew he was lying. What
has that cheap politician ever done, to
justify his existence? -. s.
Such men as Plat are the real enemies
OF America. The only thing they can
do is to live and die amid the excavations
of their fellowmen.
If Henry George was an atheist, let
us all throw away our gods and follow
in his steps. If it he atheism to dedicate
ones life to the service of humanity then
4 let US renounce religion, tear down our
+ affairs, and, taking off our coats, let us
too work for man.
Love for man was his religion and
sympathy for all the secret Of his power
], Never has another such a character been
81 nrod Iced in any lacd. s#5ss