The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-03-29
A POPULIST CHURCH.

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A POPULIST CHURCH.
The Rise and Fall Of Mr.. Satan.
Written by DR.. H. B. FAY.
$50 long as social condemnation, ar
tifcially creates hells on earth and com
plicates a destiny that is divine, with hui
man fatality; SO long as the degradation
of man by poverty, the ruin of women by
starvation, and the dwar6ng of child
hood by physical and spiritual night-are
problems not solved; an article like this
cannot be useless"
1862 Victor Hugo.
Render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars. and unto God the things
that are Gods" That arch monopolist
and pirate, Satan. has boarded the ship
Of state. gagged and manacled her crew
tice; raises or lowers the standard OF
public morality; regulates business Gus
toms; inf1icts fines: imprisons kills;
claims to be the source and regulator of
all property; confiscating; creating or de-
stroying values, by controlling the cur
rency; declaring wars at any cost OF men
or money; ruling social relations; ordain-
ing what causes divorce; suppressing the
will of maj orities. There is a monopolist
for the whole life! Human monopolists
are not in it. He is weary catching in
dlvldual souls. He has been taking them
by wholesale in political parties. He has
no competitor, for at his mandate, even
the church has shrivelled into the dry
skin Of thin, transparent caterpilar's
she'll
YET GOD IS EVERYWHERE.
THE INCARNATION.
The church of the incarnation" is
rendering tribute money to Caesar as
the humble Galilean fishermen, helplessly
bound to his government. were compelled
to do. But the world is not Caesars,
but Gods. Men are not meant to live
like pike in confined pond, where the
great pike, having dispatched the little
ones, begin to devour each other. till one
monster is left to die of starvation The
false system of the Republican and white
| washed Democratic parties, shutting men
out of honest remunerative chances to
| work, makes men incarnate devils, and
| keeps them from acting their divine ma
ture God created the world So men
| should be able to create, toll in the field
forest study, on the sea. in the city. with
| spindle. hammer, pillow or pen. gather the
| fruits of the earth, rear men and animals.
explore and invent This is being an
incarnation of the divine The dark mid
| die ages caught a faint glimpse OF the
glory OF the incarnation and tried to
celebrate it by sacred mysteries. in rich
robes and magnificent cathedrals, apart
from the world But the grandest ccre-
monial falls far short of the full and noble
| - ~, -
This truth is that God Himself took
| that nature He became flesh and entered
into mans needs and hopes and lifted
| them into union with HIMSELF God and
man thus became one and the kingdom
! of earth was already becoming the King
| dom of Heaven. That He was true man,
son. friend. carpenter and teacher. did not
prevent his also being very God. one
with the Father in Heaven. He prayed
| that men might be one even as He and
| his Father were one. The earthly life
OF Jesus makes God real to our human
minds. Even man is incomprehensible
without his material surroundings. So
| God and man are to be united in an in
| telligible unity only in the worlds mat
| ters the worlds affairs. GOD Became
Christ to save man the emily. man the
state. man OF the race. Everything is sa-
cred. nothing secular. If Christ is the
| standard of individual perfection. since
the individual is largely the product OF
| his environment. Christ must also touch
that environments else there is no Christ
for mans whole need He is either
| Christ Of every earthly pursuit or moth
ing; king of the whole world or phan-
tom. A God fenced out from politics is
no God.
POLITICS ALSO CONCERNS ALL.
INTERESTS.
! Politics, permeating every conceivable
phase of all the interests of Gods fam
lily. should be the especial religious func-
ton of the true church. no less than
prayer and singing of hymns No Eng
| lish or Greek words are of broader sig
| nifcance than those foremost words Of
the Christian religion. righteousness and
| Kingdom of God. They cover every con-
ceivable idea suggested in such other
words as harmony fair allotment accord
ing to ones deserts, right relations with
man and God prudence. self-control.
courage. mildness. intelligence. rever-
ence. respect for man. virtue, right doinr.
| kindness. pietv. justice, pity. TRUTH fidel-
| ity, holiness. These words have no NEAR
| ing, are nonsense. apart from the dlversl-
| fed interests OF life. as also conveyed bv
those other words. the ship OF state y
| Soul is embodied in matter. matter ex-
presses itself by soul. and the Kingdom
OF Cod should be synonym for both
and for Our own Government.
Try to imagine the infinite sDendor OF
that incarnation. suggested by the realiza-
ton of your highest ideal conveyed in the
above words! Caesar overthrown. All
| laborers. tradesmen. and all belonging to
! the professions doing their Fathers will
freely: unable to be part of Christ $
visible body. without bearing, each. his
own cross. and suffering both religiously
and scientifically If any of the other
members suffer" All that each member
of this universal brotherhood possesses
of moral. intellectual. emotional or ma
terial interests is to be held in trust in
the name of Him to whom everything be
longs. none being slaves. Then each
man will be in his place Christ. bearing
to darkened world his messages OF
peace on earth and the first things
are passed away
THE FIRST STEP TO THE INCAR-
NATION
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ON