The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08
Organization
Department.

DepdTlIHGHl.
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A POPULIST CHURCH.
(Continued)
The great question of the ages, that
has caused all the worlds wars, now
arises. If Gods law is supreme, and
God is in all and through all, what is
left of human freedom? Can't men have
their own way? In material world
individual action must necessarily be
limited. To what extent? The divine
right of kings answers, 80 far as it
pleases us to grant freedom to our sub
jects." One despotism has been over
thrown only to set up another. Power
and strategy have ruled; justice been
unknown, and the same conflict has
been waged, the past century, between
the two leading parties of our own coun
try on subordinate issues of war, taxes,
the power Of banks, or how one state
could get ahead of another. How can
an individuality assert itself which shall
not be anarchistic or devilish? Is COM
munism or anarchy right? Is strong
government, monarchy, an empire, or
a moneyed aristocracy, or what, and is
it incompatible with individual liberty?
Then there are theological questions
about foreordinatiOn and free will,
which have been taken as inexplainable
facts.
All such questions have been answered
differently in different ages The Arian
controversy, of the fourth century, de-
clared that the old established order, the
natural government then existing, sup
posed to be ordained of God, was not
superior to the Christian government.
King Caesar, who has since moved to
Lombard street, did not then have an
Associated Press in the pay of the gold
and silver mine owners, to prove to the
simple minded that such a dangerous
declaration would cause loss of con-
fidence"-AMONG THE BANKERS.
Now the old Republican and Democratic
parties are both daily aided by big
newspapers in misleading the heather
back to the gold, silver, brass and iron
ages, to the worship of their dead Ma
poleons and bloodthirsty still living pol
iticians.
When summoned to the new language,
the new spirit of the dawn of the new
day breaking" the coming AGE OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, those out of date
barbarians, with Pilates stolid skepti-
cism, can only say,
WHAT is TRUTH.
The intelligent Populist replies that
truth lies half way between communism
and the anarchy of the Republican and
Republican parties. Here is the golden
mean. The golden rule. Here is free
dom, made possible for individuals, in
that most powerful of all governments,
a great human brotherhood, whose
father is Coda kingdom of heaven on
earth. John viii, SO, says, IF the son
shall make you free, We shall be free
Indeed" Yet governments for 10 CEN
turtles have allowed only the upper
ten," through the power of gold and sill
yer, to be free. Freedom is to be OBJ
tanned in society no less than in indi-
viduals, by bringing the flesh INA
terial things) into subsection" Satanic
laws sell that power for coin to the few
True religion declares that as God
made all men in His image, nature
should be harnessed for the universal
benefit of all, not for individual gains
But the Democratic and Republican par
ties say, Let every man live for him
self, and the devil take the hindmost."
The poor, Indifferent populace permits
it; ''lets the government run ITSELF"
The old Christian principles have not
changed, but as modern industry and
inventions are drawing individuals, that
used to stand alone and independent of
each other, together into one great or
ganic social order, the difficulty comes
in applying those principles to the new
system as a whole It takes generous