The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-07-16


dition of modern society, and by
means of universal wealth and rounds
of sensual pleasures to regenerate
the world!
Can we conceive anything more
absurd, more glaringly contradictory.
Woe unto society if ever it will allow
itself to be allured by this siren of So
cialiSm. Here it is well to bear in
mind the words of st. Paul, quoted
above. For they that will become
rich, fall into temptation, and into the
snare of the devil, and into many I'M
profitable and hurtful desires, which
drown men into destruction and perdi-
ton (Tim. vi:9).
WEALTH AND LUXURY ASSO-
GATED.
''The history of the world shows
conclusively that wealth and luxury
have always gone together, and have
ever been the immediate precursors of
ruin for every nation that abandoned
itself to their corrupting influences.
Listen to the prophet Ezekiel as he
fOretells the mistress of the ocean on
the Phoenecian coast it's impending
fate: % Tyre, thou hast said in thy
heart: am of perfect beauty Thou
vast in the pleasures of the paradise
Of God; every precious stone was thy
covering; thou hast walked in the
midst of stones of fire. BY the multi
tude of thy merchandise thy inner
parts were filled with iniquity, and
thou hast sinned. In the splendor of
thy beauty thou hast lost thy wisdom
Yet little while and thou shalt be no
more. Thou hast detiled thy sane
tuary by the multitude of thy iniqui-
ties and by the iniquity of thy traffic.
Therefore l will bring forth fire
from the midst OF thee to devOur thee
(Eze. chaps. 27-2S). The prophcsy was
literally fulfilled and to-day the site
wherein it stood is but a barron rock
where fishermen resort to dry their
nets. Identical prophecies We're ut
tered against Sidon, Babylon, Garth
age and Pagan Rome, all of which
have had their fultilment and we are
witnesses of these visitations of Gods
Vengeance which came upon those
cities because of their corruption,
brought Oh by wealth and luxury.
I'VE might continue this history,
and in the destruction Of Jerusalem
and Constantinople, the devastation
wrought by the barbarians Of the
north, who poured their fiery hosts
over southern Europe and northern
Africa; the wars of the Reformation
and the Revolution show the same
avenging wrath of divine Providence,
because of the corruptions induced by
wealth and it's attendant luxury.
DENIAL OF GOD AND THE
CHURCH.
Socialism, with it's denial of God,
its rejection Of Christ, it's hatred of
the Church founded by Christ, its
gospel Of wealth and it's dream of. an
earthly paradise, cannot solve the
social problem
In his we'll known and able work,
SOCIALISM,: The Nation of Fatherless
Children" David Goldstein says:
tVnhn ,>r nf f1n tvn In -,
greatly hampered by the Socialists
within and without their works. This
is necessarily SO for the reason that
Socialist ideals are Numerically OBJ
posed to the ideals Of the trade union
The propaganda Of Socialism is pri-
marily related to the capture of the
powers Of government-hence it is
political. While the aganda of
the trade union relates strictly to
economics. Socialists look upon the
trade unionists with the deliberate
purpose Of making the economic power
of the American Federation of Labor
subservient to that of the Socialist
parties. That is to say, their primary
object is the complete overturning OF
the whole industrial order. -
"By constantly picturing the misery
of the poor; by constantly picturing
the greed of the rich; by continual
condemnation of all things which
meet dissatisfaction in the mind Of the
working class, whether the discomfort
be rational Oh ridiculous; by unccasing
condemnation Of the character and
the work of those who hold office in
the service of the state; by unceasing
disapproval Of those workmen who
hold the offices and so meet the re
sponsibilities of. the conflicts Of the
labor organizations, Socialists sue
coed in making Socialist minds of the
disgruntled.
docs Socialism concern itself will
religion? We freely leave the ques
ton to the judgment Of our fellow
citizens.
'"The Paine Halls of the counrr,
are empty and barren. They cal
scarcely raise the funds to keep thei
members from freezing! With tn
death Of Ingersoll, their power as .
distinctive organization was ended
Atheism has now found it's new body
its optical body in the Socialist move
ment. AS political atheism it (Social