The Irish standard., 1905-08-26

will establish equality, social as well
as industrial, by giving to the COM
munity the control of all capital In
his opinion not only legislative bodies,
but also the church, is the slave of
the capitalist. He will, therefore,
raise his political structure without
reference to the word of God or to a
belief in Him. He will have no
church, which, to him, seems to en-
body the aristocratic principle against
which he is fighting tooth and nail.
Doctor Kerby very justly finds that
lndustrialism predominates the age
and has given birth to Socialism and
its concomitant anti Christian tenden-
cies, not because it was the natural
evolution of Industrialism to finally
overcome the influence of the church,
but because the Christian order and
Christian forces are greatly weaken
ed'-because mans susceptibility to
Christianizing influences has not kept
pace with his desire for material
progress. In support of his conten,
tion the doctor adduces the following
results of his experience and obser-
walton. He finds that "the spiritual
sense is becoming dull;" that men in
their good actions are beneficent
measures, are influenced by no con-
siderations of a SOUL" that mind is
recognized everywhere to the total
exclusion of emotions or impulses
arising from the SOUL Again, he sees
that the sense of sin is becoming dull;
form; that there are no sins of omis.
sion, but of commission only, and that
these are fewer. He finds in society
an increasing tendency to choose the
line of least resistance; he sees that
there is little regard for self-discip-
line, self-denial, penance; that In
difference and neglect overwhelm us
on all hands. The sense of personal
responsibility he also finds a dimin-
ishing quantity, individualism having
developed wonderfully strong men but
produced many weak ones; that men
throw the blame on environment"
crying out that circumstances have
shaped them. Finally, he is conscious
of dulling of the sense of duty-one
social class believing in it's own right
and in the duties of the other classes.
, The absence of these five spiritual
senses, which are the realization of
the soul's existence, in the world of
. today demonstrates clearly the DOM
ination of materia.istic tendencies;
and since the church exists because
there is a soul, she cannot but con-
demn the present condition of things,
and urge drastic measures of reform,
conceived on an obedience to the five
senses of that soul. Here" says Doc
tor Kerby, finally, "Catholicity enters
judgment of Socialism. Whatever er-
ror ia doctrine, ignorance of fact,
fault in method, distortion of empha-
sis, malice in propaganda We may
charge against Socialism, undeniably
it is in the main protest against the
supremacy of the industrial order In
life and an effort to equalize condi.
tions of life for all men. Its essen.
tial tenet is collective ownership OF
capita.-a certain, unfailing means, 1t
is claimed, of social salvation. We
may take the NOSE extreme and hope
full form of the proposition, such, for
instance, as the words of Edward
Everett Hale at the worlds Parlia
ment of Religions in Chicago: The
twentieth century will give to every
man according to his necessities. II
will receive from every man according
to his opportunity or accept the most
lgenerally adopted term-socializatio
of capital-and still, as it stands his
1torical:y, attractive as it is in many
ways, Catholicity mistrusts it deeply
and 1 think must do so. Catholicity
represents spiritual philosophy
which is to discipline and shape life
Socialism in it's least offensive form
Is a philosophy based on life; ant