The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19

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bodies no good to our country. The
church which may well concern itself
with all those things which affect the
temporal welfare Of this great people.
II may well concern itself with those
things which menace the state. which
tend to ia3pardize the Institutions
which came to us from the hands OF
our fathers. The movement l. yet in
ts incipient stages and il is well that
is pernicious influence should be un
darstOod
Socialism is at war with our most
cherished traditions II is hostile to
the enlightened principle Of our
growth as a great people Ii is perl to
our social and Industrial development
II would pa~alyza individual initiative
which has been the most potent factor
IN our upbuilding. Here amidst the IN
surpassed advantages which a kind
Providence has placed at our hands.
The individual counts for more than
anywhere else beneath the sun. Here
no matter how humble his station. he
Is able tc develop his genius for ac-
completing things, for subdning the
wilderness, for building great cities,
for spanning the continent with the
evidence of his power, for improving
his environment and making better
the home and stronger the state. But
this were endowment enough. II has I
been the touchstone of our national
development. 1t has given us countless
communities, happy, selfreliant, pros
perolI', brave and patriotic. Socialism
seeks to level down and not level IN.
1t Is alike at war with the best inter.
ests OF both capital and labor 1t seek.
70 restrict each in the exercise of its
natural functions. II puts limitations
upon each which are contrary to
American genius and spirit. In the
United States the labOrer of today
becomes the capitalist of tomorrow.
Such has been our experience from
he beginning until now, and it will be
he history of tomorrow.
Neither constitution nor statutes,
hongh they were framed by men with
he wisdom of Solomon can establish
nd maintain equality and absolute
ustice among men. We must look to
he persuasive power and influence of
he Christian church to bring them to
complete realization of their true re-
aticn:hip to each other; to their pr,
nary duty TO deal fairly with one an.
Their, to carry into the various rela
ions Of life the principles of that
lief and splendid code the Golden
.ule
No political law can maintain en-.
uring relations of amity between
apital and labor No human law can
ring them into such harmony as per
etuallv to avoid friction and COLI
on. The Christian church can do
ore than all measures framed by the
and OF man to maintain industrial
eace. for il teaches the brotherhood
man and inspires men with a sence
Justice and fair play which Is the
Innate foundation of good relations.
men do not have within them the
'irit of love and Justice: If they do
It have in their breasts the spirit OF
vine law, there is little hope of en-
ring concord.
The Christ an church l. doing much
r peace everywhere; much for the
eservation of good order among NJ
Q nations of the earth We are spend
g millions upon millions to keep our hi
mics and nayies abreast of our ma.
NAL needs. We are spending sums "a
nually which would impoverish I'm
ms of life the principles Of that be. m
my governments, in preparing to ne
ldicate the national honor upon land In
d sea h1uld occasion require. But m;
find in the quiet influence of the do
lrch more potent agency for the tn,
1seTvatiOn of international peace or
IN the sirongas military and naval 60,
cee of the most powerful govern ov
nts upon this earth. The church de
nds that the cruel sacrifice of life | a
] property by war shall cease. II art
ists that the methods of adjusting yol
'erences between nations shall be
Improvement upon the old method sta
composing disputes between bar :
GUS people. The church stands with da,
alligent flrmness for the de- ermina- an,
7 of international ques 'ons in the of
IUnal Of reason. II believes in the ed
ancy Of moral suasion. 1t believes ,
ic n The efficacy Of debate in the ha,
reno chambe- where Justice pre- of
rs than in the appeal to might luz
ch Is made upon the field. onl
mong the many benefcenf innu. out
a. which Methodism has set in wa
ration. there is nothing which ha- bat
Ter claim Ia our consideration than Bo'
educational its colleges and uni 81
sites. Young men and women. he
Gated within their wholesome al
phere carry into the world the Wa
l ideals which were there incul. and
ID. These institutions are not only cial
lg very important work but many I
hem are doing il under great diff. wri
les. As a rule they are endowed rea
more zeal than money. They had
I'D have an abundance of both. diti
ir necessities strongly appeal to was
v friend of the church and 70 all rep
seek TO advance the welfare of