Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-10
m ADDRESS BY
BISHOP SPALD|NC
Smoke on christianity and So
claIism' to Ladies' Liter
AIRY Club.
THE DEFINITION IS GIVEN.
subiect Treated Upon Was Listened TO
With Close Attention by His
Audience.
THE DEFINITION is GIVEN.

Members OF tho Ladies' Literary club
listened yesterday afternoon to an in
,erssting address by Bishop f. s.
shading, OF the Episcopal church. The
subiect treated upon by MIR. Spalding
was Christianity and Socialism," and
the lecturer held the close attention
NJ his audience from start to finish.
Following are some Of the important
points Of the discourse:
NO discussion is possible without
careful definition Of terms, and in a
discussion of Christianity and Social
ism such definition is particularly es-
s.pual because Socialism is used to ex-
press almost everything from be good
10 XIII the king and Christianity every
thing from an ocstatic emotionalism 10
a system of cold national ethics. Such
yagueness with reference TO Socialism Is
no longer justified. The MARKHAM So
cialism has right today to the term,
and whatever Christianity may be, 1t is
not possible to couple II with MARKHAM
Socialism as in the old phrase popular
with philanthropic churchmen, Chris
tian Socialism.
THE SOCIALIST PROGRAM.
'The manifesto Of the communist
udrty by Marx and Engel in most Wig
orous terms repudiates the union. 1t
cuunot be disputed that every earnest
person Is dissatisfied with the present
economic system. No man with his
eyes open can be an optmlst; no sane
man can be a pessimist. We should
all like to be motorists. To put it in
the words of Prof. Lester +. Warda
THE optimist says to do nothing, be-
cause there is nothing to do; the pessl-
mist says to do nothing because moth
ing can be done; the meliorlst says to
do something because there is much TO
do and 1t can be done
And so We come TO the Socialists
for their program. II is
'First-Abolish capital and create a
common ownership of the materials OF
production.
'Second--Creatc a common manage
ment Of production.
'Third-Give everyone a share Of the
public dividend.
Fourth--As wealth increases short
en- days of labor and provide larger
pleasures in leisure hours.
Most wonderfully attractive. but IL
It possible? The Socialist replies that 1t
IS not only possible but inevitable, and
# is just here that the split comes, 1t
Is stated In the preface to the mani
festO, In every historical epoch the
prevailing mode of economic production
and exchange. and the social organiZa-
ton necessarily following from It,
form the basis on which is built up
and from which alone can be explained,
the political and intellectual history of
that epoch and IN the words of the
manifesto itself, What else does the
history Of ideas prov, than intellectual
production changes its character in
proportion as material production Is
changed
"In single word, Socialism is COM
mtted to the materialistic conception
Of history. MIR. Client prefers the eco
monte Interpretation Of history, hut as
he develops economic methods II is "A
distinction with little difference. In the
words OF Professor Ely. Socialism In
sists that It is the development of eco
monte society which Is producing the
ideas Of our time. The ideas are effect
and not cause Art, religion, philoso-
ply. morals, are all matters of food
supply. We must as Christians protest
that this Is not complete philosophy.
1T assumes that selfshness Is the real
motive force The appeal today to the
laboring classes to become self-con-
scious and with the sole motive OF self
interest gain their right, overlooks tho
power of unselhshness, which a Chris
tian cannot forget.
THE PROPER ATTITUDE,
This conception overlooks the value
Of religion In uplifting and inspiring
men. None Of us can sit quiet and wait
for evolution to complete it's work. Re
ligion furnishes the wise zeal. Social
ism without its restraining power is IN
danger Of relying on Anarchistlc law
lessness.
What then, Is the proper attitude
for a thoughtful person to have? POSI-
lively refuse to be partial; hold on to
ones religion that II may elevate and
eunoble the end which Socialism de-
sres but let the aim Of Socialism put
reality into Christianity so that no man