Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-11
It's perricious influence should be under
stood.
Socialists the Common Enemy.

It's perricious influence should be under
stood.
Socialists the Common Enemy.
Socialism Is at war with our most cher-
Ished traditions. 1t Is hostile to the enlight-
ened principles Of our growth as great
people. 1t is a peril to our social and In
dustrial development. 1t would paraiyze
Individual initiative, which has been the
most potent factor in our upbuilding. Here,
amidst the unsurpassed advantages which
kind Providence has placed at our hands,
the individual counts for more than any
where else beneath the sun. Here no mat
ter how humble his station. he Is able to
devote his genius for accomplishing things,
for subduing the wilderness, for building
great cities, for spanning the continent with
the evidence of his power, for improving
his environment and making petter the
nome and stronger the state. But this
were endowment enough. 1t has been the
tombstone OF our national development.
X has given us countless communities,
happy self-reliant, prosperous, brave and
natriotic Socialism seeks to level down
and not to level up. It Is alike at war with
the best interests OF both capitai ana LABOR.
II seeks to restrict each in the exercise
az Its natural functions. It puts nmita-
tions unon each which are contrary to
American genius and spirit. In the United
states the laborer of today becomes the
capitalist of tomorrow Sucf mas peeh our
experience from the beginning until now,
and 1t viii be history of tomorrow.
Neither constitutions nor statutes, though
they were framed by men with the WISDOM
of Solomon. can establish and maintain
equality and absolute justice among men,
We must look to the persuasive power ana
influence OF the Christian Church 10 bring
them to g. complete reaiization OF their
true relationship to each other. 10 their
primary duty to deal fairly with one an
other. to carry into the various relations
OF ne the principles OF that brief and
splendid code the Golden Rule.
No political law can maintain enaurins
relations of amity between capital ana
labor No human law can bring them into
such harmony perpetually TO avoid INC
| ton and collision. The Christian Churcn
can do more than all the measures fralned
| by the hand of man to maintain Industrial
peace for II teaches the brotherhood OF
| man, and inspires men with q sense OF
| justice and fair play which Is the ultimate
| foundation of good relations. II men do
| not have within them the spirit OF love and
| Justice; IL they do not have In their breasts
| the spirit Of divine law, there is little hope
| OF enduring concord
The American University.
| 1t may not be Inappropriate to the occasion
| 10 speak q word in support Of the American
| University. In the success OF which all
| Methodists should feel particular inter-
| est. II Is not strictly Methodist instttu-
| ton. yet Methodists are In the majority In
| its management and control Tho Metho-
/ dist Episcopal Church has taken q leading
/ part In Its construction and endowment. II
| has placed upon IL the seal Of It's approval
l IL the institution shall fulfill the hopes OF
| it's founders. II will be fraught with great
good to the entire Christian Church. and to
/ the country 40 well
| 1t will be OF especial advantage TO tho
| cause OF Methodism, north and south A
great institution of learning. fostered by
| Christian denominations at washington.
| should prove to be a powerful influence for
good Such an institution will enjoy excep-
ftonal advantages. Its professors and stu
dents will have access to the nations
| libraries. great now and destined to be the
| foremost In the world There the oppor-
| tunities for literary and scientific research
| Will be unsurpassed. Many millions have
| been spent and will be spent by the gov
| eminent IN support OF IT, nosaries and IN