The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-19
WEATHER FORECAST. washinetOn, May 1s.--For Alabama, Fair satnrday and Sunday, light, vari- able winds.

erly ers inission 1as' have ventured '' to express. that the two great ica may be consolidated into one mighty church, not in sentiment and in purpose alone, but in organization as we'll I own responslbility. though 1t Is shared by many Of my brethren. With me it is not a desire born of this kindly mis- sion. but Is one have long cherished. one which time has but strengthened and which your hearty welcome has but uufckened The trend of events seems to me to lead to ultimate union. The progress may be slow but believe of mutual interests must lead us to common conclusion. Union will come through tho subtle yet powerful influ- ence of tho law of gravitation, the mon faith. We have the same ccclcsi- asticaf policy and sing the praises of the Master from a common hymnbook Lines of latitude do not afford an in- superabie obstacle to ultimate and per- manent union. Ancient differences do net constitute an insurmountable ob- jection. The church inspires feeling of brotheriy love It teaches forgive, in the past. it has long since been for given in the supreme chancellory where those who misjudge for want of light are forgiven. Methodism is too broad
 
 too catholic in it's exalted purpose to be restricfed by limits less ample than those of the Republic.
 I do not know how long the follow CTS of John Wesley will dwell apart in the United States I have faith to be- lieve that the barriers which still di- vide us are growing less formidable will viii ultimately ih yield and union will be established between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. thereby ere for good in the entire Christian world.
 we each and all desire to see the symmetrical development of our com mon country. We wish to see an intel lectual. industrious, patriotic and re- ligions people. firmly welded together. We desire particularly to see the lines of divisions between sections complete lv obliterated and forgotten. l trust vided upon lines of former political fferences-differences which, thank God, are past and gone forever and for ever. May we not hope to see the great bishops whom you honor and whom we honor in the North. presiding over con ferences in every portion of the Re- public. May we not hope to see an united church. freely transferring, It's ministers between the North and the South, as well as between the West and the East. Such interchange between the various portions of our country will serve nightly to advance wholesome hope to see the myriad influences mak- ing for good among us, threading from North to South and from East to West. weaving the people of all sections into Methodisn would tend in consider able degree to promote the intellectual and moral interests of the entire coun- try. National solidarity will be sd- vanced in some measure. in fact, as we'll as in name. when Methodism comes into e.e organic fellowship.
 While with us the church and state are separate and should so continue, the Christian Church is nevertheless n powerful agency in the support of free State. If presided at the birth Of the Republic and has been its faith- now. 1t .sa5ruiates Tn. anr$nx' the sraat. body Of the people that wholesome re- spect for the riEhts of men thst re- gard for law and order, without which United States" said DeTocaueville. must be religious to be free" Fur thermore, said he. "Despotism may gov ern without religious faith, but liberty cannot"
 Advance of Socialism.
 The socialistic tendency in certain quarters has not escaped the attention of the most casual observer of current events. It's growth cannot be viewed except with concern, for 1t bodes no good to our country. The church may well concern itself with all those things which affect the temporal welfare of this great people It may well concern itself with those things which. menace the State, which tend to Jeopardize the institutions which came to us from the hands of our fathers. The movement is yet in its incipient stages and 1t Is well that It's pernicious influence should be understood. .l.
 cherished traditions. It is hostile to the enlightened principle of our growth as a great people. It Is a peril to our social and industrial development. It which has been the most potent factor in our upbuilding. Here amidst the unsurpassed advantages which a kind Providence has placed at our hands. anywhere else beneath the sun, Here, no matter how humble his station, he is able to develop his genius for ac- complaining things, for subduing the for spanning the continent with the evidence of his power, for improving his environment and making better tho home and stronger the State. But this were endowment enough. It has been the touchstone of our national deveI- opment. It has given us countle ss communities, happy. seif-reliant, pros porous, brave and patriotic. Socialism seeks to level down and not level up. It is alike at war with the best inter ests of both capital and labor. It seeks to restrict each In the exercise of it's natural functions. It puts limitations upon each which are contrary to Amer ican genius and spirit. In the United States the laborer of today becomes the capitalist of tomorrow. Such has been our experience from the begin ming until now, and 1t will 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 iitS- tice among men. We must look to the persuasive power and influence of the Christian church to bring them to a complete realiZ Zltton of their true rela- mary duty to deal fairly with one am other; to carry into the various rela- tions of life the principles of that brief and splendid code. the Golden Rule
 No political laws can maintain endur- ing relations of amity between capital and labor. No human law can bring them into suct harmony as perpetually to avoid friction and collision. The the measures framed by the hand of man to maintain industrial peace. for 1t teaches the brotherhood of man and tn5pircs men with sense of Justice and fair play which IS the ultimate founJa- tion of good relations. If men do not have within them the spirit of love and justice, if they do not have in their breasts the spirit of Divine law, there is little hope of enduring concord
 Tha Christian church Is doing much for peace everywhere; much for the preservation of good order among the nations of the earth We are spending millions upon millions to keep our arr n7ins and navtes abreast of our na- ttonel needs We are spending sums annually which would lmpoverish many governments. in preparing to Vlndicate should occasion require. But we And tn ,r,' nuiet influence of tho church o