The sun., 1908-06-01
The SOCIALISTS Defy DEBS
MINISTERS HEAR HIM LEKENED
TO CHRIST AND MOSES.


and Woman says That He N the link
Between God and Man-Meses Called
Strike Leader--Debs Attacks Courts.
At meeting held under the auspices OF
Christian ministers at Carnegie Hall yester-
day afternoon Eugene v. Debs. tho Socialist
nominee for President was hlkened to
Moses and Jesus Christ a. q prophet and
described more specifically as tho God con-
sciousness on earth. the living link betwNen
God and man.
The Rev. Ellis Carr Of Chicago. editor Of
the Christian Socialist. referred to Debs.
the prophet. after having mentioned Savon-
arcla. Luther. Calvin and one or two others.
But the race Of prophets 10 not yet dead
said he. I'VE have on this very platform
man. q tall. sun crowned man. q man who
cannot be bought. who cannot be intimi-
dated, whoserheart is as warm as il 10 bravo
Eugene Debs. He is speaking his mes
sages in this generation as Moses and Chriss
did in theirs
The more detailed description Of the
Socialist leader at this mass meeting Of
the Christian Socialist Fellowship Confer
ence came from q woman In the audienpe
whose name wasn't down on the speal6sss'
list. The Rev. Mr.. Carr had remarked thxt
scientists, when they unearth our bones
few hundred years hence, will diagnose
us as the missing hnk-so great vill have
been the strides taken by the human race
after socialism and the cooperative systern
have come into their own. MIR. Debs himself
had just got up to speak.
There he is, there he isl" shouted the
woman: "Gene Debs. Not the missing link,
There he stands, look at him, the great
dynamo Of human energy Here is the God
consciousness come down to us on EARTH
Mr.. Debs modestly allowed the woman
to finish, and no objection was made by Ed
win Markham. the presiding poet, or any
OF the ministers who sat on the platform.
The Rev. DR.. John D. Long, pastor Of
che Parkside Presbyterian Church In Brook
lyn and head Of the committee on speakers.
invited Debs to speak at this the last session
of the third annual oonferenoeof tho fellow
ship. DR.. Long assumed entire respon-
eioniy rom 'he pauorm' ne mao oeen
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anu was onsi ao.e,neu 1z py Deos. pe Sen
oonsolouSis'ss, as 'ne sIea'ess poes Oh 1Ds
century. roee narknam, a.er ne mao
ano~eu .he cio~u 10 ohee, i'seh m'o ~ slieno@
siea.eo lhen 70 'nis' "nich was "rie'sn
ior 'le oooas'oh'
Ihe crest and crownlng glory OF all good
Enr =, ,n, hr,n. ar.iU ,n rsn,s
| Her long lost Poesy and MIrtb
win send new light every face,
klngly power upon the race.
ana % , un II come we men s,l are saves saves.
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Come. clear the way. then. clear the way,
Blind creeds and kings have had their day,
Ore o,eaS s me aesa 10 oiaaenes S moh inc p"'h'
Our hone ia IN heroic men
star led, to build the world again.
To this Event the ages ran:
MaKewsy ior MISUNDERSTANDING way Tor mas'
Mr.. Markham had some thoughts to add
in prose. He believes in religion to the oors
Of his soul. but he believes In practical
religion. Abraham Lincoln said that
mans legs ought to be long enough to reach
the ground. and Mr.. Markham thinks that
a mans religion ought to be long enough
to reach the ground Of secular affairs. The
old idea Of the antagonism between tho
| sacred and the secular is passing away.
There is nothing secular but stn-noth-
ing secular but robbery, and the robbery
OF tine poor BY The .rnsts and combinations
is the worst form OF robbery
Religion, as Mr.. Markham sees 1t, must
be secularized. I'VE must find our heaven
down here in this hard, cold actual or We
will find it nowhere
Il believe said the poet. that Jesua
is the supreme Saviour OF men. But His
saviourhood mist descend into industry:
Jesus must be seen as the Saviour Of bnsi-
ness. Until our business is saved, lifted
up into the spirit OF brotherhood, we are not
saved. Competition and self-seektng IN
business Is pagan. Business must b
cooperative and Christian. Jesus must
appear as the Saviour of industry. HE