The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-10-20
PULPIT.
Christian Versus
Anti-Christian
Socialism.
Text. Goodness With Content
ment Is Grea, Cain" q Timothy Vi. g..

Text. Goodness With Content
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are not perturbed that Socialism, in its
eagerness to rid Labor of material
bonds, has not yet realized the weight
OF bonds spiritual That realization
will come in good time, and Christiani.
ty must be ready to show the workers
Of the world how to be rid OF all those
letters Of the soul which material
emancipation will but render more mp.
parent. But for CArisfianity, as too
often notc, to profess desire to free men
OF spiritual bondage, while repudiating
any call or need to strike fearless
blows at their material prison bars. Is
to lay itself open to jnsfifable charges
of hypocrisy. This must yield to drawer
counsels, though the striving be even
unto blood against the sin of slavery
which still detiles modern industrialism
sive OF all that the most ardent and
uncompromising Socialist lover of lib.
erty has demanded, and embracing be-
sides all that the Christian means
when he proclaims the glory Of splr-
itual freedom, Christianity must now
take up the challenge and cry with
worldwide voice like the sound OF
many waters and a mighty thunder
Amen! even So unite, We workers
you have but your chains to lose, and
you hive world to gainv"
Brother White and the other dear
souls who propose to get Labor out
OF the slavery Of modern Industrial
ism" should be willing to conccde that
II now is the proper time for 1t, God
is as much interested In that release
as they or we or others could possibly
be-yea. much more so. II. then
Brother White and others have re.
ceived some special commission au-
thorizing them to preach new Cos.
pei or a new edition to the old Gospel
they should produce the proofs Of this
authorization. Until we see the proofs
we must doubt their existence.
On the contrary, the Scriptures de-
clare that there Is but the one hope
set before us in the Gospel. even as
there is but the one Lord, the one
Faith and the one Baptism. Brother
White and his conductors have not
succeeded and will not succeed In
making the world more happy by
preaching to them the Gospel OF dis.
content. Labor today Is hundred.
fold better fed, better clothed and bet
ter housed than In the days Of Broth.
er Whites grandfather. and 1t is safe
to say that II Is hundrcd.fo fold more
discontinued. And Brother White
with doubtless the very best and no
blest Of intentions, neglecting the
Word of God, the wisdom that
cometh from above" Games Ill, 10
is really doing injury by his gospel
of socialism. Our Lord was surround
ed by conditions of sickness. sorrow
poverty, etc, so that he could prop
erly declare. 1.-THE poor We have A.
ways with you" Matthew XVI. ID.
The apostles were similarly situated
Yet have we any evidence whateve'
that any Of these attempted to break
the chains Of the slavery Of Laborg'
Most assuredly not.
The Rsdsemsr's Example.
While our Lord went about doing
good, and healed many OF the sick, he
by no means healed nil Of the sick nor
comforted all the mourning ones. His
favors were specialized, as In the case
Of the impotent man ut Bethesda.
"There were multltudcs OF impotent
folks there" John v, -. But only the
one was miraculously healed by our
Lords Word. Many widows were be.
reft Of their sons, but only the widow
OF Main had her son restored to her
by the all-powerful Word OF our Saw.
Tor. He came not into the world to
heal the sick, but to die for the world
as It's Redecmer. He left the great
work. the important work Of healing
all the sick-the mentally. morally and
physically sick. and OF awakening all
the dead until the establishment OF his
MillennIal Kingdom.
We likewise may do good unto all
men as we have opportunity and espe
cially to the household Of faith" But
we likewise must wait for Gods time
and manner for the general healing OF
the worlds sorrows and troubles
When In fulfllment Of the prayer our
Lord taught us, Gods Kingdom shall
come and his will be done on earth as
II Is done In heaven, then all the bless
Ing, all the helpfulness necessary to
the full recovery OF our race will be
brought into operation And 1t Is not
possible for any man or set OF men,
Christians or otherwise, either TO i'm.
prove upon Gods great Plan Of the
Ages nor to hasten his Plan
Is II urged that the early Church at
its beginning established communist.
&c society? We answer that this was
not worldly establishment, nor with
those who recognized worldly princi.
pies. II was merely u social arrange
meDt whereby the Church at Jerusa-
lem only sought to deal with each 9th.
er as one family, II was not success.
ful. 1t did not persist. 1t did not
have apostolic commentator TO other
Churches. We may suppose. there.
fore, that the arrangement was Divine.
ly permitted so as to show the Lords
people throughout the age the imprac-
ticnbillty of such an arrangement at
the present time.
Heavenly Hopes Not Desired.
Brother White and others would
probably tell us that socialists are cry.
Ing out that heavenly hopes are not
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