The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1909-10-23
PULPIT.
Christian Versus
And-C Christian
Socialism.
Text, Goodness With Content
ment Is GreatG GAN" q Timothy ", o..

are not perturlru ihat Socialism 10 its
eagerupSS Co rio Labor ct material
bonds. has not yet rralizpd the weight
Of bcudS spiritual That realization
will come in gcud time. aud Chrisliani-
" must be ready To- show the workers
Of the world how tu be rid of all those
letters Of the Suu. which material
emancipation will hut render more APP
parent. Bu for C%hyjSfi0piiy. as TOO
often H0T, 10 Pt0fesS desire 10 tree men
Of spiritual b0Bdlge. while fepudlatlng
any call or need To strike fearless
blows at their material prison bars. is
to hay itself open TO WSfihabie charges
of Hypocrisy. This must yield to Drawer
cOunSelS, though the striving be even
auto blood against the sin OF slavery
which still dedleS modern induStriaiism.
With widest meaning. theu inclu-
sive of all that the most ardent aud
uncompromiSing Socialist lover of lib
erty has demanded. and embracing be-
sides all that the Christian means
when he proclaims the glory of spir-
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 have a world to gain"
Dpathnr White aud tha ,tln- Haur
souls who propose TO get Labor ont
of the slavery Of modern Industrial
ism" should be willing to concede that
If now is the proper time for it. God
is ms much interested in that release
as they or we or others could possibly
be-yea. much more SO. If, then,
Brother White and others have re-
ceived some special commission au-
thorizing them to preach a new Cos
pei Of 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. ever as
there is but the one Lord. the one
Faith and the one Baptism. Brother
White and his coadjutors 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 u hundred
fold better fed. better clothed and bet
ter housed than in the days Of Broth.
er Whites grandfather. and it Is safe
10 say that It Is a hundred-fold more
disconnected. And Brother White,
With doubtless the very best and no
blest Of intentions, n%eglecting the
Word Of God. the wisdom that
cometh from above" James Ill. III,
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. The poor ye have al
ways with you" (Matthew XVI. III
The apostles were similarly situated
Yet have we any evidence whatever
that any Of these attempted to breal
the chains Of the slavery Of LaborT
Most a~ssuredly not.
The Redeemer's Example.
While our Lord went about doinl
good. and healed many OF the sick, b.
by no means healed all of the sick no
comforted all the mourning ones. Hi
favors were specialized, as in the cas-
Of the impotent man at Bethesda
"There were multitudes Of impoten
folks there" John v. 81. But only tn,
n was ~miraculously healed by GU
Lords Word. Many widows were be
reft Of their sons. but only the widow
Of Main had her son restored to he
by the all-powerful Word Of our Saw
Tor. He came not into the world t
heal the sick, but to die for the worl,
as It's Redeemer. He left the grea
work. the important work Of healin
all the sick-the mentally. morally an
physically sick. and Of awakening al
the dead. until the establishment Of hl
Mlllennial Kingdom.
We likewise may do good unto a
men as we have opportunity and espC
cially to the Household Of faith" Blu
we likewise must wait for Gods tim
and manne for the general healing q
the worlds sorrow and troubles
When in fulhllment OF the prayer gu
Lord taught us, Gods Kingdom sha
come and his will be done on earth O
It is done In heaven. then all the blesl
ing, all the helpfulness necessary [
the full recovery Of u race viii b
brought into operation. And II is M
possible for any mar or set Of mel
Christians or otherwise, either to In
prove upon Gods great Plan Of ii
Ages nor to hasten his Plan.
Is It urged that the early Church
Its beginning established a communls
ic society," W. answer that this wa
not a worldly establishment. nor wit
those who recognized worldly prime
pies. II was merely a social arrang
ment whereby the Church at Jerusi
lem only sought to deal With each otI
er as one family. 1t was not success
full. It did not persist. 1t did n,
have apostolic commentator to 9th,
} Churches. We may suppose. Their
fore. that the arrangement was Divin
u permitted SO as to show the Lord