The Morris County chronicle., 1909-10-19
Text, Goodness With Content
ment Is Great Gain" q Timothy Vi, 9.


unto blood against the sin of slavery
which still defiles modern industrialism
with widest meaning, then-inclu-
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 spir-
itual freedom, Christianity must now
take up the challenge and cry with
worldwide voice like the sound of
many waters and mighty thunder
Amen. even so, unite, ye workers;
you have but your chains to lose, and
you have 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 concede that
if now is the proper time for it, God
is as 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 or new edition to the old Gospel
they should produce the proofs Of this
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 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 hundred
fold better fed, better clothed and bet
ter housed than in the days of Broth
er Whites grandfather, and it is safe
to say that it is a hundred-fold more
discontented. And Brother White,
with doubtless the very best and no
blest of intentions, neglecting the
Word of God, the wisdom that
cometh from above" James iii, 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, '"The poor ye have al
ways with your (Matthew XVI, ~.
The apostles were similarly situated.
Yet have we any evidence whatever
that any Of these attempted to break
the chains Of the slavery of Labor?"
Most assuredly not.
The Redeemer's Example.
While our Lord went about doing
good, and healed many of the sick, he
by no means healed all of the, sick nor
comforted all the mourning ones. His
favors were specialized, as in the case
of the .impotent man at Bethesda.
'"There were multitudes of impotent
folks there John v, 81. 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
ior. He came not into the world to
heal the sick, but to die for the world
as its Redeemer. 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 fulfillment of the prayer our
Lord taught us, Gods Kingdom shall
come and his will be done on earth as
it 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 it 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 it urged that the early Church at
its beginning established a communist
ic society? We answer that this was
not a worldly establishment noR with
those who recognized worldly princi-
pies. 1t was merely a social arrange
ment whereby the Church at Jerusa-
lem only sought to deal with each 9TH
er as one family. 1t was not success
full. It did not persist. 1t did not
have apostolic commendation to other
Churches We may suppose, there
fore, that the arrangement was Divine.
" Permitted so as to show the Lords
people throughout the age the imprac-
ticability 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 hopea are not
satisfactory-that what they want Is
earthly riches and comforts and that
these they intend to have; and that
what the people want is what the pull.
pit must supply otherwise the infiu-
ence Of religion will wane in the world
and its ministers will become back
numbers, whom no one will care to
hear or heed.
We answer that this is all very true.
but that the difficulty lies in the fact
that the Gospel message is not proper
" presented to the people. The mes
sage which our Lord and the apostles
presented is a consistent one, whereas
the message from the majority Of pull
pits today is an inconsistent one. The
people are told, by both Catholics and
Protestants, that there is heaven
for the sanity who before diving shall