Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-03-03
THE CHURCH(s)S MESSAGE
TO THE WORKING CLASS.

Editor Majority
The Rev. Chas Stelrye in his BOILER
plate" article What is Christianity"
makes the remark Unfortunately the
Church has not been true to it@ mes
sage"
This prompted your scribe to ask
What has been its (the church) mes
sage to the working class? AS to Chris
wer given by little girl to What is
a Christian?" The answer was Zone
that believes in Jesus Christ and be-
rect the church members of the past
and present do not fill the description
as they do not behave when <skinning
One Of our College professors (and a
preacher) when endeavoring the other
day to show the fallacy of Socialism(O
made the remark What we want is
men who after they are produced that
solve all social problems. (Where are
they? Hugo:) advice the forming of
of Byavo
fessor? =? He wants to form Chris
tianity club. Ell? A Socialist would be
be considered very undesirable citi-
zen if he had consumed to the flames
figuratively speaking the whole lit
erary efforts of the Christian Apollo
gists and after 1000 Of Christian Evan
SChristian Club" to carry out the prin-
ciples of Christianity!
Mr.. Stelze is wrong when claiming
that that Ecclesiastical institution call
ed the church has not been true to its
message. Its message to the working
class has been CD that God in His in
finite wisdom has entrusted the wealth
Of the world to the rich. Geo. F. Baer
It is the will of God that we shall be
jcontented in the station that Provi.
Sdence has placed us. go That we will
be meek. obedient and useful to our
Masters here we will have a good
time in the sweet bye and bye. All
commandments seems to be originally
rulers who were able to enforce them
and maybe later on shifted and attrib-
uted to God and thereby secure per-
petuation of Graft in the interest Of
the rich who continue to steal accord
ing to laws of their own making. Can
nitlon of law than a,The Will of the
Ruling Glass"
the labor question! Christianity and
chattel slavery existed side by side for
hundreds Of years! Fle u
through christianity Europe for 500
years. The biggest exploitees (the po-
| lite word for robbers) are today in the
tended the. funeral of an ideal capita.
listfc employer. the other day That
ideal is "a Kind Master an Obedient
Slave" Some few years ago he and
2
ed in business and their liabilities were
reported at $4,000 and it was reported
that he paid it. Where did he get It!
He employed about 20 men and skinned
them, that's all. Still we don't blame
| this individual, he was a friend of ours
but he was a skinner just the same
| The churches are full Ono, about half
| fuIl of skinners, food adulterators,
gamblers in the means of life and adj
Vocates of the things as they are, but
we Socialists, cooperating with econo-
mic evolution will change the system
in spite of them. To the Worker we
| say
sOh! Slave of Ignorance enthralled
| Uplift thy visage to the light, 81
i The Sun of Reason shines for all n y.
Look. up-its beams will give you
:. the sight Ga s,.e
Thou hast the power to shape the world
| To make it what it ought to be,
| There's no need of other power
| Than thine own will to make the free.
Slave of the mills of Privilege
| Scourged on by poverty and dread.
The selfishness of ages weights
| The Grown of Thorns" upon thy
- head. -
The greed of all the ages past
The fear of want upon thy brow,
A slave that vert in ages past
Wealth owned thee then-it owns
thee now"
To be able to break the letters and
! the bugle-cry workers of the world.
unite: you have nothing to lose but
your chains and world to gain.
Yours for the Revolution,
o. BOWEN (HUGOO
| Martins Ferry, Ohio 81