The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-20

peace and order, authority must be looked up to and respected and that authority and power must not be Yielded like a rod of iron and un- Justly over a free people.
 Now l do not want to be pessi- mist, but listen and what do we hear. Can we not distinguish the sounds of the Revolutionaries of Europe ring Ing III our ears, not merely echoes rom Russia, but sounds issuing from our own cities and towns? Are not the weekly utterances of Anarchists and Socialists in Chicago, New York ana Boston an evidence that there is men who regard with impatience and even hatred the legitimate exercise Of authority?
 What of the lynchings which from time to time shock the community? How our hearts tremble when we read of the immense strikes and the awful friction between capital and labor. Look into the lives of ten hundred times ten thousand of our poor in the large cities into whose cays there come no comfort, no in crease of labor, DO hope for the fu- ture.
 See them in the mills deafened by the noise of the looms. breathing the fatal, dust-laden atmosphere. watch them in our factories, at our docks,
  their hands hardened by labor. See them, their eyes sunken, their faces gaunt and grimy, the hectic flush on their cheeks, see them l say like the Isrse.ites of old making 1f.d bricks sss,sn in slaves in Rome toiling at the oars.
 How lone will they stand it before they rise in rebellion and the streets run red with blood. They are begin ming to know their power and given leader and unite themthey are al- most invincible by any force sent against them How are you going to control them?
 Shot and Shell Not Peace.
 You can shoot . them down in the streets. Cannon may boom and bullets may snap and dead mems bodies may lie hfeless and quiet and silence may reign in deserted streets. But to rule by shot and shell is not the reign of than the widest rebellion-the silence of death is not the silence of peace in a free land for a free people.
 Can You Control By Legislation?
 How control the people? By leglsla- ton? But legislation is bought up. Witness the recent charges of bribery which have been substantiated. See how the gold glitters in Senate and State halls? See the power of cor
  bribe the lawmakers. Witness the constant efforts to throw dust in the eyes of the people.
 The Remedy.
 Teach men in authority that all power is from God-that it is a trust not to be used for their own selfish interest, their own advantage, but for the welfare and peace of the state. Teach men that they are in power not nf 1nir fria ay7dC the man who contributes most liber- ally to a political campaign; teach men that the spells are not to the victors, but to the men capable of serving this country best. Teach them that there is God in Heaven who will exact a strict account of their rule, that they must rule justly before God, and you have done more for the up- building of the United States than you can do by the construction of bat tleships or the raising of standing armies Let this teaching permeate the lives of our legislators and you'll need no standing armies.
 Now it is right here, when the aim and end of this great church comes in. It is upon this point that the Catholic church upholds the state. Her doctrine is that it is more dishonest individual. She teaches that every dollar taken from the city's funds or the state treasury is a crime against the great commandment. "Thou shalt not steal" She does not deny that sometimes Catholics are not corrupt and venal, but she maintains that if they are it is not because, but in spite of her teaching and her command.
 The Poor and Suffering.
 What solace can you give the poor and suffering? Teach him to look toward the grave in despair without hope Send him and his starving chill dren to the county home in his old age to die a pauper and to be buried in a pauper's grave. What hope for the poor working man today? Are all his years to be years of grinding toil? Is he to see the rich in luxury and his children starving. The rich in comfort and he and his wife and chill dren furnishing. Can we wonder that he takes the revolver and the stick of dynamite when he hears the cry of his children for bread in the night. How long will he stand?
 The Remedy.
 If he strikes, and sees wife and chil- dren famishing for food, he may be shotdown on the street. But strike he must. Rent is high, the price of meat has gone up, eggs are in cold storage, wages are low-what is the remedy? Increase the police force, call out llc Ou may SOt at the point of the bayonet a sullen silence, but you cannot get a perma- nent peace. Again the doctrine of the Catholic church will secure that the dove of peace soar and float over the land.
 To the rich she teaches the lesson of charity and kindness to the poor. She teaches the man of wealth that his wealth is a trust. He is not free to squander it and spend it in riotous living He is only the agent of his vast fortune and has duty towards his neighbor Here the preacher drew out in graphic language the meaning of those words of The Master "I was hungry and you gave me to eat; 1 was naked and you clothed me- and showed that just as God Almighty feeds directly the swallows of the air and clothes the lilies of the field, up- on the rich He has imposed the duty of feeding the poor and clothing the naked.
 Effect of This Teaching.
 The speaker dwet at some length on the beneficial effect upon the rich themselves of the practice of this spirit of charity. He pointed out how it enob1ed them and made their lives, instead of sensual, grasping and sell fish, noble and sublime. Upon the poor: No more discontent, fewer rum blings of rebellion, not that widespread pover- ty and famine stalking over the land. The stick of dynamite will not be left at the marble steps, the dagger will not he sharpened in the dark the long