Evening journal., 1910-09-05
ARDENITES
HONOR GEORGE
Disciples Of Great Single
Taxer Laud His Memory
and Praise Plan
COLONISTS OBSERVE
PAGEANT DAY. TODAY

Arden, where the disciples Of Henry
George have formed little colony ad-
vocating the single tax system. cele-
orated the birthday of the great found
er OF the theory in America with ap-
propriate exercises yesterday. Trains
brought a number Of visitors from
Philadelphia and Wilmington and the
quaint little settlement became quiet
active early in the day. Unfortunate
~ TOT some late arrivals, the supplies
OF the modest Arden Inn failed. and
they-were unable TO purchase as much
as sandwich in the village.
At 3.45 o'clock the Ardenites left
their cottages. bungalows and tents,
making their way TO the open-air
Shakespearean theater. where the
meeting was conducted Sitting upon
the grass, stones and fence. they pre-
sented a curious spectacle as con-
ventional dressing is unknown IN that
community. The speakers assembled
on the grassy stage in front of the
tin-can footlights. Frank Stephens,
the founder OF Arden, was chairman.
Jones MacGregor, OF Jersey City, out
lined the politics OF Henry George, de-
claring that poverty will reign In our
large cities until the single tax sys-
tenn is established.
The Rev. r. L Jackson, pastor Of
Hanover Presbyterian church. and the
first preached who has spoken at Ar
den, astonished his audience by an
! nouncing as his topic The Religion of
Henry George He declared that Mr..
} George. Notwithstanding what many
have said, was a religious man, for he
, always kept In mind that God ruled
r the universe, and dedicated himself 70
the service Of mankind Dr. NJ. r.
I Leverson, of Brooklyn, gave some in
J teresting "reminiscences regarding the
= life OF the founder of the single tax
system.
r Religion of Henry George.
. Mr.. Jackson said in part:
4 Il am here this afternoon to say a
S few words upon the religion Of Mr
George. You have heard again and
y again Of his economics, but / venture
e to say you have heard comparatively
r little about his religion
8 i am taking no liberties with
] Henry George when ! say that he was
r a religious man. | am aware that II
Is an unwarrantable assumption tc
make in regard 10 some men and Il
= is an assumption 10 which some mer
T. DO not take kindly nor can I alto
J, gether blame them, for II is a term
which has been too indiscriminately
and loosely applied
Il was reading the other day al
4 extensive biographical sketch Of
X certain western senator, who had rid
i den into the United States Senate oi
II the back Of the almighty dollar
e, After enumerating his many rascal
d ties the writer concluded by sayin
l., he is a deeply religious man. Find
De ing the word in such a context on
9 wishes Il could be retired and SOM
IN thing more definitive substituted
D. its place
vs. What was the religion Of NJ
W. Georgeg The answer may be found
the words OF the prophet Mica
when he cried What doth the Lo
require Of thee. but to do Justly an
to love mercy and 10 walk humb
r, with thy Cod?
u This was Mr.. Georges religic
and as such II was the great moti'
power of his life II was the dynam
of his passionate devotion 70 th
N cause for which he lived and die
le Religion. according to this dehnitio
7 of the prophet has a two-fold aspec
G. a manward and a Godward aspec
a. II looks 10 the establishment of hu
] man IN WHICH IuEilIE lH
s. mercy shall be- embodied IL ais
lie looks 10 the establishment Of bar
monious relations between man an
his maker The realization Of th
two-fold relationship constitutes th
pc fulhllment of our possibilities an
% potentialities as men and womel
De The mischief arises when they ar
n divorced from each other when me
o In their zeal for the welfare Of thei
fellow men turn their backs upo
God dismisses Him as negligible factC
in the process OF humanity's bettel
70 ment, OF when in their selfish zeal fc
ne the salvation Of their own souls the
Z turn their backs upon the worl
h lying in need and live a life
ed mystic communion with God.
he Il believe. in fact ! know that NJ
en- George never made the mistake OF d
80, vorcing these two conceptions Of n
ELI generously religious life. but eve
sought to fulfll them. God was
reality to him and from all / a
learn Of his life l believe that /
walked humbly with Him. But
M God was real humanity with all
IN need was real also and he could n
rest until he had done all in h
power to meet this need OF NJ
Georges economic tltOFl6S nd'
~ nothing 10 say ] am not a polite
oh economist ! am q preacher of h
principles of Jesus Christ do n
VI deem il obligatory upon me 70 b
Dr. come the mouth piece Of any econom
,h. policy. but II IS obligatory upon n
to praise moral idealism whenever
Is seen, and where is it to been SCI
oss more clearly than in the life OF N
ly George. ] have read many Of his VT
are ings read them for the noble %
m sion and lofty emotion which III
ts breathe. No one can read his Sc
mon in Glasgow entitled Thy Kin
dom Come. without wishing. as
a. finds himself borne resistlessly alo
on the rushing tides Of his mol
Do eloquence that be we're alive tod
and assisting IN the struggle 70 bri
in the Kingdom OF God
' I'm the point of high moral enthu
q, asm Mt. George belongs 10 the goo
lile " fellowship Of the prophets. I III
10 the book Of the prophecy OF Isai
car and / find that the two great gu
nth tions the prophet faced are the Ia
the question and the liquor question,
as abuse OF the soil and q giddy lux
ent which has taken to drink. A mo
not blindness and head long audacity
for degeneracy which hahitual aval
and drunkenness soon develope.
to George in turning his attention TO
iap- land question OF his time laid
the finger upon a most vital and
lore reaching issue II the America !