The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-11-09

Calvin. In our own where
the prosecuted from ali
fled to escape religious and poIttfca.
persecution, innocent people Mers
burned at the stake, because a 10,
of o preachers said they wert
witches This occurred in Salem
massachusetts,, in l692. Rogers was
burned at the stake Feb. 1855
Ridley and Latimer were burned Oct.
10. 1865, and in Christian, England,
bruno was burned at the stake Feb.
Is I600, for advocating n doctrine
held today by William II. Taft, pres
ident of the United states. Surely,
intellectual evolution has done It's
York in liberating .Ie mentality Of
Inc g from the bondage of super
sutton and htde-bound .fanaticai
churchocracy. Today our religious
se'ninaries and pulpits are filed by
teachers and preachers who teach
and preach doctrines for which they
would have been burned four hun
dred IA ago. The doctrines of
the sympathizing Christ are better
understood, and this makes for the
betterment OF the world. Hipro-
drome religion-all frenzy and a
spectacular display of emotion, pro-
d'lced, to q great extent, by personal
and physical contact with
one another-is being superseded
by i deep seated religion, based on
honest convictions, reason and COM
mon sense. The wearing of hair
shirts, a life of celibacy, amsterity
ana starvation, is no longer regard
Ell as essential to salvation. Eyolu-
ton, along the lines of emit en-
erSY, has produced Il better e1uippcd
clergy II set mp before the world
a God of infinite Justice and boundE
less love. instead of the great ,e1.-
II monster, sitting in the midst
OF space. breathing vengeance against
the children He created, and gave
His only O to save. Evolution
along political lines is TO
manifest in n determination TO ho;-
ter present conditions. The best
citizens OF our city -avor n. munici-
pal owned water and light plant
instead of the present system of in
iqultous robbery. The Heaven" OF
n belief in the brotherhood of man
ana the fatIerhood of Cod" is work.
ing the whole lump" or society
ana the star of nope-thc augur
o. a better day-is looming above
the horizon, luminous, cnliehtenine
and eternal.
The Board of Affairs is4not re-.
Garded as infallible in political
astuteness or personal fntegritv-ir
fact, they arc held under suspicion
as being in collision Will, the public
utility c~orporations; having mt one
over the people in the telephone
merger and attempted to sell the
rights of Tic citizens to the
souless Water and Light Co. Taa
next step in political evolution viii
be to make an effort to destroy the
present iniquitious-Iydra headed
1ncubus-known as the present CITY
Charter.
iIVolutional revolution viii bring
peace on earth and good will to all
men The sentiment of the people
is Tor the betterment of society.
POLITICALLY and rcligiOusly. Old
Things are passing away and a new
order OF things is on the thresholds
ready 10 do business according to-
the law of God and tho rest conceD-
ton OF man. Priests and preachers:
taise d and III worthy, lisbon
est officials, are no longer looked to
Tor inspirational guidance in matters
OF politics or religion: for the pews
speak out loud to tho pulpit, and
the voters thunder at the crooked
political leaders and dishonest office
holders. No longer is
MORTAL man in Il wormfl1l attitude.
ErofelinG-senselessly instle dust:
MaterialiZin"-a priest wroupht
neaotudc- '&s!atEE
because he was taught he must.
fiad we power to right the wrong
Ey equitable 1aw-or evolution
me weak would not support the
strong,
as under II system of cOmbina-
ton.