Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-02-09
POINTS,
For Socialism


/ saw with my own eyes on Jan. 90,
1911, four children walk the streets of
Tracy City, barefooted bareheaded,
dirty and stability clothed noticed,
too, the report Of bank in one of our
county papers. of 81, $4,000 premium
on the bond on which rests the system.
l knew, too. that these dear little ones
had been robbed to help pay it, which
led me to exclaim, "Oh, the rarity of
christian charityr' Excuse me for
using the word charity, for verify
despise, yes, hate charity. Give the
working people what they produce and
You will never be asked to give back
part of what has been worse than stol-
en- from them, as charity.
l was brought up by very strict
Presbyterian parents who have long
since been numbered with the dead.
Very many times they led me into
church and Sunday school. In my
mind eye can see them as they used
| to instruct me how to act and this
/
early taught me to read the Bible and
l have kept it up to this good day.
There was time, however, in my
life. when grew very lukewarm and
almost refused to read it, but / am
stronger in my Bible belief than ever
before in life. feel that God is but
another name for universal good, for
boundless hope. That the Father
hood of God" cannot exist without
"The Brotherhood of Man" is recog-
nized by all governments. Socialism
will open your eyes, brother, OH the
Bible, and make you know that just
law giver lives and that after six
thousand years His teachings are be-
| ing understood as never before in the
history of the world.
No man can honestly and sincerely
believe in His teachings without real
izing that the present system of gov
eminent is against human society and
consequently ungodly, unbrotherly
and inhuman.
The world today is in unbelief. If
they believed in God they would pray,
"Thy kingdom come, vote, work and
expect to change this old, rotten sys-
tenn of robbery and graft that, the
world might be prepared for Thy
Kingdom come" now, right here on
earth
Readers, it is worth working for.
Let me beg you to study Socialism 1t
is ''the voice of one crying in the
wilderness" of ignorance.
The Bible and common sense both
teach us that the kingdoms of this
world must become the kingdoms of
God and Christ, consequently ii you
believe in God you surely pass many
restless hours when you fail to estab-
lish justice after praying, "Thy king
dom come" I deem it a privilege
and duty of every Socialist to help
the believer see that he must either
renounce the present form of govern
ment, THE System, or reject God.
am one of those who believe that
preachers should not only go into poll
tics, but stay in. My politics, if /
have any, and my religion are identi-
cal. Take away my religion and you
We got my politics; take my politics
and you have my religion. ''Uncle
Tom" drove center when he said he
believed in them going in, but he is
somewhat particular as to the kind
/ verify believe that if the clergy
would do their christian duty and
preach the truth as lain down in the
Book of books this old world would
not only be revolutionized, but chris
tanned within one twelve month.
have witnessed with my own eyes
a preacher take usury six days and un
dertake to preach salvation on the sew
enth. I have in mind another who
pretends to preach and will even boast
of voting the republican ticket and l
believe receives more pay for being a
republican than preaching. Then we
have another class who will say, I'll
don't .dabble in politics., but they
will have some good democrat or re-
publican obtain ticket for them and
vote for everything demanded by said
parties.
This is some of "Wild Vests kind
of religion. / have been called worse
things than ''disgruntled pessimis-
tic". You put it little mild,
"Wild West
Unlike you. Mr.. "Wild Vest, |
never beg pardon for telling the. truth
as am not afraid of it. If l am
wrong you owe it to me as a brother |
to put me right, and now challenge
you to mention and prove one good
thing your boosted republican party
has done for years for the honest pro-
ducers of this country. l further
challenge you to prove that the Social
ist party advocates anything not in
full accord with God and Christ's
teachings. q
denounce the present system as be-
ing contrary to the teachings of God,
contrary to the best interest of His