Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-06-29
BRANNAM'S
SOCIALISM

For the benefit Of Mr.. Lucas WHOM
my friend, "Wii3 Hest desires 2
sub titute, viii NY from the best IN
formation cen rat from taa soeia
teachings of } us waje on earth,
must sqy ss have often said, be
lieve wben Jesus tlught His dissipi
to pray be said "When you Tray. say
Our Father, ETC Toy kingdom eolh
Thy will be done on earth as it is aorI
in heaven. When did Christ iutan
for it to Gomez DID H. N an mi,liop
of years hence, or Gii he mean sou
/ believe he meant now for He 81
further, ''Take no Thought for IT,
morrow what ye shall sat, etc., bu
seek We first the kingdom, and ali the (
things shall be added unto you. :" W3at
things? Why, sir, thing to eat auf
wear, l know, too, taat iris is not j!
harmony with the views Of people vi, {
imagine Gods kingdom to be some
thing somehow, somewhere invisible
and floating around in space. This e
what is preached to us by many | do
not believe il. do believe the king:
dom of God to bs His will done on
earth as it is in heaven When this il
done we will have an ideal world
with civilization whose life is that
of Righteousness and whose ruling law
will be that of love This will bring
universal blessings, both temporal and
spiritual.
The great bulk of the teachings Of
Jesus dealt chiefly with this world and
life in it. To make this yet palmer
Jesus after establishing or teaching
that heaven was reality aud that
its rewards were sure and certain,
intended " to establish q government
that the things be taught might be
the law of the land The common con-
ception of religion fixes the human
mind on heaven and glory in the skies,
and allows us to do the other fellow
six days in the week, instead of "Do
unto others as we would that others
SnOulu 20 20 US,
This, / think, is sufficient for Mr..
"Wild West 81 friend Lucas, to get
my position as to the kingdom of
heaven. | will add for your especial
benefit, Brother Lucas, that if you
want to get foretaste of heaven, bet
ter try little dose of it here on earth
When you pray, THY kingdom come"
don't run yourself to death that you
may vote to keep it from coming It's
just like Socialism, we will never have
it until the people want it.
I have entertained high opinion of
''Wild West" but as bad as hate re-
workingnen who support it, | would
not have treated MIN as he has me. If
had gone out of the discussion /
would never have thrown ''scab'' at
him. And the hard part of it, "Wild
Vest knew it before / did.
Socialists must bear everything to
clear the way for better and grand
or civilization yet to be.
t.
hates unionism now from his own let
ter as I read between the lines, and as
his boss does too, it's job to convince
such one. lie can be had thru the
stomach quicker.
He wanted to know to which church
| belonged, that he would know better
how to answer me. Nov, God bless
your little soul, when you come to
press dying pillow, you will forget
there ever was sects in this world.
You will be glad for Uncle Peter to
let you in without the sect,
| will say that am socialist and
believe every man should have for use
the things God created for him with
out profit, rent or interest. believe
that everyone should have as his own
private property what he produces
believe this to be Gods will and
teachings and will fight as long as
live to have it so. If you know of
church preaching and teaching this
you will able to know to which
church belong.
Bob Ingersol was an infidel and a
better republican than very many of
today. Dick Maple, of Rip Saw fame,
denies the divinity of Christ. ''Wild
West wants you to believe him bad
man. In the next breath he will tell
you that his great man, Taft, is just
the kind of republican he admires
and one who is to save the country.
He foigets to tell you that Mr.. Taft
also denies the divinity of Christ. As
to what Fred Warren believes have
never seen it from his pen as to what
he believes religiously. do know he
has helped to build up a socialist paper
with which at least five million voters
are familiar 1t is power now to
save working men from being hung by
purchased lies of such purjurers as Or
chard and Elk Gov Taylor, both good
republicans.
Socialism has nothing to do with
religion, but is simply bread and
butter proposition. You may have
any religion or no religion, and don't