The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1911-12-09

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uss and tendency Of enc of frretoms
greatest orEans ths press. kns bcsn
sisuly changed IRON ths pesBlsr for.
um Into a mouthpleoe and advsrtis.
Ing aesncy for a pricsthood-a priest.
hood which h more political than re-
llEious.
Some say the nswspapsrs are swing
what The majority q ths people ts
mand. and that lIke the stags. when
ve insist on something better ths
said papers vili furnish a. Nov. %
me. Ais IL unphilosophicAl philosophy.
ana Indicates q want of closs ebser,
walton These men seem 70 forget
that the masses Of eur people are
scattered. isolated from the Ersat cen
ters and depending tor their ssneral
Information upon these supposed or
gnns OF news. and often their politi-
cal and religious leaders are either
a. ignorant AZ themselves or too COW
ardly 70 speak the word sf warning
! know this last clause sounds rather
harsh. but the fActs around us icsti-
~ 70 ia truth. Let a minister Who
doesn't forget he h cltlnen. ~ wcll
a. a religious teacher. place himself
sQuArely against that power which de-
ciarcs Il has the American pres
where n wants H." and how many Of
the clergy win stand BY him In public
and privatef He IL a rare one. In
deed. n he hasn't found some liberal
brother ready to spring up. after his
heart 10 heart talk with the people.
and whose special mission n 10 con
vey the lmpression he's sorry for the
speakers narrow way OF looking at
these things. and that he n not OF
that kind. and that the so-called Do
litician who casts his vote and uses
his influence for the extension OF that
power which laughs Ht our American
liberty. and freedom In matters AFFECT
Ins the individual conscisnce. win be
gladly welcomed At his church. and
that he. personally. considers him a
very liberal ana useful citiren.
Then. a. We have already intimat-
cd. see the vast number OF poor coun-
try ministers. men whose starvation
wages prevent them from thd larecr
and trurer sources Of information. and
ask yourself. how can these men
keep their congregations informed
along these linear This year I ad-
dressed a body Of Sunday School
workers In an inland town. In this
state Of Illinois. and was more than
surprised at the number Of the diff
ferent religious teachers who thanked
me for my lecture. and at the same
time declared they were formerly ig'
norant Of the facts which had placed
before them. And herein hes the
sadness OF the whole matter-thc gen
eral ignorance on such matters by
those who are supposed to teach and
lead their focks. But these good men
are not 10 blame. They are honest
men. and doing their best with the ma
teriai at hand No. the blame rests
upon those educated and vealthieE
men who have and are using their
brains and money as tools for the
most un-American force in our coun
try. They have sunk intellect. honor
and patriotism at the bidding or 9
national enemy. for the commercial
aud political value there is in Il. and
thinking Il no sin TO prostitute theiI
manhood and their talents. they nlsC
think It no crime to hide the truth
from their fellow citizens. When arch
bishop after archbishop declares IN
public that The great aailies and
wseklies dare not admit anything IN
them. rejecting on their church and
It's workings. and rcmembering thai
no Protestant, or any other kind oi
minister. win Be allowed 70 repl,
70 their boastings aud threats. thlnl
there must Be more than q grain O
truth in these reversed statements
and that my ehsrEs against the ma
ior part Of the nsn running thes'
great news organs neither fzr-fstch
ed. or unjust And ! An sure the,
are not answering the demand o
either the working classes. our mid
; die classes. or even the larger Rumbel
OF our educated and pro
fsssionk CLASSES. And thsk usna
plea for refusing matter vAieh vouls
expose the somewhat siny and some
dimes tressonsbls sayings ef these re
ligious politicians. mAnifsstiy = mir
turs Of hypocrisy and dIsloyalty TIA
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