Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-30
.EBB AND FLOOD
TIDES Of GOOD
Retrogression and Progression
Address by EIihu 5. Riley.
SOCIAL SERVICE CLUB.
The Final Victory VIII be for God and
Brotherhood Truth Crushed TO
Earth Shall Rise Again"
Part IL.

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In every land the people generally,
from whom all reforms spring, are
moving to obtain their share Eof this
worlds goods and their personal and
political rights in the management
of governmet, and in no country are
the forces OF advancement more alert
than in America-the home of pa
triotism, intelligence and Christi
anity.
All may take encouragement right
here and now. The vicious laws that
make one man rich and Thousand
poor are attacked on every hand; our
courts are coming to the rescue of
the people in enforcing the acts of
legislation To break uI illegal combi-
nations against the interescs of the
public. More and more the doctrine
of arbitration to prevent war is TAX
ing root, and our nation is trying to
ascertain some way by which all will
share in the blessings that Heaven
has so bountifully bestowed upon our
land and its fortunate inhabitants.
There are many plans at hand.
We must try all things, prove all
things, and hold fast to that which is
good We must recollf ct that the
year of Jubilee had an Inherent fa-
tality la it. 1t was intended for
time, not as a perpetuity, for ia the
course of years, as Israel increased
in numbers, the portion of land al
lotted to each family would net sup
port the clan. Then the early church,
with its common holdings, had its
tragic conclusion when Ananias and
Saphira "lied to God. "
| discussed with a friend recently
the doctrine of arbitration. / OBJ
served that | was in favor of arbitra-
tion in all things except national i'm
tegrity and honor. He was a be-
lever in all things. ] asked him If
England raised the issue that the Rev
olutionary War was not justifable,
would he submit the question of our
return to the control of England?
He said Eyes. This reduction ad
absurdam required no further devel-
opment / then inquired what would
happen if one party refused to abide
by the award. Make them" he re-
piled, with an emphasis that seemed
to say that have clinched the doc
trine of arbitration. like we did
Cuba But, l said, I'VE had to
take the Army to do it,
heard a Socialist orator recently
state on the political stump that we,
as a government, should take charge
of all the factories and manage them.
! He cited the postoffice as a sample of
how hours of work and rates of
wages could be improved by govern
mental control. He overlooked the
| fact that this fns service is always
run at deficit. Now il all the other
enterprises that the government
should carry on were to reach perfec-
tion by the road the Postofice De-
partment has, who are to pay the de-
ficits7
Very properly there are some oc-
cupations in which the government
may engage. Every monopoly should
be in the hands of the public. Yet
| which breach to that are burning
questions only to be settled by exper-
| ience, honesty and Christian ethics.
The apex of success in these will
only be gained when we all see eye
to eye, and righteousness fills the
earth as the waters cover the face of
the great deep.
Here and there glimpses of the
| coming dawn of delivery from strife
| and selhshness are seen. In the
mountain regions of West Virginia
| and Western Maryland there are
many customs that show that the woof
of kindness and the warp of friend
ship run throughout the whole web of
society. The foot-traveler is seldom
left to trudge alone if a vehicle with
a seat open passes him. They lend
their churches to each other for their
services, and sometimes several con-
gregations, where one is too weak to
undertake it unite to build q house
of worship for common usage.
One day when | had been in cer-
tain part of Gdrrett county for a few
days only, was invited to take din
ner at Mrs. Blanks who was going
to have a "Frolic. This unknown
term was explained to me. This lady,
8 widow, had had her private road SC
damaged recently by an unusually
heavy rainstorm, so that sfe could moi
get down to the highway by it. The
frolic was for the purpose of having
her neighbors come and mend her
road. This they did--a stretch OF
about half mile or more, of rock!
mountain grade. The meals were al
the laborers received for their hire
The rest waS a work of faith ant
love. This, said one IN the neigh
borhood to me, 'is the way our peo
pie always do. -
Thes agitations that are now il
progre IS are the skirmish lines of vic
tory. For
Truth crushed to earth will ris
again,
The eternal years of God are hers,
While error writhing in its pains,
| Dies amidst its worshippers.
Let US all take hope in the fac
that the last lap is one Of progres
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