Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-05-16

sources are not to be found within
mans nature but outside of it, in the
saving revelation of God in Christ and
Jesus is thus the author and giver of
an eternal life which spreads itself and
is maintained not by mechanical con.
trivanCe, but by the living spirit of
God entering into human history, and
building on the basis of reconciliation
a kingdom of God which is both hu-
man and divine and which comes, and
comes again and again in wave after
wave of developing completion until
the will of God is done on earth as tbs
in heaven.
SOCIALISM.
ethics of Socialism and the ethics
of christianity are identical. The gen
eral tendency is to regard sOcialistlc
any interference undertaken by society
in behalf of the poor la general 1T
may be described as that movement
which seeks by economic changes to
destroy the existing inequalities of the
worlds socialist conditions.
Socialism is movement OF the
working class for justice. 1t is the
last stage, as | believe, in the evolu-
tion of society, which is to envelop the
world and apply the Golden Rule to
every day life.
1t demands as public property that
which God alone can create. 1t ac-
cepts God as our father and all men
as brothers and demands that co-opera-
tion shall be established in lieu of
competition in procuring the bread
and butter of life.
For many years have thought that
our politics and christianity should be
made to travel parallel lines, for ''no
man liveth unto himself. "
| have learned to love the world
wide movement of socialism, which
has as its aim to free mankind from
the baueful effects of individualism
and establish universal cooperative in
dustry.
This pure democracy has revealed to
me beauty in the life and teachings
of Jesus | never saw before. Under
our system mankind cannot apply the
teachings of Jesus to every day life,
for the earth, Gods gift to his faml-
ly, is now taken by the few and about
three out of four must give up from
one third to half of their lives paying
rent for the privilege of staying on the
earth.
The money, circulating medium of
exchange, has been legislated into the
hands of few who rob the nation by
taking usury and we are advised by
slaves of the system that we have the
''best banking system the world ever
saw" Then the natural gifts, the
money of the country, the machinery,
etc, is today legally held by the few
for no other purpose than robbery OF
the masses
If man or men can harmonize
this with Gods plan | want to see
it This has divided us into classes,
The rich who do no work, and the
poor who do all the work.
The platform adopted by our ma
tional convention May, 1908, and by
membership referendum Aug. 8, 1903,
and amended by referendum vote Sept.
7, 1908. will serve as a guide to a cor
rect understanding of socialism. This
was made by the entire membership
and stands above the private interpre
tation of any individual.
Then again | care nothing for the
private opinions of men except us the
harmOnize with justice. For one to
begin to discuss socialism and take up
the sciences and each and every man
who has wrote pro and con on the sub
iect would be like starting east for
the north, pole. To do so would require
more time than | have to give if had
the ability.
Christianity dates from the minis
tration of Christ on earth, for there
was none until he came. Then to find
just what man should do in this life
we shall depend on the teachings of
Gods word through Christ.
If Psychologist can show me that
socialism does not harmonize with the
life and teachings of Christ and of
God, the father of us all, | will take
off my hat to him, and bid him God
speed, provided he will give me par
ty either in existence or proposed
which will.
"Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you, is the slogan of
christianity and of socialism as we'll.
1t is presumed that a christian lives
the life Christ outlined for him. that
is, he applies the golden rule to every
day life. This is exactly what mean
when | say socialism is christianity
applied We mean to erect a govern
ment where the golden rule shall be
the basis from which all law is made.
Why not apply the ethics taught by
Jesus to the laws of our landY
Briefly | will mention some of the
things Socialism proposes to do, which |
will help the reader to understand that |
we can thr Ough legislation make laws
which harmonize with the things ex.
pected of a christian. Socialism will |
give every worker the full product of |
his labor 1t proposes to reduce the
hours of labor in proportion to the in
creased power of production. 1t will |
do away with wage slavery for men, |
women and children. 1t proposes to
abolish charity and give the people |
justice and thereby abolish poverty, |
want, destitution and the poorhouse. |
1t will guarantee everyone a job be- |
fore jailing for vagrancy. 1t will pen
sion the old, thereby making their last
days happier. 1t will abolish all the
lords of earth as land lords, interest I
lords, profit lords and thereby abolish
profit, rent aud interest. Under so
cialsm there will be no more strikes
or lOckouts. 1t will abolish war and |
armies for purposes of mur
der, destruction and desolation, and
organize armies for the conservation
Of life, health and happiness Under
socialism, the rich idler as we'll as the
poor idler "a man begging for Job |
will disappear. Then all laws will be |
for those who YORK aUai N ~ tbosa ,UhD