Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-01-18

See the little hut back of your field
in which is possibly huddled a poor
share farmer who has wife and FIVE
children that he loves as dear and pos
s1bIy dearer than you love yours, pay
ing You profit, rent and interest in or
der TO obtain shelter. Where does
the abundant life come in for them
20 TO the slums of our great cities
where as | write this, some are freoz-
ing and starving. Is there none of the
abundant life for them Not in your
way for you are scared at perfection.
Think of the two million children fore.
ed into the mines, factories and work
shops and in many instances along
with their mothers trying under terms
and conditions of the masters of your
lovely system to obtain enough to keep
soul and body together. | ask as one
/ honest man would ask of another, is
there any of the abundant life which
Christ talked of for theml You, "Mr.
Hoss Eye, may talk of the ''abund-
ant life to one of your system over
worked wage slaves, to his tired wife,
to his Child slave, to the tramp, to the
criminal. to the prostitute and we
might say to almost an innumerable
host of products of your system, of
this abundant life, and your language
will be meaningless to them.
These and millions of their class
have lived in poverty and misery and
died in despair throughout the long
centuries from the birth of Christ
down to now, and stand as mopu-
ment to the sin and shame of the sys-
tenn under which we try to obtain the
abundant life. These should be
mighty challenges of just men before a
just God to help change Just such a
hell born system to one which would
barmonize with the message of Jesus.
and thus help millions to get fore
taste of the abundant life" while
they live in this world, and thew will
be better prepared to pass thru the
pearly gates to live angels with God
of love.
If you have anything better give it
to us out of that powerful think
box of yours, or can you do nothing
but criticise, or have you no sympathy
for Gods humanity? If you can Join
our Savior in sympathy for Gods 8
humanity. If you can Join our Savior
in sympathy for the poor, the ones
Christ seemed to love most, / beg you
in the name of our God of humanity
to read and study the platform of So
clalism, which is only the movement
of workingmen for more of what they
produce. for more and better food, bet
ter clothing, better homes, more leis-
ure, more education, ETC., and ask
you again, which is strongly in point
here, lisn't this in perfect harmony
with what Jesus meant v hen He said,
II came that You might have life and
have it more abundantly.
10 me the message Of Jesus emphas-
ICES that the duty of mankind is to
make this world and this life here and
now what it ought to be and not the
life after death. The old Scriptures
teach little of the life beyond. The
burden of the prophets and lawgivers
was for this world here and now, and
this is exactly what the Socialist
movement is for, We believe man 8
supreme duty to be to reorganize So
ciety upou the principles of justice,
harmony and peace right here and now |
and not in your sweet bye and bye.
And | earnestly believe that we have |
the right and it is our duty, from
the God who created US and His Son,
our brother, whom He sent to bless |
the world by precept as we'll as ex-
ample, TO fight evil of every descrip-
tion here and now, and thereby make
secure the abundant life to our bodies
first, and the spiritual will improve
as tue temporal is satisfied
We will thereby make secure the
progress of the church of God, and
wnat Wendell Phillips. who when ask
ed if Christianity was failure, said,
II don't know, the world has never
tried it, will be forgotten, and sta
tics of our churches will show con-
tant increase instead of constant de-
crease in membership as now, for the