Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-11-20
CHRISTIANITY AND
SOCIALISM AGREE"
Two Revolutionary Streams Which
Are Destined.
TO FLOW TOGETHER.
Bibles Full Of Socialism Or. Carr Shows
That The Kingdom Of God is a
Social State.

Social State.
Yesterday afternoon the first of a
course of ten lectures. three in An
napolis and seven in Baltimore, upon
Christianity and Socialism," was
delivered at St. Anne's Chapel by the
Rev. DR.. Edward Ellis Carr, editor
of the Christian Socialist. Chicago.
After the hymn America, the
Rev. Dr. Joseph p. McComas offered
prayer. Then the Rev. Jam ss l..
Smiley introduced the speaker DR..
Carr began in his usual quiet manner,
leading his audience deliberately
step by step until at length, by his
impassioned oratory, he thrilled them
with the force OF irr ssistible truth
and overwhelming pathos.
Turning to the Sermon on the
Mo mt, ne chose the verse "Seek ye
first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness and all these things
shall be added unto you The usual
Interpretation, that personal Godli-
ness acts as an insurance against
poverty, he showed to be disproved
by innumerable facts. Millions of
innocent people are suffering poverty
because of others cruel injustice.
What, then is the meaning of this
grand text? 1t is this "Seek We first
the government of God and His JUS
tice and all these things shall be ad-
ded? In other words, Establish
Gods kingdom cf Justice among men,
and then all men will naturally get
sufficient of material goods.
The speaker urged his audience to
understand the meaning of ''r,volu-
ton. 1t is essentially Christian
term. No man is true disciple of
Christ unless his life is revelation
lied. Suppose all Christians in this
community were revolutionized in
character and manner of life. The
result would be such revival in An
napolis and Maryland as the world
has never seen. Personal revolution,
or regeneration, is Gods demand.
1t is vital necessity TO the individ-
ual and to society.
In the throes of Revolution, both
the Jewish and Christian religion
were born. Let US turn back to
Moses and the Exodus. Here was a
heroic character who surrendered his
princely prospects to save the indus
trial slaves from cruel bondage.
God called this man and declared t.
him the Divine mercy. 81 have seen
the Affections of this people and, 4"
said Jehovah, 81 have come down to
free them.
The Almighty thus identified Him.
self with the workers against their
oppressors. He knew, of course
that the Israelites were not perfect /;
He kn'w their manifest sh rtcom-
ings, but God also knew that the peo.
pie must first be freed and then sane
tilted. The Divine order is first
economic freedom, then oral respon-
sibility. And then notice the con-
fiscation of wealth practiced by the
Israelites on their departure from
Egypt. This was directly commend
ed by God. To those who do MT un-
derstand economic justice, such con-
duct is difficult to understand, and
some religious teachers have put
themselves in the ridiculous position
of apologiziug for God and Moses.
The fact is that the Just Deity
acted upon the principle that the
workers make the wealth and their
oppressors get it by fraud. And so
the Israelites were divinely command
ed to take out of Egypt all the gold
and silver and costly raiment and
precious stones which they could
carry, as property which rightly be-
longed to them. The Bible tells US
that they literally spoiled the Egyp-
tians. This confiscation of prop
erty, diviuely ordered, goes a step
beyond the Socialist plan, which aims
to appropriate the public utilities by
some form of compensation.
The same revolutionary spirit
charscterizes Christianity. The Son
of God became incarnate to bring
down the kingdom of heaven to men.
He came to establish a just govern
ment on earth. His inspiriny prayer
is full Of the spirit of Socialism .
"our Father F. Thy kingdom
come, Thy will be done on earth
DR.. Carr will speak tonight at the
College Avenue Baptist Church upon
the subject "Jesus and the Glass
Struggle. - On Sunday ct p. N. in
the Colonial Theatre. his theme will
be 1.-The Mark of the Beast" This
hour is chosen so as not to conflict
with church services and also to ac-
comodate out-of-town folks. Admis-