Newark post., 1913-03-19

"splrItUal anarchy and universal
free-Iove constitute the goal Of
hur agitations.
Ih!s announcement comes 10 the
world less matter of news than
Miss Mi!hoiland perhaps imagincs.
As 4 professional beauty and free
thinker, she has gained the motor
Iety desired, and her costume Of a
herald, blowing the trumpet Of self
applause, was entirely in accord
with such sentiments.
Our ears are carcssed by the vel
vet paws Of many isms, to which
the intellectually slothful person is
indifferent or negligent. The cla-
NOR Of our multitudi0nus distrac-
tons makes anything short of dyna-
mite unimpressive. Hence the meth
DDS of anarchy and modern social
ism. The wind and the earthquake
have sometimes drowned the "still,
small voice. of Christian Faith.
Yet not in these is the power, but
now as ever in the still, small voice,
so effectually, if 50 rarely heard.
Still, as we have said, our ears
are also caressed by the blandish-
ments OF velvet paws.
Not until we get the true feline
scratch in the eyes at the other end
Of the proposition, do we wake with
a start to intellectual activity and
moral resentment.
Miss Milholland presents to us
her compliments as an advocate of
Women s Rights. (No better term
has since been invented.) Women
perturbed by taxation without rep
resentation, the oppressed, the
chorous-girl, defeated, and other
unfortunate Sisters hail her as a
martyr and a Saviour. Disgruntl-
ed women follow her in troops.
But 10! once in her procession,
and we are informed by that
scratch in the eyes Of our spiritua
blindness, that she entirely favors
every woman for herself and chorus
girls for all 1t is a humiliating
and painful scratch.
Fortunate are we that we got il
before the real Procession started
out.
Again, it has been truly said that
"the long-haired, wild-eyed an,
archist, with bomb in every pock,
ct is no longer the menace that he
was. We are, i'll way, used tC
him and his tactics. Police officers
spot him at sight. Theodore Roose,
welt. when confronted and scratch
ed" by one, merely remarked with
casual elegance, "Gosh shot
again.
Yes, we are used to this sort OF
anarchist.
But there is another sort, a
modern social product, if any form
of Judas impersonation can be call.
ed modern.
We refer to ministers Of the
Gospel, who by the hundreds -.
stepping down from the''' r~pulp
TO College Profess, as who are
traying the -<<r sacred calling
teacherrT6"~ Is of the young. TO $50
- q, element workers who, not
the spirit of Christian Service
wav of social reform, but as rest
insurgents are standing over
cause of patriotism and social /
mony TO the enemy Of souls.
These are the velvet paws
have Of late caressed our ears v
professions and promises Of
earthly kingdom OF mat2riot G
fort.
with these malc0ntents the
ative may nearly always be fol
in two things. A denial Of the
vinity of Jesus Christ, and a re-
against lawful authority. ''WF
will ye that release unto yot
asked PLATE, Jesus, or Ban
bas?" And they answered, 8
rabbas.
1t is IA deliberate choice Of
free will, now as then. But
these ministers Of the gospel, Il
teachers Of the young, these So
Settlement Workers really Xxi
what the red flag of Social
stands for? To what primer
they are pledging themselves?
Some do, and some do not.
If there is one thing about
dern Socialism that is notable
the shallowness and ignorance
the rank and file as to the
character and purpose OF t
leaders.
In this article we are not
cerned with opinions or prejudl
We shall confne ourselves to +
npon the scientific principle
unitv of corrohOratiyp pyidp