The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-01-14

mODDeGd and mObbefS, the
servants and the masters, make hui
man history But the masters write
the history from their own stand
point.
Ridpath says, cit would be diff
cult to find single institution
which has not been framed and is
not managed in the interests Of the
masters" And he applies this to
reugious as we'll as other institu-
tons.
The most neglected part Of Scrip
ture is that which pleads the cause
of the poor and needy The domi-
nant passion of human nature is
selishness and this finds expression
in coyetousness. Give me the earth!
''The love of money is the root Of all
evil" This spirit of covetousness
runs right through all human insti-
tutions. 1t is callous to truth and
justice. 1t despises reason and ar
gument. Conscience it has none.
It not only robs humanity, but en-
slaves and drives it to labor I'M
requited, and then to the battlefield
to be butchered for the masters. And
then it will enslave, rob and even
prostitute the widows of it's wars. It
will "steal the livery of heaven" as
sumo the name and label of Christi
anity and prostitute the Offices of re
ligion to serve it's purpose. There
is no fraud quite so easy to impose
on credulous ignorance as a reli-'
gious fraud. The depths Of human
depravity have not been sounded.
''The heart is deceitful above all
things and desperately wicked: who
can know it," declares the Scrip
ture
The masters of men, in every de-
partment of life, always work to-
gether. They do this because their
spirit, motive and interests are one
They rob his body, mind and soul
and leave him to die stripped of all,
his homes bleaching on the desert of
@3spair while they rush on to find
other Victims, They rob individuals
and nations and he world with equal
impunity and constituencies cruelty.
The appeals Of despair and de2th
have no effect upon them. The
Scripture symbolism selected to rep
resent these trinitarian despotisms,
are wild beasts. lion, bear, leopard,
and last of all a monstrosity COM
pOoCu VI dill OC11PCuAO, AISCOIy cIAQ
experience agree this is true to the
facts.
Partial and Inadequate Reforms.
Many men see the evil only at one
point, or one of the trinity. The
preacher sees the ecclesiastical des-
pot, the statesman the political des-
pot, the economist the commercial
despot Each fights in his field,
while the trinity of despots unite
their forces and fight the whole field.
"The children of this generation are
wiser than the children of light"
Let a preacher, a statesman or an
economist undertake to overthrow
an evil in his own department of
thought and endeavor, and all the
forces of the trinity Of evils are
thrown against him. These masters
have their benighted subjects
so we'll trained they can set
them to destroy any man who tries
to set the masses free. Ignorance
crucified the Christ at the command
of political, commercial and eccle-
siastical despotisms. Judas sold him
for price, poor covetous fool that
he was; ecclesiastical despotism
bought and used Judas: political
despotism gave sentence against him
through PLATE; ignorant soldiers
nailed him to the cross and gambled
over his garments while he died.
Not only will the ignorant masses
destroy their fellows as individuals