The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-06-25

He complains tia ! dodge his cues
tiops. He would dc well to iep.em-
Der that / have bcen controvert'rs
the question at issue with from two
to four writer's and therefore ] could
not give either of them the attention
that ! should have been pleased tC
give him. Besides, to be frank with
MIR. Davis. / have seen little in his
communications or Owens to answer
Mr.. Greenway and Mr.. Cundiff be-
sides answering the courtesies of de-
bate have tried seriously to present
the doctrines of Socialism.
Mr.. Davis seeks to divert me from
the issue by challenging me to de-
bate. When Mr.. Davis comes to the
issue l am discussing he can get the
debate he so much desires and not
till then. His challenges to debate
wish to assure him are in no sense
embarrassing to me.
This uncircumcised philistine has
some how come to think himself a
champion of uplift, hence he gets
himself into the socialist basket,
seizes the handle, pulls away Justify
and imagines he is uplifting some
thing. He of the cognomen of the
worlds great warrior alexander the
Grea) but armed with the weapon
that Samson of old used, so effec-
lively against the Philistines goes up
and down the earth seeking whom
he may slay.
Mr.. Davis articles are replete
with eptihets, Lie, fool, dog, cur
are his chief weapons of defense and
offense.
These Socialists write as though
! were engaged in a defense of Cap
italism, or were writing against the
laboring man of whom l am one.
The fact is I have not written a
word in defense of capital nor a word
against the laboring man.
No man more heartily condemns
the oppressive and INSCRIPTIONS
methods of some corporations than
1 do.
No man more heartily condemns
the outlaw methods employed by
some labor leaders and some labor
organizations than l do. My chief Of
Tense consists in the fact that ! do
not accept the gibberish of socialism
as q remedy for the ills of the Ia.
boring man. / regard the laboring
man as his own worst enemy. ! have
only compassion for him however, as
he is the victim in the main of un-
scrupulous labor leaders who while
they seek to divert his attention
from the real course of his troubles
prey on his prejudices and igno-
ance.
] wish to say once for all that
an not class conscious, thank God,
IN that, Mr.. Cundiff is right. The on |
ly distinction that know among men
Is the distinction that Jesus Christ |
made. He drew the line for all |
time.
+. When told that his brethren were
without desiring to see him, his re-
ply was who are my brethren? even
those that do the wine of my Father
know no rich, no poor, no bound,
no free. know men as sheep and
goats, as good and bad. A good
rich man and the bible abounds in
examples is sure for Heaven, a wick
cd poor man is equally sure for tor
ment, apologies to OWEN. The
God I worship is no respector of per-
sons. He will render to every man
according to his deeds, Romans,
2-6. Charge them that are rich. that
they do good, that they be rich in
good works. ready to distribute" LIST
Tim. 6-17,1S.
AS for apostolic communism, / will
quote from the worlds greatest theo-
logians, as brother Cundiff's citation
Of scripture l cannot say about acts,
A. SS, 80, and these verses do not [
occur in my bible. /
But ! quote the following: i
Let us see about the experiment {
In socialism in apostolic days. {
At Antioch, Ephesus, Corinth, and |
also, we find members {
Of the local christian communities G
enjoying their private means, which q
was free to keep or with a
iold the price of his property, and it
6 recorded as an act worthy of spec
al note that Barnabas handed over {
he, price of his land to the Apos- S
les. 8
This impulsive experiment in
christian Socialism. therefore. was il
lot only partial but very short lived e
-Geike Hours with the Bible. v
After the deceit of Ananias and n
'apphera communism ceased to ex- ii