The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-31

"and it is misleading hundreds of
thousands of men and women today
by declaring itself to be of the work
ing class, by the working class and
for the working class. It would abol-
ish religion, even marriage and the
family. 1t would blast the founda-
ton of authority and of civilization.
eff you would know what socialism
is, consult their leaders, for most of
the socialists do not know" he said.
In answer to the arguments of so
cialists that religion had been abol-
ished by science, he said that tbs
could not be as God was the author
of both and they must go hand in
hand. He said that he was an cleo
trician and that every great scientist
had been deeply religious. He quoted
one famous scientist who said: F'The
more I know of science the stronger
is my faith in God and religion" He
said there was absolutely no conflict
between science and religion and that
all of the great universities had been
established by the various churches.
He said that everyone of the Ten
Commandments stood against social
ism. "And I am not here to apollo
gize for the Ten Commandments" he
continued ''They have been the bea-
con lights for all these ages and they
will continue do business at the same
old stand"
"What's wrong with the world is
the lack of harmony and the lack of
appreciation of the great fundamental
law Of Cod" he said. He said this
was the cause of the great war In
the Old World at present-the lack of
a brotherhood of man. He said the
lack of this brotherhood was the rea-
son hundreds of thousands of men are
in the trenches instead of with their
families.
"There can be no brotherhood of
man apart from the law of God" he
said. Another thing the matter, he
said, is lack of harmony in the fam
lily. This is why there were one mil
lion divorces in this country last year;
one divorce out Of every twelve FAM
lilies, affecting five million people, he
said. The next reason, he said, was
lack of harmony among men
and women in matters of religion
He said God gave every man right
to worship according to his own con-
science.
The lack of harmony in the field Of
industry. the war between labor and
capital was another trouble, he said.
He produced a number of figures
taken from the book of Leo XIII,
known as "the pope of the working
men," He said that Christ taught
that the laborer is worthy of his
hire and that the underpaid working
man is responsible for 80 per cent of
the present evils. Child labor, he
gave as one of the chief causes for
the existing evils. He said that in
this country there are two million
children under 16, at work in factories
and mills. This represents one in
every six children, and he said this
was unjust; that they were entitled
to the advantages of the others, that
the life of one child was worth more
than billions of dollars.
In conclusion, Mr.. Collins said in
part:
1--WE have just two things to work
on: The love of God and the love of
country. The foundation of good
government is morality, right and
justice and cannot exist apart from
the love Of God Socialism means
vice and degeneracy ana IN great
nation like ours, founded on the love |
of God and His law, there should be |
no room for socialism nor for the big
otry and fanaticism resulting from |
the difference of opinion as to the
manner of worshipping God. No ma
ton can succeed which does an in
justice TO any part of its citizenship.
Catholic and Protestant should get
together and work together for this
great nation of ours.
"And, remember this, in this con-