El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22

III, then. God 50 cIethe the grass Of
the field which Il today In the
field and tomorrow is cast into the
oven. how much more Will lie
clOthe you. o ye of little faith.
And seek not ye what We shall eat
and what ye shall drink, neither
be We of doubtful mind.
For all these things do the nations
of the world seek after; and your
Father knOWeth that ye have need
Of these things
But rather seek We the Kingdom Of
God; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
Fear not little flock for II Is your
Fathers good pleasure to give you
the kingdOm.r-Jesus, in the 18th
chapter of Luke.
y our previous lectures we have IN
considerable detail observed the
4 materials Of which the German
national religion is composed, and the
method, and the agencies, by which
it is made. But because, throughout
our series, we have to do with the
German national religious idea from
various angles, it is ven that we con-
tinually keep in sight as much as
possible, just what the thing we are
dealing with is at the core
Even at the risk of tedious reiter-
alton, let US remind ourselves that
we have under observation a prop
erty holding. business operating, rifle
using corporation which dominates
the life Of millions Of people; a cor
poration which is. in its directorate,
a criminal conspiracy against the nat
ural rights of all Industrious well
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over which it claims control. but
which corporation. despite its real
nature. is regarded with religious
reverence by the very people who
suffer from il most. Let US remem-
Der that what we have under our
religious microscope is an outgrowth
OF the notion that this corpora
ton has soul and that some how
this corporation and its fictitious
soul" are the very life and soul OF
seventy millions of human beings
Whereas, in reality all the sour IL
has is an organization Of property
imposed upon the life Of the people
a thing that is in no sence FORM OF
individual, biOlOgic or genJrlc human
Concealed by the CIerEy.
Also. let US again take note OF the fact
IlAL Clergy 10 " NOM AAAE EHNNE'AN AA'l-@
for guidance in things OF tho spirit, .
never treat this soul as a ming OF
property organization That all I'M I
DOrtant fact is everywhere covered 4
over and concealed The tang Llal 4
determines everything IS his The ]
kaiSerdOm has ~ 10 ge- del1led IN I
the imagination OF the people, other /
wise the people VIII never accept and /
obey IL as the ultimate and absolute I
source OF moral authority over them i
.-nrEarnnwn gets nn|fnan
the natural instincts Of the citizen /
viii be insisting, every time the gov I
eminent requires OF him course OF /
action that is wrong. There IS \
higher law that requires me 20 do 4
right I must obey that higher law
And then he will take his stand I
against the autOcracy. and maintain I
his stand. and condemn the autoc- Z
racy on the authority OF the Al 4
mighty. Within his God given con-
science he viii test the laws OF the ]
national corporation by the laws Of
God and he VIII Weld IL obedience u
only insofar as he judges IL 20 be
right. He will hold that he is free
to serve God. and he viii regard the
kaiser as a fallible man such as is
he himself. and. when the citizen
thinks the kaiser errs. he viii pre-
fer to obey God rather than man
possession Of the individuals con-
science. otherwise IL cannot be a
kaiserdom at all
Is sDOlled Ups a. n Deity.
The sequel Of the matter is that.
Just as did all the nations OF ancient /
times. the kaiserdOm gets itself i
dolled up as a deity Yes, it's a very 4
ancient fashion. Priests are the I
beauty specialists that work the /
transformation. II takes doctors Of /
divinity 10 cOuvincingly lay on di-
viuity dressing. As we look back I
over the mummied relics Of the ma
Of the ancient world we I
see every one OF them in this very /
same divinity makeUp-with here and /
there a patch where some one Of I
Gods true prophets has scraped a /
little OF its falsity off, disclosing the !
sham that was underneath. In the