The fool-killer., 1919-08-01
THIS IS WHY

classify me politically at all l
guess you will have to call me
Socialist, but you will find as you
read along that some of my
views are considerably different
from those of most Socialists.
The average Socialist believes
that a perfect and ideal condi-
tion of society can be brought
about by simply putting his po-
liticaI ideas into operation
through the channels of cooper
ative- government. He believes
man can do all this in his own
strength, and he does not often
take into consideration the fact
that God must be reckoned with.
His materialistic conception Of
history does not have any room
for Gods over-ruling providence
and for the working out of a di-
vine plan.
Here is my position:
[ believe that human nature
as we now have it in this world
is inherently selfish and evil,
and I don't believe it is possible
to have any perfect government
on earth as long as men have the
full say-so about it.
[ believe the only hope of ever
having a perfect government on
this earth is for Jesus Christ to
come and set it up and run it.
And | believe that is just what
He is going to do pretty soon.
Then maybe you wonder why
] [ consider the Socialists any
nearer right than the other par
ties. For this reason: The So
cialists have caught a glimpse
Of the great light ahead, and
they are looking and working to-
ward it. They are wanting the
Millennium Of peace and right
eousness to come, and they are
doing all they can to bring it, ac-
cording to the light they have.
They think they are going to
bring the good times. themselves,
and the glorious prospect Of it
makes them glad. When they
find out that they can't do it
alone, but that God is going to
help them do it, they will be glad
Of that, too.
The main point is that the So
cialists are in a better state of
: mind to receive and appreciate
the great changes that are soon
to come. The changes may not
be just the kind they are looking
for, and may not come in just
the way they expect. But be-
cause they are honestly expect
ing and working for change in
the social order, they are in
favorable state of mind to accept
and appreciate whatever comes.
Now look at the old capitalist
parties, on the other hand. They
have set their heads against any
change at all. They say the
present evil system Of skin-or-
= be-skinned is good enough for
them. They want their rich
pets to continue riding on the
!. backs of the poor, and they
would like to put everybody in
jail who even hints that there
ought to be a change.
And let me tell you right now,
the old mossbacks, who neither
expect nor desire any change at
all, are gong TO be the worst
whipped set you ever heard tell
OF. If they had half sense they
could see that great change has
already come, and that still
i greater changes are just lit
: tie distance in the future. There
t is no possible chance for the
= world to get back to where it
e was before the wal'. When the
stand-patters do have to give
9 over ana admit that the current
Of change and revolution is too
= strong for them, oh, what a sick
g and disappointed set they will
d be: And then when the God of
k heaven strikes the final blow and
I winds up all Of these little fussy
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