The Irish standard., 1919-01-11
e The Law is Not Made
For a Righteous Man,
But for the laW|eSS
And Disobedient. .
(By r. H. Adams

added to the Church daily, through
the preaching of the Apostles, "All
that believed were together, and had
all things common; and sold their pos
sessions and goods, and parted them
to all men, as every man had need"
This custom as every one must admit,
was calculated to put Christian Social
ism to supreme test, and thanks to
the Apostle Paul, we are not left in
the dark as to the outcome. Only
few years after the incidents above
recorded, Paul observes in writing to
the church at Thessalonica, Even
when we were with you, this we COM
manded you, that if any would not
work, neither should he eat. For we
hear that there are some, which walk
among you disorderly, working not at
that are such we command and ex-
hort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that
with quietness. they work, and eat
their.own bread" This command was
equivalent to saying in plain English,
that these lazy busybodies must not
be permitted to live upon the industry
of others, but should be compelled to
work and earn their own living. Here
is positive proof that socialism was
dismal failure among a class of people
whose doctrine and watchword was,
Cali things whatsoever We would that
men should do to you, do We even so
unto them" And if it failed to stand
the test when walking hand in hand
with this, the greatest of all principles
of Justice and right, what chance
would it have in these modern days,
when a sentiment prevails to do unto
others as you please, and refuse to
allow them to return the compliment?
On July 4, 1875, a group of patriotic
men met together and formulated and
signed, declaration of principles
which have been the beacon light to
the oppressed of all the earth. The
preamble or introduction to this most
important state paper, declares that,
1--WE hold these truths to be self-evi-
Ident, that all men are born equal, that
they are endowed by their creator
with certain inalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness. That to secure
these rights, Governments are insti-
tuted among men, deriving their pow
ers from the consent of the governed"
To secure these rights, our own gov
eminent was established and under
Tits benefcent constitution and laws,
every citizen, not a disorderly busy
body has been protected in both Life
and Liberty, and every man who has
willingly shouldered his share of re-
sponsibility, has been permitted and
encouraged to pursue a course that
leads to success and happiness. The
great underlying principle of our Re-
publican government, is to make the
government the servant of the people,
but modrn Socialism proposes to make
the citizen the servant of the Govern
ment
However, the fact remains that the
first principle of Government is serv-
ice for "the law is not made for a
righteous man, but for. the lawless and
disobedient." Laws are enacted to
protect the life, liberty and happiness
of the righteous (Law abiding) against
the vicious and the covetous, who
make themselves subservient to the
law. by disobeying it's mandates.
Therefore, government or law is the
servant of the really good, and a firm
to interfere with the life, liberty or
Happiness of their fellows. The Apos-
tie Peter said, "of whom man is
overcome. of the same is he brought
in bondage and this will be the exact
condition when the Socialists dream
of Government Ownership shall be put
into practice, as this will at once bring
all men under bondage, because public
ownership without paternalism is i'm
possible, and paternalism is aptly de-
fined as government meddlesome-
|ness." The learned Apostle Paul in
his first letter to the church at Cor
NTH says, when l was child
spake as child, I understood as a
child; thought as child; but when
became a. man, l put off childish
things. "Is it not meet therefore that
we, as citizens of a great Republic,
put off this childish notion of creating
la political parent to domineer over
us, and NEEDLE with our God-given
Liberty?
Government ownership is but the
childish dream of those who are I'M
willing to shoulder mans RESPONSE
bility to compete with their fellows
/ foy. OF r1, n 1o,ror moo