Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-29
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction in
Europe Follow the Great
World War;
RUSSlA'S GRAVE MORAL ERROR
ForcibIe Seizure Of Land Understand
able, but to Be Regretted as Max
Ing a Precedent TO Justify
Dishonesty.
Article XIX.
nx FRANK coMERFoRo.


started, reveals several findings which
are necessary to complete the history
and physical examination.
Russia was Is per cent illlterate.
This means that yearly fou!hfths Of
the people In Russia could not read
or write. II does not mean that they
could not think There is as great a
difference between Hliteracy and in
telligence as there is between illiteracy
and ignorance. ! have met many Rus
sian peasants who could not read or
write, who had good native minds
genuine power Of easoning-home-
spun thinkers. The head Of Russia
had not been trained, but 1t was not
empty.
There are many reasons for the H.
literacy Of the great majority of Rus
sian people The autocratic state was
the principal conspirator against the
Russian people getting an education
The aUtocrats knew that Ignorance Is
the greatest insurance against up
risings the greatest sedative to keep
the slave from complaining, The
Church Ia Russia, the Orthodox
Church. was used to keep the light
from the people. The car was the
Little Father" the q zine agent Of
God on earth. and the "Unholy Synod"
Of the Russian Church bowed, not be-
fore the Christ, but bent low before
The czar They betrayed Christ, even
b@.e
ters of men, their own blood, the Rus
sian peasants aud toilers.
Religion Their Only solace
The people of Russla held firmly
To their faith in God The rest and
ease their faith gave them was the
only comfort they had In moments
OF intense religious communion they
were lifted OUT Of themselves and for
seconds forgot their burdens. These
seconds were long spaces Of relief
green spots in the endless desert waste
Of life
How Christ must have wept when he
witnessed the Holy synod" the
monkiSh rascalS. with their Sacrilegious
throttling the cry for freedom, by
quoting In his name that those
who suffered most here would be high
eSt in heaven. A htaSphcmy. cor
ruptlon Of the Lowry One. who used
the word brotherhood to define equal
I;y, and the fatherhood Of God to ex-
press the justice that man owed to
man
II was agreed by and between the
Holy Synod and the ears that the
Russian W0rshipcrs OF God must NOT
know how 10 read or write his name
So Il was that the orthodox church
sf Russia used religion to Insult God
md hold his creatures In bondage. II
WAS the only great church in the
world that did not provide prayer
hooks for its members. It was ar
gued that If the people had prayer
books they would learn 70 read, and
II they read the Christ message on the
sabbath they might read other strange
and dangerous books on Monday and
Tuesday and the other days of the
week. They might misuse their abil-
iiy 10 read. and read things like the
American Declaration OF Indcnend-
snce. The churches " the BYZANTINE
painted the story Of religion on the
side Of It's walls. They gave the PEG
pie an education by the picture book
method We use for children before
they have reached the kinderrarten
age
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