The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-08-27
OUR RELIGION
AND OUR HOMES
WILL eE DEFENDED 81 AL
AMERICANS. sEeAep-
LESS OF CREED
ARE NOT POLITICAL ISSUES
Socialists Doctrines Seek 80 Destroy
osen c.srrh ans Hsrs
Liza
ARE NOT POLITICAL ISSUES

That Tie cturehss. which sssk e
make q u0rxl Appraisal q al social
And soooo-1e n0rsDsut.. Ia now pre-
skarnE q strong t-02f against TIE Nh
partisan League Leaders. q q hopeful
s.El. End Incidentally Al evidence ihkt
TIE church L moi kx3ssp. Il sODe
czEsD, cut Fss1ly alive 10 al issues
which at,er; human welfare, ins
ready Also Is u ether Gays q her
gaory 70 present 4 En4tsd front L On
batting q cou1o foe
N<rsr car the influence 9. The
church - Enserssrnxtse l. TIE so.a-
uox u Aoc1kl Ind moral problems, ND
because 81 scooon3e problem to-day
10 shot through with moral and spirit
nal elements. When the clergy and
c4urchs. get TIE p-ops, grasp q these
questions they VII find q speedy so1u-
ton and ons TOO, according 70 u.
A4ghs EST standard vhict cEn be applied
Needless 70 say, rkls viii Be The
New Testament standard which after
RI In tie only one the church believe.
In
For this reason the church a. Q
whole is lining NJ solisly against The
nHpsni socialism o. today. seeing in
II the greatest menace 70 home and
church that eve asskiled their doors.
T0, socialism today IL essentially
Uokless. daring to mock God and say
ing with KErl Marx, the father u
modern socialism: The idea Of God
10 the bssis of q perverted Civilization
and this idea must be Destroyed"
No less deadly il the teaching o.
modern socialism concerning the hoeDe
and family. II laughs H those old
fashioned virtues which have v
been the Eurs and strong foundation
q the modern hors. and II home Is
Distinguishing. il Is because these prin-
cap3es Of eternal worth are being re-
moved from It's foundation. and 4 rof-
g natsris1isn built into II instead
According 10 ths socialist philosoe
ply, the present form o. marriage ID
one q the great obstacles Il social
refyrm- August Bebel- one O. he
great Ights Of socialism. sEyf-
Human beings U1st BE- in q
position 70 AFT rs freely where
their strongest impulse il COZ
csrnsd, as il the ~ Of any other
natural instinct The Earitlcs-
ton Of the sexual impulse In a.
strictly the personal affair Of the
individual Is the Qualification Of
every other natural instinct No
Z has 10 give al Acoounf Of him
or hsrseaf and no third person has
the slightest right 10 tntsrvsn-
ron"
This is The teaching O. b Per cent
q Socialists today. With the same
blatant abrsers Of the church and re-
hgon, for the church 10 remain neu-
traa u this qDasuon Of socialism which
affects our very life IL criminal II il
also 10 be swept away tn the ovsr
whsluing floods Of a goddess mater
ialgm.
Feeble attempts have been made Il
show hal Jesus YEA q Socialist Moth
ing could be tErfbsr from the truth.
and He Himself would be the frat 10
reject the teachings Of modern social
isu and Els anger would flame against
il as when He attacked tbs errors Of
Ills day. Christ taught the sacredness
Of property: He forever sapctified the
hume and family by being born Of .
oma and becoming q member Of q
Nazareth family. One Of His last acts
On His cross Of blood and pain Was
10 provide for the care Of His aged
mother by committing her 10 the per
sonal care u His beloved disciple. ST.
John.
Christ konored the family. knowing
il vEk Of God, and any teaching which
tends TO break home ties, either by
the Enuulment Of The Lana Of inherit
sncs OF otherwise. strikes directly al
Him and Ell His teachings
II IL q poor thing 70 substitute al
economic OF political platform such as
socialism il for q spiritual principle.
What Jesus taught was Stewardship,
not socialism
il is because the N~onpartisen
League is really q form o. mstsrialistie
socialism founded on the Marian
adea that the church In uniting 10 fight
it. This fight viii be vagsd with In
cresEing might and courage. until this
dread q Of socialism. whether
called by Economic Deterninis-n, Non
partisan League or any other name,
is put 10 rout