Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-15
THE BIBLE KIND OF SOCIALISM
The International Sunday School Les
son for May Is. is. Working with
Others."--I. Cor. 12:14-27.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
Because of the company 1t has
often kept. the word socialism is In
rather bad repute. AS a word, 1t is
really n good one. for it gathers up
the idea of a working together of all
people for the common welfare ~
stands for fellowship and brotherhood
and service Tho idea back OF II,
which is the important thing, is
Bible teaching. one important phase
OF which constitutes the present Sun
day School Lesson.
There is nothing in Holy Writ TO
support the class conscious, hate
filled. destructive conception of new
social system which is widely preNa-
lent in the world today. Commun-
ism. or Bolshevism. squarely and def
initely parts company with the Bible
and the leadership of Jesus. But
there is an abundance of teaching in
Scriptures for the creation of new and
nobler and fairer and more fraternal
order of human life.
This Lesson is based on one of
these, a fragment from the great
document which the Apostle Paul
wrote to the Christians in Corinth.
That ancient city is itself ruin. as
saw a couple OF years ago, but the
principles of Paul are today more
powerful and prevalent than ever be-
fore. Let me quote:
PauTs Pungcnt Parable
For the body is not one member.
but many. II the foot shall say. Be
cause | am not the hand, l am not of
the body. And IL the ear shall say,
Because l am not the eye. l am not
of the body. II is not therefore not of
the body. If the whole body were an
eye, where were the hearing? II the
whole We're hearing, where were the
smelling? But now hath God set the
members each one of them in the
body. even as it pleased Him. And
il they were all one member. where
were the body? But now they are
many members. but one body. And
the eye cannot say to the hand, have
no need of thee: or again the head to
the feet / have no need of you. Nay,
much rather. those members OF the
body which seem to be more feeble
are necessary: and those parts of the
body, which we think to be less hon
orable, upon these We bestow more
abundant honor: and our uncomely
parts have more abundant comeliness.
whereas our comciy parts have no
need: but God tempered the body to-
gether. giving more abundant to that
part which lacked: that thete should
be no schism in the body; but that
the members should have the same
care one for another. And whether
one member suffereth. all the mem
bers suffer with II. or one member is
honored. all the members rejoice with
it,
A Recipe For Restoration
Was ever the great idea better put
Our days problems-intcrnstio
economic. industrial. religious. politi-
cal-sre largely a matter of human
beings knowing how to work well to-
gether. II governments and groups
and individuals could subscribe hon
estly to Paul's parable OF the bods
and its members. most of the present
difficulties of the world would vanish
Restoration and reparation walt upon
cooperation.
Trouble has come from tho stupid
notion of various parts OF tho bodS
Of human society that each Is the
head. and that tho rest of the body
is wholly subordinate to it or course
is idea is absurd. but then most OF
our sins and hlundcrs arc really fool
ish 4 trunklcs> head is as futile as
a hcadlcss trunk. The interdepend-
ence o: mankind. as humanity * now
slowly learning. is a truth that really
takes precedence of the independence
of any part of mankind. Every days
issue OF the paper is eloquent with
Illustrations OF the Word: No man
liveth to himself. and no man dioth
to himself
Mischief has been made by tho
OF individuals-and there Is usually