The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23
HISTORY I'M THE LIGHT
OF COMMON SENSE
BY Gea. D. Coleman

mains; the ysins 81 the Magyar ciyiliz-
alton in Yueatan and Guatemala, and
extending south Of Peru; when we see
the wonderf of the ruins Of Baelbec
and the cities Of the plain. and Of
the truly marvellous Petra, all before !
recorded history; and then turn to his
tory and learn Of Egypt, Babylon,
Greece and Rome and their rise and
fall, we see in these buried cities and
crumbling ruins and in the records the
proof that civilization after civilization
has gone to disaster and wreck because
of indvidualism- because of greed, |
.selfshness and private property. Is
Iii not strange that in all these years
some minds have not arisen endowed
with the common sense power to see the
evil and seeds Of destruction that dwelt
in selfishness and lust for power. end
proposed an equitable. reasonable sys-
TEN Of society9 From the earliest re-
cords we read Of one succession Of
wars and that hatred and the lust for
power had erased all The nobler Ideals
Iof justice and equity. The record of
history is a record Of wars, bloody, re-
bellious and national, and class hatreds,
and modern history is repeating the
stupid folly and has not taught the
Heading men and rulers Of present-day
states ANYTHING. They seem to be ig-
norant of history, or, if not, 50 obses-
sed with the lust for power that they
IGNORE its teachings It's an old say
ling, History is philosophy teaching
Iby example; but modern public men
land rulers ignore the example which
history gives, with no exceptions.
It's true that there was one at whose
birth, a record tells us. angels sang a
chorus to shepherds, Peace on earth,
good will to men end for his teach
..|ings he was crucified by the priesthood
land the civil power. We are not at
lall certain that the record Of his words
S authentic. but we do know that his
followers, after his death, practiced In
tegral cooperation or communism, and
that SO powerful became this co-opera-
tive or communist movement that it, be-
Icause Of It's numbers and its wealth, YVES
!, deemed a menace to the Roman social
: system, and Rome tired to persecute
liit out of existence and ffiled. Letter
: the Roman emperor Constantine con
: ,ccived the ;dea to ADOPT their re'igious
5 ;dess as the stste religion, and BY cor
: ruotion bteke up the men1ce 10 tht
S Romsn Stste economically, and cor
!. Ivupted the RELIGIOUS deals to a pegar
E form. This religion IN a corruptes
a form still remains, and still armour rs
: I''Peace on earth, good will ~ men,
IS and the Golden Rule, yet ad"ecate
end defends wor, md, under n ticna'
: ism, distrust and hatred to men. Sci
/ ence has made, in the last leo years
i and especially in the last so ye~rs, VS.
n changes in the theology Of this falls
f system that masquerades in the nam
Il Iof Christ. but the ignorance Of the mes
Il SEES md the leck Of common sense sti
i holds tbs false Christianity and paga
! system of economics and superstitio
-e with lgrge following and influence
/ Were the same Christ to return to tn
it Iearth and speak as he spoke -advocat
d peace. brotherly love, the abolition {
10 hatred, greed end selfishness, it woul
m be SO direct a challenge to the preser
economic system and nationalism, $
y descriptive Of present civil government
10 armies and navies and all present Gu
If toms, that he would be classed as a
II Ienarch- st and most undesirable citize
We and be cast out of the churches an
lie Ideported by our so-called Departmel
" Of Justice, if in the country. or denie
SIS admission by the immigration Depar
re Iment. The idea Of the FatheIhood I
he EGood and Brotherhood Of Man is
descriptive Of nationahsm and 50 broa'
he llv infe-nationalstic that Christ wou
Be- Ibe rejected as before, and only the ia
NJ that crucifixon is no longer in yogV
nd would save him from being cruclfit
he again. But, IS in the case Of Ge
rs ,Debs, a. federal prison, with its br
ci- tai guards and incommunicado wou
he his fate. Stop and think nome
and you cannot escape from agre
w ment with my statement The prese
system Of society, organization al
NJ; management Of industry, the whole 81
/. Item Of laws, copied from Rome a
IL still using Latin terms, the Romano
q and paganized religions, and the wis
M form and basic theory Of the civil STA
= are Roman and pagan and are not o.
"a mot Christ an, but are anti-Chrlstian
IS that is, if the teachings Of Christ,
,bo stead Of the inheritance of the bastal
Ill lied church established by Ccnstanta
I. are called Christianity.