The Nome nugget., 1924-05-03

America. You have am opportunity , and l believe it is your duty not only to take your Mefhodism with you into t'}e church on Sunday, but take ] it with you into the workshop. into the store. the bank. an1 then into ] the politics of Massachusetts and America. Use your united influence to send men to the Congress Od the United States who are progressive in thought and believe in what they ad- vocate; men who are not afraid of a new idea; mem who have cnnvic- tions and have the courage to main tain them; mem who are responsive to the will of the common masses of humanity If you are afraid to do so. if the economic pressure is too strong for you, if you are too weak kEeed to stand up and be counted: If you lack the intestinal stkimina to fight the good fight for the economic freedom of the masses as your fore fathers fought for political freedom ill 1776. Ahen the Christ when He r%s- turns will not recognize You as his followers. nor would John Wesley recognize you as q Methodist if he could return to the materiaaistic world
 "IA.t the spirit of seventy six be abroad in the land and let the proud sons and daughters of old New Eng land lead the vanguard of progress toward intellectual, political and economic freedom.
 You people feel that as Christi iams and Me#lhodists you should be charitable: that you should. out of your abundance give to the poor and needy; that you should comfort the widow and care for the fatherless: that the State should provide homes for the dndisent and helpless, peni- tent!arles -for the criminals, and as- ylums for the unfortunate. We be- Hove in ard do all t1seee things and ", preach morality from the pulpit. but we all know that these are only outward applications to relieve the ratiant for the time being. Why not gc deeper and remove the cause?
 .The peoiple of New England fought to free the chattel slaves Of the earth. We honor Charles Sum ner for the brave and constant fight he made for individual and political freedom of the negroes of the South, but what are you who honor ms memory doing to free the workers or the North and South from economic 
 When malaria and other forms of disease are prevalent it is well and proper to admin lister to the sick and do all we can to assist them to re- cover their he.a,tth, but who will say that it is mol infinitely better to srend money and effort to remove the cause of the disease?
 DO you realize how rare a thing courage is-real coura,se,-the cour- age that will lead a charge against odds? The most Of rs would rather follow the Hines Of least resistance We had much na ther go around the hill than over it Our ministers are perfectly safe q. long as they cOnfr' their Naeach- fngs to moral ethics and hand out 4, homeopathic doses of mUral pfat1- utles but the moment they attempt ,o apply the surgeons knife and cut out the core of the disease. if that disease happens to have am econoInfc origin, the largest contributors are likely to object and the daring mfn- ister, the disciple of truth, is called to another charge
 " But honur the man who is will
 iirg to sink
 Half his present repute for the
 freedom to think.
 An when he has thought, be hls
 cause strong or weak.
 Will risk 'tOther half for the freq
 dom to speak.
 Caring naught for the vengeance
 the mob has in store.
 Be that mob the upper ten thoais-
 and or lower
 '.The other night l spoke in Balti- more. In opening the meeting the chairman said that praor to the time when the people had a chance to vote directly for United States Senators their faith Tn our system of represen- Itatiye government. although not broken, was badly bent. And wheh we remember the eternal struggle
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