The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-21

the Kingdom Of god was at hand for the lords an
nonted.
Perhaps too the iabbering about the poor inherit
ing the kingdom of heaven will be toned down
bit; in these days of social unrest, when the mes
sage of Communism is spreading like wildfire, and
the laws Of historical progression are beginning to
show that the poor will eventually inherit the earth,
the capitalist hackers of the holy Lighthouses viii
demand the removal Of the benediction on Inherit
ance by the poor But perhaps this viii depend
upon the minuteness with which the mOnkish quib-
blers survey the documents in question
The more recent the researches become, the more
trouble the historical forgers win have, for his
tory becomes less exact with age; and the more re-
cent it is the capable of verification. The in
QUESTION, the disputes about certain books of the
bible the schismatic wars the "holy' wars, the
history of the popes the Calico ease the St. Bartho
lemew's Day Massacre, the sale of Ireland to Eng
land at a penny a head-these and many other in
cidents in the history of the world viii necessitate
either explanation downright lying.
In the present era, the papal assistance to Mus
solini in the domination of Italy, the clerical
volt against the Mexican labor government the ac-
tivities of the missionaries in China in opposition
to the Nationalist movement: all viii occupy the
brilliant imaginations the facie minds, and the
treacherous pens of the skucapped "revisionsts Of
history.
| could continue writing paragraph after para
graph citing instance after instance in history that
would require much INSCRIPTIONS ingenuity to ex-
plain away, apologize for. But they are historical
facts and catholic apologists wrangle them
until Thomas Paine is canonized like Bocacco's
sinner who became saint; they will remain indeliby
in the musty records Of mans progress through the
ages undsmissabe indictments against the tyran-
nous Roman Catholic Church.
One more quotation, and viii cast Belloc's essay
in the wastebasket where 1t belongs. cannot resist
the temptation to include it here, for it gives
valuable insight into the workings Of the catholic
mind
II doubt whether the greater part of the small
catholic body in England" he says "even those Of
them who have paid special attention to historical
study, have realized in how high degree the whole
story Of European civilization, including the story
Of England and Ireland Is presented to them through
the medium of violently anti-catholic propaganda"
The majority Of catholics-those who have a right
to the name, mean-are educated in the parochia
schools where their whole outlook life is colored
by catholic teaching If all those years of narcotic
ing have no effect cannot have much respect for
the mental capacities of the average church-mem-
Der.
The elass-conscious worker who usually reads
several capitalist newspapers and magazines in adj
dition to his radical publications, is able TO sift
without much trouble the wheat of truth from the
chaff of vicious, lecherous capitalist propaganda.
But perhaps am straining comparison, contrast
ing the intelligent open-minded class-conscious
worker with the bigoted, much educated" church,
member.