The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-06-03
TAKING OUR RELIGION AWAY

empty or used for something else.
In Russia, they did just what
Christ did many years ago and
what he is praised for today: they
chased the money lenders out of
the Temple. They did the very
same thing in Mexico few years
ago, took the land away from the
church. They did the same thing
in Spain couple of years ago, at
the time they chased the king; out
of the country. In these places,
it was a different class of people |
who did it, and there hasn't been |
very much said about it. In Rus
STA it was the working class VINO
did it, and the rest of the world |
hollers: Cruelty them! just the
same as the money lenders did
years ago when they were chased
out of the Temple.
If Christianity can be confined
into the few words: "Do unto 9th
ers as you want others to do unto
you," then there is no doubt but
what Russia is producing more
Christian and cleaner people than
, they ever had before. And / agree
, with a noted preached and lee
turer when l heard him say, eff
Christ come to earth today, ne
would very likely point his finger
towards Russia and say: "This is
: my people"
That the class opposed to the
| world being ruled and run for the
: benefit of those who do the work,
again brings around the same old
bogey-man as they did before, is
2 not more than can be expected.
Using bogey-men has always been
I what they have reSorted to when
v ever their arguments failed.
The Communist Party stands
for doing away with all graft and
giving to the working people all
2 they produce. That they are lay
j. ing down rules for how people
! should worship their God, how
they should confirm their children
and bury their dead, any more
n than any other political party, is
: Just that much capitalistic propa-
> ganda.
That the church can be criticiz-
! ed for putting the money lenders
/. in their front pew and advocating
IS war, as not being in harmony with
% Christianity, is something that car
70 not be denied.
y You remember as soon as tn.
e, war was declared, how Presiden'
g Wilson sent word to all the min
listers and told them to preacl
#. war on a certain Sunday. Ans
- practically every preacher in tn
- land responded. On that yer!
Sunday l was sitting III our littl'
n church out in the country. Gu
s. minister, and he was a good fel
n low at that, and l liked him, u,
n to that date had preached peac
on earth and told us we must no
of kin. But on that very day he stoo
on the pulpit and preached wal
told US the Germans were ba
N, people, they were Huns; told u
or or it was our duty to send our youn
of bows over there and kill them
ne told us that God was with us an
an an against the Germans. And h
ia wound up by praying to God, ash
he ing him to bless our boys and civ
o. them strength to kill. Practical
he every preacher in the land did tt
IN very same thing that ours did, ar
he laid themselves open to CRITICS.
ne from a Christian standpoint.
aid During the war, and many yea
er- after the war, l saw banners di
Ind PLAYED in our churches. The
stl- were red banners too. They we
AZ covered with blue starts, with
-. sprinkle of golden ones In b
tween. The blue stars told nc
I,;rt many young men this church al
community had sent out to k
somebody who never had do
them any harm. The golden sta
80 indicated those who had nev
- came back.
These are things that some
III our best people resent and say:
Christ came to earth today and {
ID the very same thing he is prais
S for doing years ago. If he ags
~ chased the money lenders out
our temple, he would be crucifi
lust as sure and much sooT
ri than he was 1900 years ago.