The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-03

Delivering the first of a series of sermons on Communism Rev Joseph M. Donnelly, assistant pastor of St. Thomas Church outlined its evils and dangers Wednesday eve ming, tracing the political history of ths movement from Nicholas II, the last of the Russian CZars to Earl Browder, American leader of the present day.
 Next Wednesday night Father Oonnelly, continuing his series, will SD sak on World War On God".
 His opening sermon was as fol- lows:
 "The year is 1894. The place, the city of Moscow. Millions have come to take part in the festivi- ties of a coronation. European roy ally, cheering multitudes, flags, bells ringing in the domes Of thou sands of churches. The new Elm peror appears. a slender youth hardly more than a boy. The sud- dG4l death of his father, Alexander IT, has placed in his weak and uncertain hands the rule Of an empire covering one-sixth of the world and hundred and sixty million people. The procession is moving forward. The Emperor is about to enter the great portals of the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Moscow when suddenly, fatigued by the weight of his ponderous crown and the heavy ceremonial robe of cloth of gold fringed with ermine, the young Emperor staggerS forward and the royal sceptre, the emblem of his power and rule falls to the ground. The royal sceptre of the Russian Empire on the ground! The mem- .rv of the scene lived long as an cyil omen in the impressionable mind of witnesses. Court gossipers recalled the ill-fated Louis XVI complaining during the corona ton at Reims that the crown was too heavy and was hurting his head.
 Black Night"
 Twenty-three years later, the 18th of March, 1917. It is black night of the World War The Emperor is in his royal car at the Front. It is shortly before mid- night. The Emperor has just talk ed with the Czarina at the Capi- tol and she has told him that con- sessions now are inevtibale He mentions concessions but the two delegates of the Duma, the Rus sian Parliment, reply: "It is too late to talk concessions; it is time to abdicate." The Emperor lowing his head murmurs despairingly: T have been deceived" Slowly he signs document which began, By the grace of God, We. Nich- olas II, Emperor of all the Rus sias, CZar of Poland" and con- tinued, i've jude it well to abdi- cate and put off the supreme pow er," ended playfully. May the Lord God help Russia" and was signed Nicholas"
 So ended the tragedy of Nich- olas II and the house of Romanov. It was followed almost immediate ly by another, a greater tragedy another Nicholas, called Lenin, and the House of Soviets.
 The Soviet State which we still commonly call Russia was built on the ruins of the Russian Empire. It was the first attempt in history to apply the philosophical, polit- ical and economic theories o1 Karl Marx on the tremendous scale pro- vided by a nation of 160 millions of people in country covering ofle-sixth of the earth.
 Karl Marx
 Karl Marx lived in the nine- teepth century. Today he is the god of the Communists; his writ- ings, the Bible of the Communists. The doctrines of Marx are the dogmas of Communism. A ma terialistic and false philosophy of lifeno God, no soul, man must live for this life, there is no other. It was Marx who invented the phrase; Religion is the opium ot the people, Marx taught doc trine of economic reform, class Jess society and common owner ship. What man produces in this life belong to the State. An in- diyidual can own nothing. Prop