Show LIVELY Y SERMON UN SOCIALISM Movement Has Benefited the Laborer Says Rev C C Mcintyre ci COMMENDS THE HE PURE IDEAL SEE HOW IT CAN BE REALIZED Rev Re Charles C McIntyre preached on The Laborer and Socialism at West Westminster Westminster minster Presbyterian church last even evening evening evenIng ing He said The socialist looking on the he present presen present social order sees twp classes classe oc oi o men menthe menthe menthe the capitalist and tIe the laborer the one who possesses without producing wealth and nd the other who produces wealth without possessing it the rich enjoying leisure and luxury with th the thi high advantages of learning and ind culture at their disposal ant and the poor working long hours each day In factory or shop husband wife children all laboring their lives out to keep life lite In I with home life lite destroyed and privileges of at sorely limited wage c slaves In the struggle fo for tor existence tence Seeing these extremes of In Inequality Inequality Inequality equality and amI injustice the socialist pro proposes proposes proposes poses to remedy the tile situation perma permanently permanently permanently by radically changing the entire industrial system of ot society by b insisting upun upon three principles which are tue funda fundamental fundamental fundamental mental artices of socialism First ho believes in public owner ownership ownership ownership ship of the Instruments of production in opposition to t private ownership of the same by individuals or corporations The extremist urges public ownership of al all commodities to the exclusion of any private property which Is not only Im Impracticable Impracticable impracticable practicable but untenable as ultimately destructive of at Individual Independence The practical socialist contends for pub public lie lic ownership of ot only those things which are collectively used by all the people such as land tools transportation lines etc which permits private property of wealth not Intended for further production production production tion Second the socialist Insists on not only public ownership but also public man management management of 01 the instruments of 01 production production production tion Let all the people both own all al althe the things used by all and control them themas as they hall determine for the welfare of humanity Is Is a cry cr for tor and social democracy as well as political political political cal and religious Under such an a order all men nien may nay have employment and none will be required to depend upon tile the word of ot his employer for the means o of sustenance of ot life Third the socialist insists on equa equal opportunity for work for all aU and equa equal distribution of the income of ot society to all aiL Socialistic In Belief He who wh subscribes to these tenets Is Isa Isa Isa a socialist But there are many who recognize the truths which socialism af affirms affirms affirms firms as well as other truths which so denies Such an one Is social socialistic socialistic in his belief just as Is Mr Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt velt or Mr Ir Bryan Bran There are several elements which ai at once commend socialism Notice first Its It is philosophy of ot the state of perfecting the whole that benefit may accrue to all the parts In Its broad sweep of at humanity human It none is omitted none untouched There Is no submerged tenth In its vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary lary The Infirm and helpless the child chile and the aged all are provided for by b the national dividend Again gain socialism Im Imbibes imbibes bibes one of the highest st ideals of or the therace race the brotherhood of 01 man manas as its ideal and its Us goat goal Its purpose is to bring humanity to a common level strength strengthening strengthening ening and those who wh are be below below e elow low and restraining and limiting In ih power those who are above Because of ot Its splendid truths and purposes of ot ame ameliorating ameliorating ameliorating society such stich an host of at labor laboring laborIng laboring ing men are socialists or at least so 50 socialists in their hope of ot economic liberty lI and freedom of ot rights Socialism has greatly benefited the la Ia laboring laboring boring man It has awakened and made sensitive public conscience as to the wrongs perpetrated by b tyrannical employ employers ers era and the sufferings of ot the poor ane and unfortunate It has enlightened the up upper upPer per lieI ha halt balf of society concerning the con conditions conditions under which the other half halt live It has educated the laboring man and trained him to use Ue the highest power God has given man manthe the power to think However I am of at the opinion that many times he thinks selfishly and unfairly emphasizing his own position at the sac sacrifice sacrIfice of ot the position of or the capitalist for the capitalist has his rightful claims quite as truly as the laborer Socialism has Improved American government in inaugurated Inaugurated Inaugurated sanitary reforms protected health and life It has placed an ideal ot of society before the world of what the therace therace therace race might be And Just as Moorea Moores Utopia Platos Republic Looking Backward have their place in presenting a new and higher ard of ot life to the world the contrast contrat with which revealed the social Imperfections of ot the past so present socialism is a pic pie picture picture ture for the world to ponder Pure Socialism Impracticable I cannot clearly see yet how this ideal picture may ma be realized Pure socialism to be practiced requires a type of ot hu human human human man character such as heaven only on I con contains contains A change from tram the present to the socialistic order might insure benefits to society temporarily but not permanent permanently ly Read the paragraph In Acts follow following followIng followIng ing the text It is the account of the sin of ot Ananias and Sapphira which was failure to comply with the tho requirements of at the die socialistic state Human nature continues continue the same Graft is native to the human heart It will make its ap appearance appearance appearance so long as human nature is unchanged Therefore socialism assumes to be what it is not nota a high standard of character the absence of ot which means Its Us failure Socialism is said to be Christianity and by many laboring men of ot Salt Lake City is substituted for tor Christianity It ItIs ItIs Itis Is Christianity but with the tho heart of 01 Christianity Christian ItS left lett out Socialism con concerns concerns concerns cerns only the circumference of t society To alter the circumference permanently you OU have to alter the th center Change the center by b the work teachings and presence of ot Christ and the circumference circumference ence enee ence will adjust itself Socialism and Christianity have the same game goal go I but so socialism socialism will wili gain hers only through Chris Christianity Christianity ChristIanity not apart from it Anarchy is the government of ot hell where selfishness I and sin eln hold the throne |