Show RELIGION AND SOCIALISM Subject Discussed Ably in Socialist Hall Last Night by W S I I Varnuni I The relationship of Socialism to religion and tho lilble was discussed in the prcs encc of half n hundred people at the So claliot hal last night by W S Varnum He took issue with those who claim to find In Iho Bible an endorsement of Socialism So-cialism I There are many things ascribed to FmstnstC Nazareth he said that may hit tiHcd aa a Justification for any system of society In Its treatment of the halt the lame tho blind tint weak the poor etc as brothers and sisters but anne will search far lad long to discover wherein ho committed himself lo any definite Ictnlto mode of production of wealth He showed that t the collect lye I admlnla tratlon of x Industry the fundamental principle prin-ciple of Socialism was nowhure taught In the Old Testament and that It would wonll have been a 5 Impossible to organize a Socialist So-cialist Republic at that time and with those people ae It would bo to teach the principle of the dIfferential calculus to a cave dweller Another class of men he said think that the church Is the only force competent compe-tent to solve time socialIndustrial problems prob-lems that confront the nations Of these the Roman Catholic and Mormon hierarchies hier-archies arc tyntf t Tint church Is the most conservative Institution In society but It will slowly learn the futility of opposing Itself or its dicta to thc judgment of thinkers In the domain of sociology as It has learned to respect the opinions of scholars in the other fields of science < I in no more competent to Bjieak on the best method of organlInrr the Industries of a nation than It Is to discuss the host method of reaching the North 11011 > or determining de-termining the distance or physical the tlcal constitution con-stitution of the stars Mr Varnum closed with an appeal for religious tolerance |