OCR Text |
Show Thank a Good Government and State for All Forms of Social Security PUTTING THE MASTER INTO GOVERNMENT Oa the great questions of Freedom from Want and Freedom f?om Fear, and all forms of Social Security we shall stand firm and immovable for the gains made, because we are thoroughly convined that these things are about as much a part of the Master's gospel as is the Golden Rule. Efforts are being made to undo all forms of Social Security. Demands are being made to some to "get off", which means that they must sink into deeper poverty, endure more misery and even become beggars at the doors of their children. We believe that were the Master here He would never seacrch out the poor to make them poorer. Rather would He search out the rich and ask them to come out from under their high profits from exploiting corporations, and to get down among the poor and help them bear their burdens. What they. are receiving re-ceiving is the result of Christian social evolution. Slowly but surely His spirit and His word has been filtering into government, making it more just and humane. Woe be unto those who would undo it and throw all social progress into the discard. Here is a man and wife who have had ten children, five living and labored hard all their days, enduring hardships and reverses, approaching the end of life and unable to work for wages. They are living happily and contented on what assistance they get. They are living their religion and performing per-forming their civic duties. Shall they be cast off, ruthlessly turned away in despair, to become miserable and despondent, even to become beggars? God forbid! Their assistance money is just as honorable, just as clean and more untarnished than much of the money greed garners from exploitation. Don't let them come to the end heart-wrung, ragged, undernourished, hopeless and unwanted. That would be the sadest picture ever painted, as unChristian as it is sad. |