TIIE WEALTH MAKEKS.
November 15, 1894.
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Well, let as see If the Republican
party will now save the couutry.
Mrs. Lease says it was fusion with the
Democrats tbat defeated us in Kansas
this year. Governor Waite says thesame
of Colorado.
Somehow wheat got weak in the back
when it heard the news of tbe election.
Will tbe Republicans please explain what
made it?
Now if tbe wheels do not start to hum
ming and banks to loaningand the work
ers to buying, we shall all know tbat the
Republicans are liars instead of redeem
ers. Miss Anthony is flaying the Republican
party for its work in defeating the suf
frage amendment in Kansas. The Pop
ulists endorsed it, the Republicans re
fused to do it. '
Bland and Bryan are both beaten.
Does not that mean that Wall street is
carrying the war into Africa and defeat
ing the silver Hannibals where they were
most strongly entrenched.
Miss Catherine H. Spence, the Austra
lian lady who made such a big hit at the
World's Fair Congress with her lectures
on Proportional Representation, and re
peated it in all the leading cities of the
union afterwards, contributes a striking
and valuable paper to the November
Arena called 'lEffective Toting the only
Effective Moraliier of Politics." Miss
Spence has a clear and judicial grasp of
all the political problems besetting
modern democracy, and this paper is a
clear and convincing exposition of the
moral Denents to De reaped Irom pro
portional representation. Such litera
ture will not appeal strongly to the
sympathies of ward heelers, but all self-
respecting and intelligent Americans will
be interested in a reform that guards the
security and sanctity of the ballot and
means the downfall of the boss and the
tough in politics.
The Republicans have iterated and
reiterated the statement times without
number that all that ailed the country
u UaU .1 TV -. . .-.
(bankers) were afraid of the coining of
so many dollars, and confidence was de
stroyed by tbe Democratic tinkering of
tbe tariff. Well, the making of silver
dollars has been stopped a year, and now
the Republicans are returned to power.
Tberefore.confldence should be restored at
once and prosperity return without a
week's delay. If confidence doesn't crawl
out of its musty vaults and spread itself
all over the country when it hears the
lection returns read, then we may know
that confidence is dependent on security,
and security is destroyed by falling prices,
and falling prices can only be checked by
stopping production (or increasing the
currency), and stopping production
throws men out of work and reduces
their purchasing power and so makes
prices fall more, and also makes fiercer
the competition for place and wages,
leading to a general wags reduction.
v preeeaoi
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OUR HEW SERIAL 8T0R7
We begin publishing this week a serial
which we believe will bt of absorbing in
terest and add greatly to the attractive
ness of The Wealth Makers. It is
written expressly for our thirty thousand
readers by a Lincoln lady whose spirit
has been stirred as deeply over the
wrongs and sufferings of tbe poor, as
was Harriet Beecher Stowe's over the
condition of tbe black slaves of the south.
It may be the "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of
the monopoly-masters and wage-slavs
system. The scene of the story opens in
the capital city of a western state, and
behind the names of fiction the facts and
characters which many are familiar with
will be bodied forth. The title of the
story is "The Modern Martha."
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to give up The Walth Makers. It is
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and wear coarser clothes and keep tbe
paper coming which will feed the mind
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tion of which liberty depends. ' Thore is
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We are not only printing very valuable
articles and reports of addresses from
thinkers who are clear to the , front,
fcrtlcles expressly prepared for this paper,
but we also select and reprint tbe best
and most Interesting article! which we
can cull from blif large list of exchanges,
and the story above mentioned is a new
feature that will bring the truth in most
attractive form to both young and old
in each family circle. We expect soon to
start a second story by Hamlin Garland,
a story showing up life in Washington, a
story of intense interest and dramatio
power.
We have madearrangements with Prof.
Strong, superintendent of the city schools
of Lincoln, to write reviews of economic,
educational and other works, new books
coming out, and to review current mag
azine literature, tor The Wealth Makers
And this, in addition to what the editor
will do in the same line will add a very
valuable as well as interesting feature to
the paper.
We shall also have what will practically
be a department on, "the new kind of
corporation," in which the questions of
right living, living as the law of love re
quires, will be discussed. This is a new
departure in economic and Christian
thought and we shall in discussing what
is practical and right throw light on the
moral questions that are of vital interest
and moral concern to all. In no paper
published can be found anything like or
that equals what this department will
contain.
As the state organ of the People's party
the paper cannot be dispensed with by
l'opuists who would be intelligent and
informed concerning questions of common
and party interest. We shall be the only
medium to correctly report the doings of
the new legislature. We shajl also have
a weekly letter from Washington from
Secretary Turner of the national com
iniltee which will be of the greatest im
portance. We have been carrying on our list a
hirge number whom we shall at once or
in the next few weeks' drop, if they do
not pay up. We have put in many
hundreds of dollars to carry them,
trusting to their honor and interest to
somehow pay us the small sum which
as individuals they 'owe us. Many of
them we cannot carry longer. But we
make an appeal to all such to somehow
now get the small sum they as indivi
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TEE RETURHS ROUGHLY ANALYZE!
The complete figures of the election are
not in for any state candidates except
Holcomb ad Majors. But from what
returns are before us it is evident that an
old party cannot be converted by acts of
convention, or led by its leaders to sup
port tbe candidates of a reform party.
The two old parties are actually
much nearer agreement than is either of
them with the Populist party. There
fore, when Mr. Bryan by the force of his
personality succeeded in nominating
Populists already standing on the Popu
list platform, a platform which Mr,
simply forced the members of his party
to choose between voting tbe Populist
and Republican tickets. They chose as
individuals. If a majority of them in
their opinions had stood nearer the
Populist party than the Republican party
they would have voted our ticket and
elected our candidates which the Omaha
convention endorsed. They did not do
this. We did not get half of tbe Demo
cratic rote. The vote for Ellick and
Luikhart, nominees of the regular Demo
cratic convention, measures tbe rote
tbat tbe Brjan Democrats gare na. All
the rest went to the Republicans, voted
the "Straight Democrat" bolters' ticket,
or refused to vote at all. And the Ellick
and Luikhart Holcomh-headed Demo
crat ticket, judged by their vote as given
by partial returns, will not foot up over
11,000. On the supposition that there
are 40,000 Democrats in the state 29,000
either voted the "Straight Democrat" or
Republican ticket, or stayed at home.
Probably 29,000 Democrat voted
against us and only 11,000 for ns.
If Mr. Bryan haJ come over to us
squarely and honestly, instead of in
consistently supporting our candidates
on a platform and representing a party
he refused to come to, he would have led
as large a number of his party to our
ranks as this year voted our ticket, and
those whom he could not influence would
bave stayed together and given no vote
to the Republicans. We also would bave
saved all appearance of a disreputable
trade of principles for offices, appear
ances and reports which it cannot be de
nied greatly injured us and repelled
thousands of the better class of Republi
cans who otherwise wonld have been
drawn to us. And if Mr. Bryan had thus
come to ns and made himself a part of
us we could have easily elected a majority
of the state legislature and sent him as a
Populist to the United States Senate.
Mr. Bryan's inconsistency has betrayed
and defeated him and greatly injured us,
but if he will allow the Democratic party
which he has broken into three parts to
remain divided and politically dead
future good will spring out of the present
evil. If, on tbe contrary, he tries to
gather up and again lead its new scattered
forces tO fuse as Democrats, with
those who are not Democrats, he will
with waning influence continue to ob
struct the growth of the Populist party
and will increase the power of the Repub
lican party.
The lesson to all good people is this:
parties must grow; they can not be pieced
together at conventions. Until the peo
pie are educated to believe in Populist
principles and can see the necessity of
legislation in harmony therewith we must
patiently labor and wait. There is no
short cut to victory. We need more
educators and less office seekers and
politicians. We must not cut away and
weaken our platform. A platform tbat
does not repel, will not attract. We
must not believe those who say, we bave
convinced as many as we can, and to get
more votes must trade for them. Our
principles are eternal, our demands are
just, aud the oppression and need of the
people is increasing; therefore they " will
be driven in growing numbers to
unite with us for tbe common defense.
We should bave a more definite pro
gram of proposed laws and make it our
business to refer and explain our meas
ures to the people, so that every farmer
and town and city worker may clearly
see the justice of, and tbe benefit to the
masses which will flow from, their enact
ment into law.
"In vain we call old notion fudge.
And band our conscience to oar dealing;
Th ton Commandments will not buds,
And stealing will continue stealing."
STUDY WELL THESE HOURES
From the tabulated statement of the
vote cast last week for all candidates on
the state ticket we gather the following
figures. The reports of two small coun
ties are not official, but the official fig
ures cannot vary more than a few votes.
The vote for Holcomb in the state was
90,045; for Majors, 92,958: for "Straight
Democrat" Sturdevant, 6,671.
For Lieutenant-Governor Moore, 85,-
227; Gaffln, 72,175; Dunphy, 11,810.
For Secretary of State Piper, 85,823;
McFadden, 54,409; Ellick (Democrat),
17,048: Rolf "Straight-Democrat"),
10,285.
For Auditor Moore 86,898; Wilson,
63,156; Bauman ("Straight Democrat")
17.406.
For Treasurer Bartley, 84,590; Pow-
ers,58,524; Luikhart(Democrat),14,537;
Breidenthal ("Straight"), 12,953.
For Attorney-General Churchill, 85,
033; Carey, 69,021; Ames ("Straight"),
12.952.
For Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings Russell, 84,341; Kent,
70,524; Bigler ("Straight"), 12,758.
Superintendent Public Instruction
Corbett, 87,734; Jones, 67,706; Doo
little ("Straight"), 12,964.
The above figures furnish a field for
study. . Observe first that Majors as well
as Holcomb ran ahead of his ticket;
Majors by from 7,000 to 8,000; Holcomb
by 22,600 more than the next highest.
Sturdevant ran behind his ticket and
Majors doubtless got the beueflt of all
those who scratched Sturdevant, yet
voted the rest of the "Straight Democrat"
ticket. Without these Majors would have
run behind his ticket. Holcomb certainly
gained a good many Republican votes
from men who could not vote for the tat
tooed candidate. But these votes were
more than replaced by great numbers of
v JXwWftt.yW ttvt.btdSl3 ,tmr.o. the.
Republican party, as Banker Yates did,
and voted the whole Republican ticket
from top to bottom. The Republicans
never made such an effort to get out
their entire vote and with passes and
other machinery gathered in all loose and
purchasable voters. By gross unfair
ness in preparing the ballots they pur
posely deceived many also.
Tbe Populists have not lost ground.
A careful estimate from sample territory
canvassed makes it probable that 20,000
Populist failed to vote, as individuals
having an idea their Bingle votes would
not be needed. The Democrats helped
our opponents much more than they
helped us, as will be seen by examining
the above figures. But if the fraction
that voted our ticket will stay with us
and let tbe old party die, we can in a
straight fight soon overthrow the grand
old party of tbe corporations.
T9E WAY TO UHITE
I have advocated fusion because I be
lieve it necessary to bring the reform
forces of society together in order to
overcome a united and insolent opposi
tion. I still advocate fusion as the only
posHible road to the great reforms needed
The enemies of Rood government, tbe
beneficiaries of class legislation, act as
one man, with unlimited means at their
disposal. Tbe common people haveonly
their votes, and they must cast them to
gether or suffer defeat W. J. BrYAX.
Mr. Bryan's scheme to bring together
the reform forces (by which he means
only Democrats and Populists) is a
strangely irrational scheme, and he is
more irrational than ever if be proposes
to repeat tbe tactics of this year in the
face of the fact that his fusion effort
drove more Democrats to the Republicans
than to the Populists. In a sentence
following the paragraph above quoted
he himself says.
If tbe Democrats bad acquiesced in the
action of a majority of the party wecould
bave elected all the state officers and
made Nebraska a bright and shining
star in tbe night of Republican success.
By "a majority of the party" he means
a majority of the convention delegates.
A majority of the party, as he admits,
did not acquiesce in tbe action of those
delegates. The major fraction voted
With the Republicans, added themselves j
to "a united and Insolent opposition."
instead of voting for the Populist candi
dates. Therefore fusion, or what Mr.
Bryan calls fusion, would better have
been avoided. The Democratic party is
not a reform party. It cannot make it
self or be made a reform party. Mr.
Bryan was able to divide it into three
unequal parts and lead not the largest
part to vote the Populist ticket, in part;
but he can never fuse an old party with
a new one and divide the offices between
them. The offices as a rule are lost in
stead of gained by such unnatural efforts
It is "necessary to bring the reform
forces of society together." We cheer
fully admit this. But we go farther and
say that the reform forces in the Republi
can party must also be drawn out and
form a part of the reform body. In
order to attract honest Republicans as
well as Democrats and bring them to
gether a third party entirely distinct and
different from either, a progressive party,
having newideas, must furnish acommon
platform for all to unite on. Such a party
is tne reopies independent party.
Republicans and Democrats have with
out prejudice united in it. It is the only
place that they can unite. Republicans
will never go over to the Democratic
party to save the nation, because they
know it is as corrupt and conservatively
stagnant as tbe Republican party; and
Democrats who get their eyes as wide
open to see the Democratic machine will
never be induced to climb to the plat
form of their rivals, for the same reason.
Mr. Bryan is blindly partisan if he does
not recognize that there is as large a re
form element in the Republican as can be
found in the Democratic party. That
element we must win. It can never be
won if its existence is disregarded and tbe
People's party fuses or appears to fuse
with what all Republicans believe to be a
worse party than their own.
Mr. Bryan has failed in his effort to re
form the Democratic party. Two-thfrds
of its voters have refused to stand
unitedly on his reformed Democrat plat
form and vote for Populists. Will he
then persist in trying to get Democratic
oil and water to mix, and expect to win
by the sort of trade with Populists that
he proposed this year?
We cannot win without drawing out
the honest element in the Republican
party. We cannot fuse with one old
party without arousing disgust in the
honest element of the other old party,
and the great body of the People's party
also. The only fusion that will succeed
is the melting down, separating of tbe
honest element of both old parties and
pouring them' together into the new Peo
ple's party. If Mr. Bryan wishes to
bring together the reform forces of
Bocienty he will give up his grand scheme
to remain a Democrat, hold the Demo
crats together, and trade votes for offices.
A Bryan platform, which he again offers
for future use, to draw us all on to, while
each party retains its own platform of
ideas and organization, is simply an im
possible scheme to make us all Bryanites
while be remains a Democrat. In other
words, it is an effort to gently draw us
off into a toboggan slide which would
land us all in the embrace of Democracy.
THE 8HTL00K SUOKEKJ BLOOD
Washington, D. C, Nov. 10. Another
bond issue has been decided upon, and it
is stated by those in the inner circles of
government affairs here that tbe issue
will be made next week, in all probabili ty
Monday. For some time past, it is said,
tb eii v ktioH-Jaa been-reingBpeB
the president that an issue of another
150,000,000 would Boon be necessary,
and on his return from Buzzard's Bay he
expressed to the members of the cabinet
his belief that the, issue could not be long
delayed, and that thesooner it was made
the belter, lis saw the treasury rereipts
constrantly growing less with no immedi
ate prospect of any favorable change.
Alreadv the gold reserve has reached a
point of 4,O0O,0OO below the lowest
point touched previously to the last issue
with the probabilities strongly in favor
of still further and larger withdrawals for
export as soon as the usual spring out
flow Bets in. Chfcago Times.
We now may expect, with an adminis
tration controlled by Wall Street and the
Republicans con trolling congrev that tbe
bankers will have their own way un
hindered. Well, if creditors are to rule
this country and debtors and taxpayers
f the workers. wagearners, and the rest,
pay all the taxes) are to have interest
burdens heaped upon them more ana
more, let them come. Before the majority
are entirely crushed by the burdens they
will, like a sleeping giant, arouse them
selves. Election day Jrlhn A. Stewart, president
of the United States Trust company who
used his influence in the early part of tbe
year to get Secretary Carlisle's first bond
issue, visited Washington and conferred
with the piesicent and Secretary Carlisle.
Today Mr. Stewart and one or two of
his associates, bank presidents, received
a copy of the proposed circular, and last
night the draft was returned to Washing
ton with their approval. Mr. Cleveland
has been assured by them that tbe pro
posed issue of bonds In the terms men
tioned will be a success. Already it is
said large amounts have been subscribed
for by some of the banks and a foreign
bouse is said to have subscribed for a
large amount.
The gold which these bonds are to be
issued for will be bought with paper,
greenbacks, bank note currency, silver
certificates, any money that passes cur
rent, a paper dollar being paid fora gold
dollar. Then after being placed in the
U. S. treasury it will be drawn out again
and sold over again, each time adding
interest-bearing bonds to tbe backs of
the people. And this is tbe way the
bankers plan for prosperity their own.
Get the people bonded and in debt to
them enough, and it is expected that
they will work for them like oxen, and
wear the yoke with ox-like docility.
Now consider. If government payer is
good enough to pay for gold, it is good
enough to pay for labor; and labor is all
that should be paid for. And if full legal
tender greenbacks will pass current
through all the round of exchange, it is
governmental financial folly to pay in
terest on its own paper used to purchase
dolluvs winch the government UmJ the
government alone can make.
0YES, WE UNDERSTAND IT
Now that election day has passed our
corporation-owned United States (tbe
name should be changed)court has kindly
consented to hand down a decision in the
Maximum Rate, law injunction case.
Judge Brewer "declares the law to be
constitutional and that the legislature
had full power to fix reasonable rates,
but that the rates prescribed in the bill
are not reasonable in view of the present
condition of affairs in Nebraska and the
net earnings of the roads. He farther
says that in time the rates might become
just and be suggests that a proviso be
entered in the decree sustaining the
injunction, giving the defendants the
right to move the court fora reinvesti
gation of the reasonableness of the
rates."
Now Judge Brewer has not investigated
the actual labor cost value of the capital
invested in the Nebraska railroads. He
does not know what are the legitimate
expenses of the transportation companies
and what right has he without this
knowledge to grant an injunction for
bidding the enforcement of the law? He
is exercising the powers of an autocrat
in so doing. The supposition should be
that the law is just. It was copied from
the statutes of a neighboring state,
which law is sustained, and the failure of
crop there does not affect it. Why should
not the railroads share the loss of tbe
Nebraska crop as well as the farmers
and all tbe rest, money loaners excepted?
But no, the Judge upon his throne hands.
down the decree that the stockholders
who neither sow nor reap shall have a
crop of dividends anyhow.
0 what a fine way to make law and
courts respected!
And how shrewd it was to hold back
the decree until after election!
THINKS IT WAS OHRKT'SIDEA.
We received a few days since a private
fetter from which we are permitted to
publish what we wish. It was from a
teacher, a scholarly man and a thinker.
He said in part:
We are all compelled to be to a certain
extent eclectic doctors, and doctor symp
toms, but some of us are aware that the
patient is suffering with "general debili
ty" and cannot recover without "radi
cal" treatment that will work a change
in the whole system.
I have been a socialist, theoretically,
for a number of years, but have been
converted to Christian Socialism with
in the laet two years. I mean simply
that I have found Christ to be a teacher
of this doctrine, or more properly a pro
mulgator of principles underlying this
doctrine. I believe it would be the natu
ralthe inevitable result of a strict ob
servance of Christ's teachings, and, con
versely, I do not believe that a strict ob
servance of His teachings is possible un
der our present system, which argues ev
erytbingfronithestandpointofself. "And
whatsoever ye would that men should
do unto you, do ye even so unto them,"
is a rule that does not fit a competitive
systHin. There the same rule is observed
as that which prevails in my neighbor's
hog-yard. The strongest and the fleet
est nt into the .tronafc w&V&w"
the cunning ones slip their heads in un
der and drink tbe swill; while the slow
est, dullest and weakliest are crowded
out, or get trampled to death in the
struggle. Yet it is "free to all" and each
has a 'fair chance to do the same.'' No
doubt the hog-yard politician and apolo
gist points with pride to the fact tbat
some of the hogs have gotten inordi
nately fat, and triumphantly gives the
aggregate gross weight of bunch which,
it cannot be denied, makes a very fair
average.
I am intensely interested in your
scheme for a Christian corporation, etc.
Although a socialist, I have always felt a
repugnance to joiningasocialistic society
tbat had separated itself from the rest of
the world. It seems to me like cutting a
knottbat must be untied. As long as
there are social and, industrial wrongs
needing righting, as long as tbe great
bulk of Christians do not know the
"Larger Christ" and, however well ac
quainted with theology and the theolog
ical Christ, are ignorast of the Christ
life, it seems to me selfish if not cowardly
to turn ones back on the great world
and say, "We'll have none of it" The
projectors of such enterprise are gener
ally the most noble of men and it seems
a great loss and pity to bave their in
fluence taken away from the mass of
men, who need to be taught and shown
tbe better way.
But your idea is a Christian society or
corporation, in the world but not of it.
This seems to me to bave been Christ's
idea, and the practice of the early Chris
tians, nntil the unlucky day came when
they 'gained the whole world and lost
their soul.' I hope aud pray that your
idea may be realized in fact. This plan
of yours will have the advantage over
tbe general society of leaving tbe leaven
in the lump, where it is needed, and some
day we, or our descendants, will see of the
travail of our souls in the complete leav
ening of the whole. There is practically
no end to the possible growth and do
velopment of such an undertaking, and
"reciprocity" with other similar societies
eould undoubtedly be arranged from the
beginning. ,
We are greatly pleased to receive this
witness from one who has so long and
carefully thought upon the social prob
lems, the question of Christian living. It
would seem a pity when so fewseeeyeto
eye, are "of one heart and one mind," to
start two corporations if they may be
made one. Will our brother tell us if it
would be possible to unite the forces?
Once the welcome Light baa broken.
Who shall say
What the nnlmaglned glories
Of ths dayT
What tbe evil that shall perish
In Its raj?
Aid ths dawning, Tonga and Put
Aid it; hope of Honest Man!
Aid it, Paperl aid It Type!
Aid It, tor the hour is ripe!
And our earnest must not slacken
Into play;
lien of Thought and Man of Action,
Clar th Way!
Charles Klngsley.
FARTHER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
' Brother Neil has been in and talked
with me about our proposed Christian
corporation since last week's editorials
upon the subject were in type. He and
his wife and others, doubtless, are anx"
ious to have the articles of incorporation ,
agreement and by-laws drawn up (sub
ject, of course, to modification and im
provement both before and after they
are adopted), that we may have definite
plans and duties to consider. As I have
more than once stated, I am convinced .
that wealth for individual gratification
must not be tbe object of our organiza
tion. Can we rise to the height of living
not to gain, but to give? As Christ
"came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister," and in bis life is the pattern
for us, it is our duty to each ask, not
how much can I gain by combining with
others in tbe organization proposed, bub
how much can I give? "It is more
blessed to give than to receive," Christ
says. If any one doubts this let him
stand back. He is not fit to, be cannot,
enter into the kingdom of God. Those
who believe Christ's word will be glad if
they have much to give of property .
strength, and talents. This actual gi
ing up of everything, all we have and
are, must be the test of our faith and fit
ness for membership in the body of Christ,
the Christian corporation which we pro
pose to bring to birth, making the spirit
of Christ socially incarnate aud all-controlling.
It is not easy for those who
have riches to believe that love is better
than wealth, and that it is safe or wise
to divide equally with poorer brethren
whom Christ will have equally cared for.
"How hardly shall they that have
riches enter into the kingdom of God!"
(It is not difficult at all for the rich to
enter the modern church, observe, but
this only shows tbat the church has
ceased to be the kingdom.) Yet the mora
one can give of property and labor ser-"
vice, the more he is blessed. And if we
obey the law of love, making ourselves
members one of another in the proposed
Christian body (corporation) we can see
how the promise must prove true, that
"There is no man that hath left house, or
brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother,
or wife, or children, or lands, for my
sake and the gospel's, but he shall re
ceive an hundred fold now in this time,'
houses, and brethren, and sisters, and
mothers, and childreu, and lands, with
persecutions; and in the world to come
eternal life."
Observe, by giving up private property.
in lands and capital and communizinjr
or collectively owning our capital, w
shall each practically own a'.!; that is,
we shall obtain the greatest, most labor
saving use and enjoyment of it all, and
by displeasing, u we must, our selnsh,
mammon-worshiping relatives we shall
gain brethren and sisters a hundred fold,
who will love and serve us as those we
lose will not Let truth which commands
actual property sacrifice be preached
found that the time of persecution is not
yet post People areas selfish now as
they ever were. A
The whole question is one of simple f jj
obedience to God. If we leave God out lr
of the question, putting the dollar in
His place, we cannot really, that is in
spirit, unite, and we cannot stay in har
mony together. Now God does not say
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself
whenltbere are fifty or more ready to
obey Him. It is thou, and it is thy
neighbor, one. Obey now. . Do not wait
till tomorrow for others to obey. A be
ginning must be made. Who is ready to
join hands and beads and hearts and
means with me in tbe love and obedience
of Christ?
Just by way of suggestion regarding
our articles of incorporation, agreement
ana Dy-iaws. Let ns therein recogrfjze.i
the kingship of Christ and the equality y
of the brethren. Let os state that thef
