SOCIALISM'S SILLY SIDE.

Evening Star, Issue 12732, 5 August 1907, Page 5

SOCIALISM'S SILLY SIDE.

TO THE EDITOB.

Sir,—Tho article on the abovo in Saturday evening's 'Star' is open to correetio-i. ; I have no intention of offering any defence } of the sayings and doings of .Mr Tom Mann. ] From what I know of him ho is quite capable of defending himself, either in the ] Press or on tho platform. Willi regard to ' the Mr Campbell referred to, if be be Ihe ; one known as the " New Theology Camp- ; , bell," of the City Temple, London, all I I | can sav is that he is now a declared Social- ! ! ist ana a member of the Independent L:t.bor • ' party, and if the • Soci ilist m->vement has'] not actually produced him, still he counts ' it worthy of his joining it, and he is thereby associated with many u. the noblest j . men and women in tho United Kingdom, j , both morally and intellectually. '■ It would be easy to retron tint the orlho- j dox Christian minister do;s not cshibit i much appetite for the bill of iare you refer j to—viz., "locusts and wild h.ney"—,-.ny ; more than does the Soci.dist agitator. Tiiey I are usually sensible cr.ough to pre.'er a ; , good home, food,, etc., supplemented by a ' salary ranging from the haid-Wi.rlring ! j curate's £BJ oV to iho Archbishop of ! Cantcrburc, with his p:lati;il res.dciu.es ; and £15,000 a year. That, however, by the wy. 1 am mcr-; I concerned with iLo references to the L.ibor '■ churches and Socialis! Sun.l.-y hcb.'.ols, ot I which 1 possess some knowledge, being ac- j lively conue.ted with them in England u,> j to a icio;.t date. In fourteen yeais' reg :• j Lit and active experieacc. duiii.g see-en of j which I occupied tiie position of hon. seete.tary to a Labor church, I no et hetuu <\ speaker propound Aticisttc doctrine, either in the churches or in the Socialist Sunday schools. Re the hymn singing : 1 know of tho ' Red Flag,' but never heard it, sung, though some, .1 helie'.e, imh'de it iu lh.tr .hymn books. Ihe iiymrs must, rscd, and/ '.>ith wiiich I ii.m l.'iiniliar, s|aak <.,{ love. • ent,!eiH>..s, self sacr.ti e, end univcis-.d j brotherhood. Take lae f'dhjwmg exile iiveth 'on; who li-.lb uc'l ; I All eke ;s ii.e but itti.'.-.-, <:<y. ! —Hi r, t.i", Bun ir. .Men whose li.nst it Is liiat ,e Uniiio oi laliicis bravo and li.e. —.James lUr-.-ed 1.-ow- 11 f!o forth to life, U ctiii I <; e rth, Stili mineitul ot thv leave.d-. bbth. ■ —l, .g-rikw. : Hast thou, 'midst life's e:np:.y n d.;es. ! Heard tho M.'lcrun ste[i.-, i.>t riioe? —J. G. Wiiji tier. •; 'Jlien, t_be mo't.o of the Labor Coat eh j Union is " T..e truth t.l.aii make us fi.o,'' , and I am pleased to say that, many lev. J gentlemen aie included in the list, of speakers who use the platform oi the Labor enurches. The following ten Socialist Command- < menls are taught i.g.d;rly to the eh-.dre.i | in the Socialist Sm.diy sc.o its :—il) la.ve i your schoolfellows, who wiil hj? v«u:r ,e io-.v- \ >-. orkmen in ide. (2, i.-ove leai'uitij. which I is the tood ot ihe mind ; be as graieihd t i ' your teacieis as t.o your paiems. (3, M kevery nay holy by" goad and us.lhd deed.; j and kindly actions. (4) Hun...r . 00. :o«-U, ; le courteous to till men, bow down to : none. isl Do not hate or spe k evil o- a ! y ; one; do not lie levengeiul, iait. ivitiai up lot : your rights and le-.iit o ; pi. s.,;oa. (G) Ho ' not be cowartily. Be a f'r.ee.d to the r.eab I and love justice. (7) benr-in.xr taa: ad i tiie good things of ihe earth are pi due :d j by labor; wh.-evtr e::j,):i :.he;n v. itnottti working for them is steailnj die 1.-r ;u\ of j the workers. (3) O'osvive "at;d tiilnk- in ! cider to discove: the t:uih: do :i.A b i:e.e ' wluit is eor.tr.iry to re. son, r-nd n-.er ■. e- ' ceive yoi.rs.'lvcs or or hj .rs. \sj i.)j not ; think tint ho whn Ko.e.s ids nv, n count y must hate and d-:.s;;i.-,.j otoei' rations o"r v.-i-;h for war, whicn is a lemnn.ii of Lai barisni. (10, Lo >k forwtud to tho ~,i: , when all men w-11 b.> tioc c.ti/.n- o' one latheilind. and iive tigether as brothers in j-eaco and rightoo'iisness. I oiler the foregoing as a ilat conii-adlc-tion of tho stalement that, according to pmbltej'.K'd accouitt-v neither religion nor molality « ine-ukatcd, and thai tho hynnc, inspni nothing but class haired, etc. Ti.ev cio teach ihut the and the millionaire are lioth the nrocuet of a kid. foolish system which gives bappl-jieso and eontetit'oent to neither of them. As for <ne di-t'tmtm being .-.s good ae Htc t!o L -ior. tii.it fxpixi-.-r-ion of oph-dini holds good in Ihined:u more than m the Old t.'ountrv, and lightly so, ao any trank, hom-Rt hied.ha I man will adicit. If you qitem km tiie value and TweluliiLiss of the ilusunan. just withdraw him, and let h's trccu[«!.iion U..ke a lest, say. for the iK-xi six months, and I. venture to B-iy the doe .mis wou.d be no tiling for an eight hour', dav, if the v 'weto not till too .lead tired. tie Victor Grayeon, AI.P., whom I knew ind havo often heard speak fn>:ii platloro.--, it is news imk-xd to bear that orie of rue p'aidw of his pint-form l.i the destruet.'r>-i of the penruineney in marrm e.. I never heard this from. Mr Giayvon or any ~.;;.u .speidtc in tko rnoverneiu, ni>;c of "whom i' know pensonaily. and [ sbouid ty: r -lievcd iohoo-.v lii-d it way tins, as J hold that thene nothing or. earth «> -.-acred as the home and family life; bat. kippdy, il.e So- idist movement doc? not advocate ouch a thing. The Labor Church was founded bv Air John Trevor in on October 4, J.ci'Jl, and he left an orthodox pulpit to teke up tlrs v.-otk. Mr Tic;or staled in the principk-o he drew up for the iiovernment 1 of the churches "that the development of InTsontd character and tho improvement of ' social ccmiitlon.-! am both 1 to n.fin's ' ema.ncipalion from u.oral and social Ijoud- ■ age." In May last the 'Daily Mail.' London, declared that the Soci.ibs: Sunday fe hook. instead of teaching love of God and dm v to nan. pmmhel envy, halted, and ad'uneitaritabkmeai, alter" which one. of tick reporters vkited one of the schools at Fulh.'.m to collect corroborative cvideno-e. The I oiwoneorliiig re ult was shown in the tol- ' I lowing .Mondays 'Mail,' when the iepojt-.-r ' to tiliod that a frv.sh-faced, hapiiy eio'.vd of chddien weie taught wi.-.dom, bra'veiy, kindj ness, justice, coutle. y, and Soeiak in. and that a kecher told li.-e chiidicn ' vere prettily c.i»>tit the viutics, of cidzciuih p. By placing this i>ef.>;e your i-wadew you will remove t!;e wroiur impi-a-riions irh'f-i, and greatly oblige ' Tin; Otiiku Sidk August 5.