to TIH E UNREVEALED IRELIGIOWP L)DHESS Delivered in Union Hall. Glenora. New York, January, 1891. J. 1<. INGALLS, Author of -social 11callh. EvAo L&Iand and Labor." " erioii1 Crises,- " 1'(irk a(d (1 ealt PRINTED FOR THE, (ill IBusitwss th." LEt. AUTHOR JING COI IWA. FAIR PLAY PUBLISý 718 FOURTH ST. SIOUX CITY, I0 1891, ~I ~i' I;.~ r:j Y ?z 1 TI HE UNREVEALED RELIGION,.,N ADDHEtS Delivered in Union Hall, Glenora, New York, January. 1891. J. K. INGALLS. -iuthor of -ocia(l if c(lth,, " - conomUi c Equtities. - "Land iand Labor," P'erliodirl Business (Crises, -Work rnd Wicalth," etc. FAIR PLAY PUBLISHING CO,1 718 FOUiTH ST.. SIOJX CITY, 104.. i 9 ( * THE UNREVEALED RELIGION, 1t1 be le(n at temnpted. 111:111y Ijtie-l iu nmli liii lie hi1 1111of ) sI wI() v I IIa, al -I i t' IeIn v. I (r ý ivIIIIe I v-In I ItI1 4a)l IloIly ii (..1 1"I I.eItcIwe t i ou IIif III t i. t o 1 i Imom11 (lIeIuih of I ) teis l IC'zNIf I vtdi tI e ei () e. aItmlerit wI I ed ) )ii lioti of lie hI \V4ci cc M.h.1 l e~ny ivn mw I: huel ttiai( II- Z1--e Ir)itIiii tigicý14 veels it le i ie. ()tie iir li j"I Fe. il~ i r nisettw Ii I II i a I eI t if)l I( t* Ii i e anI u i biti i.y I i ott I)e- II Ii inoateitame a m l tI(, c i e by III e l11111u Ti.daI if 1i ý i le even ir j rowt l s tioielled oaui ct~vlosedii4int ierced y iie1 f 1,1t. otil ('-iiie risig e if the mizoI liromexte tdvisial d t, ijill.tnivfroileto itilt11~lei doe"i140 01`6 t this levetlpoittetit;mItwli ble at lls 1oti thveregittd of) Iit inherit. ied ou (I*i jititned ca1liacit v bto eeiv 'e Irtthi tild allclit ýio.ý e ofitlftt atind.lioi tatileree pit ic'1 itil. mttyt iuIti i I( 6 THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. wiolly jirevealed throilgh - written 01 )siokel SWere not the eye receptive of the sun, No sun for it couli ever shine; By nothing God-like could the heart be %von, Were not the heart itself divine." I (11) j t i nltenld to (Iisvi ls.-Z t It(. Imerits (4,cl.'I i ned iievelatiois. loi' the lIireseit i( i t )Irpo)- e IIv:I treit lte Bib le sa ireveltioni (a cn11111 by the way it ijowhlere Iiikes thi itself) onitaii lingj t lhe w\ill aniid W1(d1 ot (od. Still it Iliiist be intterpreted by ile delliioiisrable iid iiliittere(l lw ot Natiiie. Indeeid tht iwhich iones 1dertil he ieid ot revealed A orlds. (cmnies to us tromigh iti l(-'ilnititS 4t,iu1i111iu lioiiught and si(sceptibility. to siyv iotIiiii( of tlie writiig beini oIie bv liiti lliills. anid rellderiilig0s o inteilprietat i)sll lroum1i hli; iiJiiiten 1it 1l and reasonll. Fof lihat ain be Io revel:ution -whichli has not aidijipti tioi 1()1 the (ap'wit y to which it is made. A. (iuestioni of vital iiiillortaiie irise-s here: Is tlie revealed word. whatever t ha I niny be. t deterllille ailld limit the deIIoistia tlluilns t to tlii.. experienie and investigationm or is tlhe itirevea led (Ior deiumostrable truth uo reliion1 to serve as-n 1aU1o1i of interpretation' to what iiiay be tFmiiid written? Upoi the answer to this simple uqiestion turns;i he decisi( ai we niist 1make s toIl: t. attitude which the ioniiiiially lhrisliaii ( iurch has occuipied, for itnerhtI'li the whole period )of her existence. For eairly in her hiistory she scurifully abandoied. if she ever emibraced. the simple spirituanlit'( of Jesus, wi hichi nakes experience the test of all faith and ductrine. lie a ppeled to Nwhvit is it Man, not to what was in books. These lie ottei (uioted to olideiin by appeal to lositive kiuowledge. The puile aind spiritual lie educed frim the light of Nature, the siiunshine and the rain and the upisprinhing cgernm. Thtý dictum ()f the ( 'hurch oil the otlier hand, at least since she aspired to tenimporal power. Ias THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. 1eeii 11u1thoriitative and hierarchic. Whatevei we ()%%e to tile hiuanizhig int-luence assoc;(iated with t lie ieiieirories of her reigin. is -4(III( to ite riiiii-VeCIled tru11th whiichi Jesus lired. a:dli which s foiiuld expriessionii ill everyC c ill ailld out of the (IIchi(lich. Iiith ighII'Iei t W lie 111 of true aiid l I eIIIIe Ieli. Th'le 1mod(ern theohlowriannadlmit-- the testillw]lies 1)1 NatIIIr. aelnd hat there i. a natii ral CIrel iion. lie oles iot o)*ject to all naturie 'cIat'l erilie revelation. which ileado ip to that ili ij'piritual life aInd activity whichl oistiiguiishes the imiorally relig-ious no. limV. II is l cfion I hsI(-V (10111;isl inull slli singo that,I writ ten. printed ()I.'spokejiN wod lha'% divine piverC il itself tI( elevate mii'si morial:111 eli21 5s il beiiing. i il Ierrs il thie a11 i gnlie;tii to these tIw( partia l iidepeiideIit souIrces of I ruth IIInd ood. Thlie IaItIIral 11IWt IiIt&ex eXtIc)t( moaIIy (0i ft ed ( w ci relI Istan lced iId i v id Ilm le~ntI - to the oneiit imt 11(W 1ICI tloiesnd:11111liII vItllheses. leadill)g agaloil to ob)tro)(1t 11 11and experitentcdllf 1(' Ilid - tical realization. It is phlin theretre that ithe theoretical m. '41plmsitiows teachIing throuigh writtell \vm-ds. (wr(11-:11cmilmunictitiml (W neres-it1\ IpreCe(les the demonstrable (I practicalaccept,'IIce. The writer lt thlIe tirsl ohiaInter of ( iIesi s g'.I ve t.xpr )s I In It I I v 11( thIesi-- o()t' h le (o igi I I( W el Wsis of t lhe external wirlld al f( lt murn. which walCfodlloed with ulmditicnt imons ib\Jew. ('hr1ist i-In amd M dlI)hiiiiedalabt till Witliiia ifew huiuldred \.IrS. It is wonidelrtfil that il lgeieral tider:iiaw ldevellpment it ctinvideisC1 4) so 1)rem-It de(1riee withi the tdevetloplentiit thieory m or evolti t ioa. which domiiiuites scielitific tlouilt to-div. These ieories are due miiainly I)l the piogiress (I demonstiible kiovledge iii tile hresent centriy. a-Illd whichi has bec(Ioii the true iitelipreter of tthe ancient uivthIi. The samiie is true of tile iiiaiiiier ill which it was attempted to accmount fo tOle existence o tlihe rainbow, whether by the bioarapher of Nonh. or by the equally beaitifii iidian hei end.?u[ O(Alern S THE UNREVEALED RELIGION..sieliee has hit erpreted ttintrelat)1.aisowi 1)\ whliat liivanimr ii'laiws (dhas set ls[()1- the 01ieat eliieftit'iis ] bowvill the (14)11(1." hiltSri(ejice ever explnliiiis. (Olitirmls (i(Oi(wcret5 l hiv mthleiq)iiitlial re-ihiia--4 ell as iii the pliv;ýiial. \Lii (WiU 1ma,7ke no nat 1(1pt to loract ice aax nuiax iiiim. lprecelpt (& iora is iii ())- reig~io. hut lie biiiie'-(S it to tile crucial test ot(Wit,, utility. lie luis-t by this-iiiterhoret it-, (loilttfiil uii 11),111 pmeaiii aii~ ioCisa(il iti1ce AN ithi fiioit. or t leet it "Is V Othl the iuiterpietei oi liaot. (;ýiieýki.s Is(toiniterpret.&reoloigv. iiulihipjlcy to deteriluii le hikiioitV. i:old'c\-c hatioi toi crea-te reohit ies. Ill'1"is 1*-.!41111ill I lie ti - menets ()t' the Newv Test41;iieiit. where it is sa sid I 6.loi-S were i iiiaie too olitir hat,11cernlia iii cripotilrce migh-lt be filtihled.- I atmii sltl tdinot it is ýý;itP too) say thoa tit' thiat vasmo It teremooj;i whyixthelie huts ocouirreol. it was ait le-Aist whylvt ey were sý-itd too have iiicmtine( I. The fiwts 4were ntiidioh)tofit thle proipliecy iiiwt lie lutoiloiecy was tinde it'ter thle ladics occtrredh. To the tes-t oil bracticot Iex perienice. a-idid the 0'00d resiýiltiiig, to tiauikiiid. all ýsvstemsr;. hiypiitlieses ajid revelauioiis iiis~t lie 1a1d iil itlie end Nvil I be sujecteul. Hralitmjiiauistu. Ihlioolikisti. -St-iuostii. M~~~~) iismijisli (0115 t ti kinid which cian, stalid thle test. of' flie 6glren tes;t good"will ult ituately prevail, or rather 50) mutcoot* eithoer asis it(ýprmed good l bythle test of*ex perieutce. 'Nonu e 1at bui wxhat thle -good iii thlier pecuhifir systemt will confni~ie; it is the evil they t hitnk t hey s~ee in others that, theyfN, e. 11ut. ti he -will set ul thiuigrigo- t, (1nd. malke aill thiings equiallv (cleari\.whic~h etibriace the grood. I wish to dig-ress here to sayv thtat I uise the term )Clhurch ntot at aill ijii hle,sense o)f a vohuuotary asIc)Iiatioti tr urotsiil0es of imutual ilniprovetieuit THE UNREVEALED RELIGION.:111 1 l(4x tliill t lie l~lmrl I:111d1 11jj'jtI11-11 life: 11m41 4d thle 4'0114_'4448iatloll (41 ii''l 1444114>ici;ila xxidlel' II Ilion Ii iIe bte for ti- e I)il 1444 ).'e (Wc()III01114(1I i tlighe 'i*CIlence of)I*iltI ki Ild l. yet ill Ithe (l)f o0a 4i-l1 il(t 111(1v1 1 ix eluii14 ' II I itl fin it h 01 I I d IewIi cle v: I() -II slihI ll 144111 v I ci 4'\el!' )*I he (111.-14i'tl'h (l ) o l t' 'I l 14 lii I I 411 p( 4xel. t (lci e \x44114.( III.Ii 14C 'I el tie I ~wiILe vif'. -m x ('4 ~i 441 114t c1(xs1e1'*t-(i.\ -z i ri: I I'~ Ii41:.11(1 1 e l \I 144: 11(4' jIll t 44Iionx I41' 14441 III 4II1I441wc44 IIl'l i v4(41 iel144111:I' i I I 144 -ýIl C h(li.I I I41. 14441 i w I I:.. 4112141 ýn III 414 )1 1 4 1 f 14q)vi: 1'4it: x )III (1't heC I I2'1 Ii 141wy 41d1'1I he4l i.( w ev,I()*\ I I 41c4I ) '41 44)yI 144y \4 411 IiIII()t4 (..vIxIeIkI I i y I (.0 14'xi let I l I-:.4411Il theI1e ) ) IIIi noi l i41 ll thIIi. l I e. l 14 (111 t ile 1()4111141c ii i. I.( i.ýe 4 )t 4114'I e O 1 I I\ 441 It z1114' I I1f()(II I (4e 1' CI * l,,- II. v 1144 ' I II c m I4"v4'11 1 1414' 114 1.11i4W444.44' 1144 'l) 11 41 4' 144 1114ll0vI'he1144'lu e (I ll III: 'i zl i. S cI4 1 () I' I'4).. 11 vI:II i I' -11(4 1 re IJ 41_. II 14 ill) (o114 111' x iil 4116i 1114 x4' I1 h 4 N 146wed MH Ito '4' 11(4ewlwlk-144'4' 41114. tell 1(v ( 41141 S4 1141IheI(,I (.1i4 IS ()t,14 1 *1 C1111 Il 111-e f 14(111 I ) 141 tie I I I 1 c1. 44ill-;!1, 411. im l l lex l llf it w I I 1i4l v t 1J'~l '14 c II l 1i I 144 v 114111 I xxi1(..I u.k 1441-(4-9 41ll;:It II ( I iIIl v tIle InI. 1114.c I ' ('111e 111 11:1"- I I I 11 1141 Iit c 114 4)-w' IhI W41.(11I II 14. )I' I.' XI I t I- 4 (1 i le l' 4. 14 1 111.'11 41-; k I Il.-,vIS'1 1.( ' 11( 1 1111 xx-ý ('1'o.1II4 It4 444(4.1 (11 14'i J 4 11.111 ni ikCI IIIIc\vt41l I -(1141 1441 I(c. 1414 e \. (41 01(414 I41 1S\v ltI C I k ix_' i ( I44 I 111i r 6)Ik-I (l)t1I4I1(.. xIi in'IlesW(' lic ( 1igi.lzp1V gi'-we ill point.ilx wichi't iV4 t I I, I I J o..; I1(4l., I kcl4'4 It w I('1'4to)IIIe vie tlllCxC14) 1 4)1' 10 THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. dellmlon.trable word of(W(Au1. anId to which wIII:I(.(II (MN. 'tnil.bV Iilltient ilnvel tio"atlionll nd pricti(1:1 experiment. (God does noth11iing 1`61 it. \w ich We ("Zil (o fil. our-wlves. I oluoght perhvlp., to marv e le-Irly -Xl)]-in wh01:1 I mle!I11 by file term God(. to whomll I useribe 1)(011 N~tw1*d:1m1id work. I l Irw iti It() n it thriq Inllorphic froqk [)()il Iwnevoleint '11d uIerlvod I(llntlevc hbeen pictured to tkileh ilie ha minld i h ni0,1. 111d with:Ittribute-ý. pczýSsion-- a:11 i( nall sesk.-. w hich would l ubject Itheill 1)Al fl e the limittiown (0,41111 al ctIniltue. Tile fet isch. hill( idol. I Ie grod-man: 11.11d the g4od-\ w dnt(.11-c suIcce-Ssivcl~v f d b.\ Ihe meinta.11 l 01,0 t1 tof fiie 1 e bhil e il i - t o Ilvill 1(ith ilcomipr-ehlelsible. file, un1cm dilimned. Il entlpl)\ file term t l gni: hatal-pervulding E err which i.,ý nu i li 1*n il inthe in -emen o(&'ll Iwmh.:111:111danc -n i beilng~.s.:1ild l ich iill;we~1 (;cv IL-uý IS 0'00d g or evil ill pnipon - liert 0t mll- k-1 wlvied 4re of oldnecnlwith tile ht s which governincill. life.;ellse ('11d tholught1. To those wtho intelliý_ent1 -Iv:ýeelk thegood in ial l thig. th Iu K limv bl e pecOIIWe,- per.4mnified a-ý ile --ever-lit inlgr: 1 uei (od..To file s i of fraterinit:11111geod will. evinced ill Ilic letichinig mid lik fe )* --ihe cairpelller*.ý sol"we ubl m v e n t ribl)[14of (gratefuh l acknow ledgem fe];I I. blwilh the (laur1ch. whichlu prophesied -md ruled ill his imime. miw-mlyit hs;; fearthl balauce iii aocout. I ler etr history I'mmlore 011111fmiurteeln ventufries coll he traced s-lep by,s-tep ill the blood of slaughtlered victim-,. ill ei-(,i "iMus wArs and IM1illpersecut ions of everv ffrtof men tno ohlain freedom ill act or thloughlt.:11d ill: rec10r1 of briutal crue ies. wich haVe JeNTerbeen etpualed for ingenimis at rocity by -it\- ni rbarinjvý 'it was; her delight 14) plunmder;md 1m pil imbelievers aud heretiie:. Tortnre of body by every THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. 1il14Jg14:h41e device. i4( '41~tnifiC ( 14 n idpr 1longed to 11tie III4 lern 41. s1';1 ' li ti 4' i l 41 1(1)t 1ile 11h 1 (r1ifiv4ntio4 n1 vm-'cimlls r ip'Iity m. (& laur la dni l mh li-,-4 re ' ven''. ge. t 111 1. (((4 1 44 l 2i Il''i'IIL. 141 e w 1l I'4 -wr nIII Idc (pi 16.)ll ion.) 1 -II\v. 4e 1 met i1 n 1, 1 of1 t i I I r S 1441 'I 1' il t I I I 14 I ' I I I 42v 1441)'(,V 4 4111:4111 T hl f (0, 1lit, c infli till f hI h-1 III p IcI I I I I fIIorIe w Iite I,1 11444 411-1 1(14d- vlP 11 444' i '-1 i'tiInIcI 1 4 It nld () pcll N.inank rderv l I he -I m )ll ll:-.ý ()ft' -icnCe in:ll those'li \~ge-! whoiir ogt omaeknw to men S144 ' 4441 \, 1 4 14il 4(1 4 11. ti i (I. w 4441 I(,ilI 14r1 le I tc 1*144' t 11 Ilit,11( li lli ver-w:1Illd (di i 1'e. I I It evlell i ll it II( IIl e' It 4 1 141: 1]le24r 4114':4l1 4pled 1 ( 14 he chi lho 11(1 ()1 I*1 1144 ( 4r4c'T' (1411 411 411on 4i(n 1 i her 141441 'I 14d rt 14i1 4IIr I14 -lIn p m er.. wSe li*< t 11):llt ariIY l y n p.I iinw illit t ju4h. 'lle 14' 14 '144 ''1 ht14'1 experinc1e1 144 11 44c14.111.iti.4 1414 11 41.itr1 1 u:pioIn(1 1444444t444 a'I 144'1'4tl,'4.; )44441 44 '44 p e rstt it io4 14 44 n444 44114444 l t i l!-,. IIv 144 141 144i'. 144114 1 '1 1114444 4441 1 l4 Ihi('4fr m4411 1 4e It11.11 t4c W I4 c I41 (d1 the N4I'z1' rc14.1 1Theyliii41 14 1) r"Itionarl connewt-imo n ith "Ich ther.mIll a.re allied )I4441 ill the [il 414w4Ii 1144 ( 14444414 444(41.11ch II t 144 144e tI( i 1( 11 4 1 1' II 4e 14 v 1' 1 VN( 1'1 11 11ti,n4' 1444 at i 1 'i N. c. I. v oI II IIstIr b eI v t 111 1. i I 1 I( )N N* (4 )11 tlide-A iire li 1uIci lel' i Is.44 i i II44II I I I III r re I t ilI v 1441 1144tIere I (N ' NI 4 4'.14 'A I IIe 4 11 44111 eds4 si II'If44 s nt 4 1 Il i i. 1 44441 444. ()-;I I t le pe()I le. '-rcel e pmplo ed t ()e\ phl n eck-ly it:; pr()l IeVI Ili IIIr 1112,1 1((1ppl i441i. c'- t i'14Tile very cl.a1im o t Ile 4 - I4(hiurIch to expoI m l ti d I hee lible admit ruioIec l e lnecessi(y 1414. -1 (1 f1c1' i 44terpret X11t:io 4 4. But she 4 111 11t 1)e t41 Ihe i nterpreter NVWi t hot Iher gosr it i 'za bo 4no4t to be 1 141ie14 4 1eve4. re 4 4 (1by 1the 4 l 1it1 The 1experie441 ( 1 )I 1 4 141ki 'l thr u4 11411114'1mbelred o i141 held4 41s4 41 hing 1 'illn 14p.Irkim ithNN, II I her firce1d 12 THE UTNTREVEALED RELIGION. illturpri4?t111011 (&1tall1c~.;.l1Ieg(wlie,,. p.1i:bi>Ic'1d hitlr ill ht'1ile ii bre1ez11:11 1(I l ~im Il41liii-.14111141 illtile 1 v:1 1llllg.hil. Xafld 14j1411,6 d 11(.t~ wc 1 11d (Ce 1il iesll it 1411 l~dI i ll: o 1 1( -414V.-I, -iec (it per41 (141114 ill cI p'.11 1. i 1 1 IIIilli1(4.1her 144 1i1(41l ' 441 li~i~tlll (w1Ji~l4.14. 454lli1eillittlipv44 liiti(t 2i Vt 141144? 144 c111 i:tt 1dji ll elp 1, it.tl-4 Il1)4444k. -(41 it 4i'ie I I (41 1 1m.% t~illed 1()4. ('1c. NN ll h lIye-llt CIc Il 1t~i itl'i kl(4W l 112.!il IleV Wl- 1 (Olg.lc l i 1 114 111 lei1 tt l imthe Il],yirl...Ii t g44s4mllc 4ifltle cllcl 4, 4j (ti4?'.1 11441()Ic-(:d1Ail i11(.fHits141 il. THlE UNREVEALED RELIGION. 1 13 Il I po vI(ut4(& ir il Ieof i er (l i I I t I I e ii441:1e-i( l (-4I1 (ii'lela voF tIlI e I )elle. 144i f.)I!: 1*11le XV e )\v c I -I r -ly illie -I.iliett 14411:I1lit1 )v4 I fIlII II!_rOwf 1 mel4V(1 il Ilie diwii 4& 1 litIwelt jet i vIII cli ( ill- t(Il I I. F I. IIIIII ie o IejI ot ee e. he Telltf Ii441 il el 1i1141e. 1 i ii vnler alywer. 11 oli-ed iii rcý.pvledlie woul ellu, ae I, aned i- IfI UP ) WI f 41411ionfI v )riiitl ev e f ei.I - II I h e ( '1 11 1 1(4111' - vi c (411lI it )I w(eraI k.(I i ili - 1:11it p I ie (1 f41- I i tiey)1 I I I uri;iiI I e1(1:111 1il lulgý i I I nlue1-( 4I 4 1 \r1i11 1 i1i10 V ý(-III--(-(Iv I iiIi v I c \v411 ) r I( It(vI 444 I I t1:i 14 t-I I NlN'l i I I( )I I a il d i I i f111 c n1141 ii6 ( chv i..:I i )II 4f11l le i lIeuI e-.. I;I I IuI I rl Ii- 1 441 _-~-c( 111) (i I 'I-tI Iil- 1 414 6ir4iI4ItIlI IiI( n y iv.1I in ( 'hourli I111I T I2 I c ] I iv a I I l -,.li 1:ii u I I. I. I 1, 14c e II li 44 41 \v if 4 I I 4 '1 1 i )1--e i I 1 1Ii 1 uI l It 1114 1ItI Ic n11i I IiI ):lci I 1 -t 11f 1 1oie (it )I-. I tI I v 11 1 i I. e. 111e I144 I-), t I -l v -o(Il I 1k1 I4. II \uI.lfln )I il y I 'M. thee1 x le ](. lov1Si4 i i)MV ei-ii i lcý I 11(whil I ie me:,S 41 iltoral 14411 -I I11(1 wrave ldeml I Iiiie41 t(lii1 Il4itif ( er S F n)e IIr lII v eief )11.,411 fleld i i111mc.;le i ke1I2:iS -'':mil. lMe ha(1" In red i14'1 liltIt 14I Y(I toI(I c4dI ItI I I IIz 11 v 441 r~ -w 1hit (1 ) I II icIII.II t1i IInmI t4it e I I(41I etoI c h) cie lly or aidioiel 4lic ideAuth ((Ii. ene -l -I1'liis it lit Iitl 411th0 (like I eli t4W1(lg den' ll~i 14 THE UNREVEALED) RELIGION. ".4itlde triuth, to unrleve(1 1 e' l i mIi la tll)t i 4 l i thi 1(4(5 11v 414: i wi t Its. p ic 1111-:..0III' CrVOI doces s ot wll ir \1 thet orwilh r1-c-I s ll. b t th11it l kli c'i t it 1114(1ch the woli rse,6 lc hit lIe itlilieveri' i t 4m4o41rifYi No istt ii 111(itf t: thority s C m 4 (4'4. ]-1 l4 I t tie\lso;l ge r l~lie r)\.t't l'f. k * Prove oi I ings hoh! 1 As1;11 ttitt li t litt lttii i 1 4 t 1 It iitl t. i h in tht 1:e 4441 1. vi, 1 4 I I Ili fei i Ili( Ii i I t i ) l it: ll iiIe ( i, el i IIt igio\\iI IhIII\\I I dmin oill of th ( Int f I 41t h %44111e ill' i rmeni.eli. ill A bi sinii.. Ilh- to-thn. h rerent rlictffromi the tmporal power ofetliet. 1) te hatdii (114: ttI it owi\ tIioiIttfreedoiaieS nd1111 liz t iot ill t a. Ii!lt (1 ilit ei lon tr. [If the I -il ie otI 4 r111 tche u.Iive hiie:11. lterlCI ý4ocifs. I(.-w Imitio s h ubld h:1e hcell I le 1ls ltdVlIIln ed inaltinaof - 4 ile c.11-1. ins--ic'd ot* o ill",:1 -tile\- are ill tile Jmvcll ow l r kl- of(0, l. ill thelic. inu1 allifieýN 1.1d:mismsit""ý ot* sewitl lite. No! reve:Aled reli2*ioj. N.ý presenlted byI tIle (Ir. lieverl. 11:11S old h~eVer Cull reform 1 ile wm-rld. Isinfluenlce h11.1z beenl Corrupt i mt 110 1 puriflin: dsne rtn n an1)t-aLgonli-tic. 1no0t- lli.111 m d Imrniallizinlgf. It hals if.;;elf been 4"e-t li modified. biInIallized:181d rationailized within tile pas-t fmir lul Ired y10 w-s. by the swience,III( free 1thought of I11c world. which his: souo-ht ill Ili(, fic-4k; of tmsiti ve nwl ed -e tile grou.1lds of cthic:11 -Iid spil-iluall ruth. muld illdelmonu;tratioln, I(th t univriftell law (d, the lnliverý"e, which trovertns hma1tiln daettionis. ro-ig t and dulties;. In uncivilized land~s, reveailed re-ligioll 1,1,; 1o saIu ta ry effects, by Ithec,d11i"-;",ol of its own mi-,sionarij-es. until meh () f' (-, highier civriliz-1tion. have been applied fmd the ivitives; have beeu THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. 15 I ILI lIt i IIl I I,1v. (eco)14(4)11 014C1 1thIdIIIe ial v i I-III. TIIe e. t calcI I i of tItr: it t d I i 1 theolojgv Ito u1i4r1n1Ce11 ( -Ind se1sitI i ve peoplc i.s eel 14 Ie den1 raIizil1g. ill ils 1everish exci(emieits all. 1414(1 tC4e14mp1i 11r moikelifin.. 11)(edh KY i1difFere1ce mi ldrel:Ip1e. ThIIe (m4 li.eq 11I(-c( 4() f lie ('I I 1rch'4 -4 t111rine of4 tlhe \11essi is aptly illistn 11eI by IlIe I 4I1re:II of oA - 1iin. 1114 ott -It releI I Iiri g epidem1c1lui of Advel iti. ill 1114(he prelt(ellsion- ()1 nl4lle4C'4ll: 1mo1n1 11 14eeMi41-. liki Sch4(1 il lfillf 14. '1(1d il l], I-e: 1C b4l1 4Imh14 l1(1ia41 b. A ll the.- idi m ]I()\ \- verI 1 r11 evt1 c.I I IeIi_,,i( II y itse1 j 1e s I t III44 iIl-e d I I1c1 I: 1 ItIi i I It i ia i i L-..'4cI (4I4 11 1c I ] j't c l (ed o14 II it(., IIll I4 s( 0' e. \ (41.- C\ e 1ie1 (1 4141 posi ive in44et1w441 ( )f I I () I h _). I T hIec re v c II c I i - Inevv (,,Ito) suIIp)e I,etIe 1 c IIireve Iled 14. r 14e4I.III I 'IIIle. I (I)wever CrviC - II1Ic (41 4'4-c()I 1h)Ii 4 I I 4III44 1\ ) (-. hIt) iI I iv.i(IIIII. iI! 14411 (1441-v 4 1114 144 14(III1epers 4i. 11141 r:1 hot ri2IhtIllYl '1 1'CfI11\ 1 he 11k,14c14 11 i eu 4th444lier. Tie( uniire144 s4l 4t(1 1 l 444' 1 which i; t'l l ed 1by1 (bservation 14 144 oev1e101 f1 m I 1 kwm1led4lleof the4 1pera0 io It N u1rs laws.4 1 111 14 '11. ed44 0 i tiler 1 4et414. 1n1dke:l4 I ll g1 od cl ito i1ed ill.mv Ii. Iubil. m4f4. 414' 144141. utIl 'l 14 114ier41 iCe. ill aNll S141101wmd w rdor do. Ymu need hnvc 1w fetitr 11,1h Ii \- f ruith will b"o. ev vcr l)s I. IIt i: I he spiri I (I*: I horIit y. not f i v es I aI I. \ 1Wh I Ih I I cure:I alot -e k. t w i-s I rul 1. lI'm I. w e.Ire (ddl. Ihis 11 llevo.-Iled rel i!_im) let:(l 14 41 44'rel'! l Ither. it le:4ld everywi here. It Cxphlfainls ll m1 n 11l 414s 1 i - 'leg2,41i ( s: sell Ilc' 44' illti-:11 11ti 1de t(4 ncept r11111th which tir4 14 14 st deter ies:I subject 44w:114s 114church144 tdetermi it 4 14114him I4 I4he1 11-41 eed1144(1 ) 144115 ig:lte it. hI.eNN 4e we d( IIn f ic a414(4 l 1wI41hS to e. *T re it're 4(41 1 i l l i he'1 ve4 1:414d elIr(1h. 11(I1114io. 1141 iare (II:.(- I IIIied (W il l ymll.'.11 lol p'Y. To 1(1I litt e dogmIatic reliinn4 t 14144a1d to1 the 4 i materiili-ýI. we InINy **:I\- Ymou hve hbvn1wm -an:mllded 16 THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. t1() c hirI-(dep I l )I- IrIhe ig t s. 01 I-Iei (,) tI s o01 hlti d tI5 ity fl owever a-Incienit or nIoderii or spi ritlual or.t)hy.;ical, is mret 1lv to tun(I II- O(r)lfkston tllIh:is p ce'ise to (.rrmv:is moral:mdiiil iellioe'it heiiwigs. "Illcre c(Ill)w t-101iiarliseto(e 10 IOIC fr kilowledi~'iiiit Iiis iioil01ile(e ofspecial 1 -libjCet5li bvhis et,t~oils to lein-i s(lltyiC et lillh-iloVIl. herein isý thle dillerejice bet weellIii(thehioiest sIlerai-:i* t~eu int10''.1and the iillere.stedhaloae f pavo I vt 1)11 slieiie a idtheories (lii tilied hII)c etieiived i 101 l e Ial llera jces 4(1 infinlite vvisd1oli. 1)111 whlichi ever (e'li the 'li.-iii-Iiks o linanas vices (Itoaii o1i1;li'/ei I (oilslirav h)) )iillilalte liin~, ileIdlepend eneil (e)of tiei 1)4)1 a d11 11 ii i iiollled. What jneed 1(o disjclrt-lge thle sii I (iji'm-tid 1( coiIS01tola 1) 111be(deri vei tl riiiIll Inra 1 anlI Id lre-c vealed religi~i~il. which Iint1)011()5 tolivin i 1)1((11 -ersý -Is A I rue Co.114" 1)1C ot iisS:111d1 14) heuievoleiice hid trillh seekijinas i lie sorest l e-l i. o re lid 11011 sorroWv. 01seks14) le:ldi lmenl1to requi i c. (1emlll l~trable 1)101:f1aSII 1i4l-IlaI IhP`e? WVhy refuse to list4eii 1o the Agliosi ic hecl:liise lie is iloie,:., and iri iere Cioli 1i)l t ell you)iflIe- does,1n401 Aviow1() beC true. what file ( hitichi set to lbe true. w~ilbh(lilt Jpiot'? Slie:5511 ii Ol.e's 111)(m11a1..sIrailled jillerprefa'l 1011(&1 a 1)0(1k. ((1ilpilell foimli a hlt4roe numblter (W41,ialusc-ripis lilil 15 ninnylVwriters, we knoxv 1114. ( Vllwhom. Somie (W Ih~ese Nere writfteni. we knlowV Ill t 'Viil or wVhere. niorleven inl what llaiicgulage. They veWCUCvIII ed ca 11(111icAlby a-bI Wreinnjon tv of a iteiiicil, alter Iwo thiirds it,14its ileillhers.. ha-d beenj expel led by file fiat oWfia halft-co)iJvertedh pagai eillelr. Te f'our (opeswere select il tr-oiliaiscore 1)1wi)wl tdlother Ris H ldecreedl tile. W~ord of'(Gq)(l ' ý th~Ile exciusi(Iilof' nil the rest~t 14 ~itSow (of hanlds 'of ullieaml~ed, bigotedan - a Sperat tedl 1)ie.sts. 111(41gh Inllqnesfiilaabiv11hey THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. 1 17 were origiial ly writ ten w itlioutitany thlinight mii the 1n )tl'to the writ Iers th-nt tihe\- were ever to he us~e(1Was sacred lhoolik. iiid thIoughlimuniv asig I'li(1 eveui who~le (liaptel zare hldliby the iiiost (Oil) jletelit critic' () to hve beeni interlmhltted hiuii(Irells;(f (& ers.at er thle eveiit. thile\-h cliii to ile511 ribe (Oild 1(.1iave taikeii 1phlce. And (1antit1101 thus lii.derivedl Ave areC t Idd mitt sttiid again.isithe iiiorWil c4Oictiot bs amid sjpitiill inilitit bu of gre~it aHid good iiieii (it* all ages.iiian all climie - 1iho e~irniet y miht1) okinow'rathier the miuivritteuii --ill of;((I'o* thinilthe(lictumiii()t' iiiiis.t v Iniichiiieiits.md. IillI t~teii al tler(1at the tielie'ý;tsi(& ilre.1)iiniIlde. )t)wer. 11t tO() -the ioiran er1(1 CiIniP.1)1to(4eiislt1-1v iinndidegradie thlem i. The In rthifulI nitinii ells yo()t fauiikly lie du)es hot know all1 a hoiitG( 0(1aniid heivei anid liel 1: even (j nest imliiiý with titlie tielid(I of Job whet henrIvy -.;411chilnicy \-(I[ vali filudidot (rl at ill. A's to;at pirituiail existeji(ceanid lif~elieueti ttei. lie do)es not tliuik thlit w~il h~e (leterliiiiied l wa alhahncingi (o'texts *Ifj,()/(Ol CO /I. sinice aiit ab1)1ianvii(e)t*theintauii betoun id in tlie B~iblie to) p ~e omto()li~sprove it. -And thi!. smilue coiidfitet*of:iiutluontvy will be founld ill relilion to( temupernacie. ehias4tyIt and every stdbject of nionais a~s well. P.hie candid1 ma iuimay have luuije:-amid (millts as to futuritvy; but lie is uisually resignied to) what is, to the -will ot G'od or to the iiievitable. I f there be a future life. it w~ill be bevauise it is. anid nioit heaiuse it (cani Le Csta lfligled by thle authority o)f at cmnilu j ( as thle 5synod votedl uinregweiertte iliftiuumts Ou t o ell ). or by anly metaphysical 1zyllo)grisilils filou assumedpriie. I'e ar*e iiltploim-inglyasked: -Itfvon take a wa v ( hristbiai iityA. what have ~ut iei t p lace? My dear frienids, (']rit-tiaijitv can not be takeii fromn tuiv one Who has any- (If it worth keepi ng. Just imiagine tnkiiig it aayfrom M 4eliehl. 18 THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. Peter. Paul, or Jdi4i the beloved disciple n1d writeri of Hevela tionls.- Stich( re i op1 tl oI bnrgain. lie who is und1 r the ir iieiie of the life of 0o1r spiritIIual *elder lbr(tier." I:is no thiolight of' iviling iyi of' it up. It is miore of ties me hindI that hle reu(lires. ot III exchiainge fbor sosilethiniii diflerellt. It is not rl,i such tihiti a &e('i-ter '10 11- (m weintelleclil religiOn I, eded. bil 16 tlhiiise vliihave heen d lriven it reject everything keairing-i the semtbliinie of religiio. Ibyi tlhe lt let uIiitrutlifi ness of ) tlie (.l. i11ch miachiilie Is Hither McG(vuni teritis it. by her loitriine (W an eclnsive heaivell. her to rtuire houseI ii prison i lof eidless tire. Withl his lihope iil lIl eiiihdless -1tormellcit fo otherli s. iii the --pe rly raties ** tdill iilg' lioi e corpiatio theri e e:iiIis died oil( of 4liis Imidl all tendency t to take Imigger n tnsm siieis of aII kind. and lie now deniids positive deniiiisl atioi of all assertins. For w his suirel lie (l Churchi is lillpreplciedL and iher illiiotelice1 to re:ichli or lnelit hini is clearly showi. It is io) luiige r a qliestiomi whether lthe worldl shall have a revealed religiomi. interpretevl ( iiinterpreted by the Ch(rch. or (I - iire ra tolla dIileveloipmnent of thlat faith - which woirks by hive a d )puri ies the heartl, bitif& of which i tiilte (Chrch iiiias lost the key. but whether it sh1 ll hive ny at aill. The Churchli has ce:sied to iniiiiister to the spirit li1 wants of mmei. Eighteeni aiid a half centuries she has thrived on iher ever liredeemed promise tii bring' on earth a kingdom of peace and giiiid will to ien. Ii lithe ]iamne of the '.iPriice oif Peace. she glorifies f1atIricidal WAC. Ti-dih V every lristiani governient in Europe. which rules iby her inveitedl fiction of (& divine rig]tf," staiids arnied to the teeth. ready to b-cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war." omi the slightest occasion foi maiiihiining overgrown privilege and power. Priests form processions and chant Te )Deomos tr victories over nations p)riifessinog the same faith and to THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. 19 (dcllebrate the shighter f kiikindred lpe;)ple ianid the ravage of ( Ieheir c(1 1ry. Nat iIS with C'( God i )I heir comistituitioj" i 'j-4) delibeirately to war with eichi o( her. inivokkiii ( lie assisa;iance it the samlne denm~ ini \iml\ 1,40d ill de-ýl no vi lg e anid devas- 4 No We ve lii I]c to Ilthe iihurch. li lhe 2le:]("Ii c io ( i ed - te ili i (ti. aieid ich i h11i. 1l). I le i- i - hluence 114m i.- t1()di,-nsenoý,'fld dea;thl. Prorw lesz ill ciil ii0 rel i(h iol s I t leIIIu i1 I- iiIc, i ted I Il to heci i II HO wAiV*. W1 live iIn a (()1u.l1,v w liii iomiie degree oi;civil olld religious freed 11Wn bernul'w( of th B-uills ()tf *Ill(!. 01 1 tJil l er of the VatiI I I Ihe v, W e--qtm Ilin er I ci I t h, I I I I Ie I I L - tuil I Ii ciiiii Iisi i. 1 the hirt - ii r i eI. but beIillise otf uirc Nathimal I)e lIrat IioII I ot IIIde]iinileii(. >Not to ('ot wi i\Ltlier ir.Joiathaa E~dwned ire we idebtl f)1 tr eediomi but t1i lieiijimlin Frilikliik. Tlhimiii-.Jctler1oi. iPaiitrk Henry:111( Th as ainic. Tlie lpiieulood of(t( fl.. lrlchl iii Spain is a-killu 114m.w the re-eItabli-hmicit of 1 lhe IHil IiquiitioiiI tli-t InWidek I:iii hercd ti4 n mI be amleiutllely pilichl. Alot ill 1hiS c11tryI hey demiinild I II(" eniictilienit ift hiw enfciinlr g 1flie observalice of tIc IIgc n Sunohi as a jewish ibbathi witlouii It\y just itical il f11 li the jiW e(w all:vi.hIvtioll it t lie c,,W vy('Ihurch. They seek to disqualify citiZells wi yWill 1(1 take i 1li io1 ohi tliouglih JesuS prhiiohiitel (i is. The revjition 4 odf (o ill the CmI ituN i14 is deiiiaiided that so) rulers. Ziippejlinig to his li. thiority. mynov1) moger heed the VOice ft the hiepeople. My1 riends. I a[m speakiing here to-tiwt. niit 1)ii linv ltitIrv suutlerani-e (& the ( Ihiurch, but siliply he,;iauise she no lon1er h1s pmwer to )preventtit eiw 01( to) senid ie1 to tie stake if I persist. Will we 1t) be admoinshied by all this that we must test all pretene ( ofi (41*uthority by the teachings of iWpersoacl experience aild the vcreful 20 THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. ali]viysis of thos.e (doctrinies; vwiic-li claimt,, televate and (1ennoible the miniid. -" The kiin~rdoii of God is wvithlii oli,' 01' 1061' ymOiti it 1]lot ai1 ll. If Nyou find1( not Ipefihe:a1d eonifiPnt.a1nd hope in seekinig those for whom youi niia live an al( mi o. I hii ik voti wi~ll ind little thait i.Qs;-Itistanctorn illtilie dogyinasaaial iauiiiieiies 4ofan('ciurchi. which tou-s- delud(es tiletjexternal setilse by vholdiniittthe wrsof P')iieto the eatr mwhile ll1'("ikioijtliemii(t the hiope: eliticim)ig\(oitto eiiilowher1 withi \imil' citthily goods. the re:;it (of\-()it-i' patienit toil. ini exchaiige for a " tre~isuire ini heaveni N-he will prove niri1ble to (deliver. Were not the Chuiirch laIreal v -1 spiiri t ual1hali-ikript. thereAwo~ldiv11 a e a 'is'eil ho nieed I'mr the dotilter andi lAjgiiostic to (Pth' hi pol)(0m. liltor1t to those 1wlioii 1 lie husýks of alitlmioty Cailil1]w loiger siltist'vy. It is hot ecausethe Liberal hafs: so little. but bec~awse lie has so iiiichi to) oler th~at the outcry is iiiade. The (Ciuirch hais oti liaind ]leid' hiijiutiged stoc(k (of liiirales ýajial lia rios to disjo se (ofa 11(1camii t ejiiiui e thle leaist riivalry~ o)f clean (-oo)ds iihr siiess.i-Whiile iteuilie prlme in i the ignr.io'lie and 5111)ei'st itioi -ise lha's prolmoted. She call iitike a gaiiif'il show o)f her' - holy ( o(lt of','I'ieves."* aIid]lei-i' moierous -casý;t-otl,(_Yalliehits ilaid i'elics: (t a Cr(f ho'i) Nvlws ''-deaid and burlied"i ' mre thaivineig-hit en centuri i'1d5 ag-i) She bias covered thelie ivintg-( Christ so (feel) beuc~a t I hlel' crullibliuig ('1ee(1s antd spirit less cerdiioiiiesani( excternlalisiils that the luinii ait v of thle hiileteeit hi cenitury caii inot find hliml. She muilst 'everse ]het attituide to ti'uitli orh'ns:tWa111V. IHer revealed rl'eiorioulis, hereafter 1(1 le iintei'jPieted by- the hihievealed. " the law-wwritteni in thie heieats" taldiciitellit'ihble 1() the letisoji au01dexpel'ielme of men. rphltt till revedlationi hihit be interpreted by, the (lemionstl'abile and pousitive iqs () plain it Canl har'dly r'equir'e illustrationj. AVXords.ý are the expressionis of thoughts, t houights the con'ep)ts of things. W~e.indge of a niamsi'sords by THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. 21 Iii. (Ieedls. Lawgiiage. written or qpokelf. i slubject to many sliailes (wf imealiiig.. TIlie reverence A11 freely renideri to the Nazirene (the (CIurich can Ofly s-ecure Ca fortial one) is dutie to what lie did(. iot to what lie said. Is it irreverent to apply tilhe sauie rule to what clajitis to he froimi God. What is wnritten ' iI longer gcrains thlie iastery over ielis minds which it held diurinie the childhood tf thile race. Histor and experience brin1g us iinto direct (oniti t witi his uirevealed will. which is f (u1nd in the unvarvin g sequences of tWhiigo. I ai:ii aware of the coinn1on1 pleai of our teache(i Of sperial interventiitol thUt (GOd is a 5oIivereignj. and lhas a right to reAeal lhimself in his (iwi way. ad 11(1 We must hn ot ( eititon hlii (w i or si. -liWhat diiest thou? " That is hut at all the question I am putting: but amoi simply asking. What hs he revealed.. and what is the canon of interpretation lie has instituted? Is the universe to conforml to W0I(dt)Is. r IIIee iliC or(lI tii the unij verse? It is iot theIl at ionalist lbut thle si eria tnra list we ho has prescIihbed ru Ile:s anid coidit A i 1. possi bilit ie;s a nd piiobliilitise. by which to determine what is or is inot his w'ori d. Joihn.It i, ti e g 'renti Englishi writer (il the Science (f Law. avs Ile foinidation t 1-the science bv defietiniig l *w as a1 co0ii1iia1id frouim a superior to an iuiferior. V From this prenise as a loyal sutc pt lie argues tIe 51u perior and di vi i iIi(i Ihit of kings. As a good orthodox mnali also lie traces all law tilt iiiately back to N od as the fountain head. lie was. however. tooo good a logician and too reverent. to fact to accept even thelle tel couiinandIienits" as.laws -zpI)er. Ile goes (i to show that -* God has set laws. revealed and unrevealed." and that I lie unrevealed form a canon of interpretntion to the revealed." The unrevealed law lie claims to be the law of - the greatest good." and that by this the (chalucter of all laws. divine or hiunm, are to be interpreted. h-Ie thinks that man ,22 THE LTN.REVEALED RELIGION. 41011ie.-ililto a kI!Okumlde(12e Of ii' law tlimig0112i xpelieire. naud exvict 1iii(erst~ihiniin. t'thle iiitiiie niedtl)\ the Sta4ite )I- claimiedl tol)be leve edfei Ilol ilteiliieta Iby lou.t I toe l~awld -1,61110 titI 2iol itil pm1wi~ it.iCVpl tijle -:111di liwellhiC I i0ti, ltl ak iItId. t~~V Ii l (1 1ldtlt (11 1(1.li i of te vI-tie 1 hVe -4!ilii 1 t we i i ler"ti \till IIl allwar re f Iionit t liv I third. ( )it,.;p ilifirii i i t10 ie. rievct loot a )tlir whirehii werlae tie people iiid the i ille ~ ftileeir Ytrditiia l-ter )t. mir A irieci th tiliemi.~i~lero l(& pculi 1111 tieloiii iiire Ili-os aind tohichwe tlil i. w1t HilIy emhvekii I a toe -witved ihe Stte miithawto Tee iiii iiiiiitaiii:11dher waiiigpw a irer. tliiei --tie vior, a 1:11)i(i (&peiiacv:Itl (,)f the illivrnevetl e(1 reiveiioi. tltVleiivery fiigr treedoiti. the ra1.I (icVe 8 all it()roiiiate the peopilet pinithal Pi~tcriC-t. (& tuirpieiiou% aistiig. Iurlierlii1(-I twa]tacniersItis te Jesus]I(t\%- pre ethi. aliii() hleo-IIm ytho Slogy and shAle 1iv I-ieittotiherdespot161141. o o tiletIIpeena litie. Te ( torch it hihas pietited clajiti (i a itoeuiopolv o hs (llifsmae anddoctIne,((+II 1ld Sfill tahitt eerq isttilfrom his rmelaintoh,1iitautty, anddso') make himu the property (of an olig~archy. to be parcelled oat to d1ehided victims,. and centite THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. 23 ( -i - (~ it:I i.- -lt l ttiiae th, ]illo.:. Il) ex5clisiv e traffi ini (hrisnl iI-tspiri tual thing inld in Gi(d as well. The Jesis as lie appeirs to (1our Simple re sloi. is a 1t)1 1 1COher nid lover( ot our ee: exemi lt r. we itiay reverent ly aeknwledge. lie made or -itit1mrized no w//fete jerela//o i(&f it iith. lie lived it as it ippetred to him. lie attrac ted to i i iiself tlie oioii peopile. --the piblict is aIiid si.ler. 4 as the ple ri.eCS a vowmed. li0e foude<1 I'm "hurch. Tat illvelitiml Hof R eoe iiout Peterae d (ith( lie tiik. i is too thini oIrgery to deceive iy but w villiiig d o pes.* The clali of& A- lostli ii 51iesi>5ii sls:;J it lhe firt linkt11 and ii is to oilliect with him..Nor d)oes lhie iue tiate a e(red it I aiv kind. exceplt trlust il ('od u1i1d ill iise(f as a devotee of truth. His life wa tiot a revela ion of a t4hii&. hut the thiiini itself: as diiPore t as is ftlie pitu tire ofn a 114s4 frPi li thle attival lpelinge l' hld. the pictu re may be c beaiutif ul ti lIe liee. but will becolie diii with age. a0l has o fr)igriie. (iiitlie re l -Ild reproduviii iose is.eIIiirelv sit i- ict wrv. lieliio we shill comltii ue to live of sitime i kiiid. it 01 li v irreligiioi. 6o l will Ce revereticed. till itt] it lie iii thele foti1 ft 50 s le. stik. act. ()mV. 01 of a Ilan or of a book. m. (of a nie-r 1iin.a lin-(;otl.. -nbit (t, nothin silrritiulded by s.irice.- Milan 4: ewer lose his adiiiration lot thele useful. the be:itiitful t ad mvisteri(us. ( eiilov lets h rio tenis uetroed the ionI iii I i Ii ( - eIiesis it telIlitedI to girt if\. hut oiii extenileti and bradellediet) il 1i tet ive tr (of S The oIly oiither referenice il the Gospels (I Matt vii". 17 I to any church, whatever, is doubtless to a congregation or commune, although its close proximity to the binding and loosing prerogative 'on earth and in heaveni.- indicates a possibility of priestly tampering with the text. It is plain, however, that the references here and in the Acts, where it is said "Saul made havoc with the Church," etc.. apply to the conimunity of believers and not to any hierarchy whatever. rhe Church as I have tefined it had no existence for centuries after. Though it may have grown from beginnings in the first century, no connection can be shovu logically or historically. with the central figure of the gospels, whose name it wears wvith such brazen assurance 24 THE UNREVEALED RELIGION. the mniverse nd ot ()f ir i onexistenjce. The r~niibo0w is not les;. beiutihififi andwoiiderfil to Ili(e tban to iN.(iti. 4)1-1(o tile ibowigiinies. becaw-se I imide.talehjd -so4iiethiiid. 41 4)1)1 1s natil1lie relrict lol ()It 1 iilit. The rosqe is h iot ls attractive betauise hot Ially has 4tanighit litsto auIalyze wld classify it. Thei ~o(1((( of 3iitli. whetlier we i,ii i s ii( tty 41 as I ipeisoiuiitV. 41(w )icit~vC ()t'it:15 111114rsotial, is anIIIevei-liviuig a-Indpl Peiisstelit piniciple man i(ca:III nver cc se to revere -inid:;ohu1iiic. Andl hisý S21owtliniiknow let]g(e and hnropzres-!-iindi all tiiiii*!refining auilh elevating to) his wituiic will he h14(mio~tC1. ioit ret-aroleol. bythle true but uniireveahieii. 111d asc votl iiilmve(Iliel~i-o-uin.- The Ie ~~i 4 14 )l'ress SOCIAL INDUSTRY; THE SOLE SOURCE OF INCREASE. J. K. INGALLS. AI thor of il tc Lt. conmic E'(10ties. " -Land mid Laboriiir. Priodical Bisiiess ( 'rises, - - ork aid llmi(lt/. etc. I ris a c 1 4 -<>, t Im t l c> FAIR PLAY PUBLISHING CO, 718 FOURTH ST., SIOUX CITY, IOWA. 1891, I The following chapters are introductory to a series of Essays under the title of "SOCIAL INDUSTRY." The first of this Series will appear in the May number of FAIR PLAY. The March and April numbers will contain Mr. Ingalls' Address on "The Unrevealed Religion." EDITOR I AIR PLAY.1 INTRODUCTION. EQUALITY IN WAGES. The real question, between those who work and those who exploit their earnings, is the existing disparity of wages. All production of wealth is co-operative, directly, or through exchange. The natural wages of labor, the entire wealth produced, are now divided between the landholder, capitalist and worker. In order to obtain what even an orthodox political economist calls "a rude kind of equity," any exchange of equivalents, assumes freedom from restraint, on the part of either party, intellectual responsibility, general acquaintance with values, and tolerable honesty of purpose. Now the man who exchanges the product of his labor, for the privilege of doing it, is paying tribute to privilege, and the price of no service or thing, for we must never lose sight of the fact that one's person, place and opportunity belong to himself, are really his property as much as the product of his labor. For they are a part of the universe which his vitality has moved and utilized as truly as the commodity he has produced. The soil he tills, the place and home where he dwells and works, " belongs to him in usufruct," as truly even as the muscular tissues he employs in labor, of which he owns the temporary use only. If his brain and muscle are property, which no other can claim, so is his home and physical environment. The province of exchange then is limited to those things which his ability has created outside of himself, and which can be transferred without destroy VI SOCIAL INDUSTRY. ing his personality or depriving himself of opportunity. Between property in occupied land and property in vacant land, between voluntary and involuntary service, between persistent and variable values, the distinction is so wide and marked that it can be ignored only at the peril of all social well being. Inequality in the wages of men existed before land monopoly or even slavery, which was yet older. Both of these barbaric dominations were devised to render perpetual such inequalities as at first normally arose between ignorant and inexperienced parties, but which left to themselves would have been self-corrective, through a series of alternations, tending constantly to equilibrium. The abolition of slavery has set free these tendencies, so far as they were affected by ownership of the persons of other men. Abolition of the cominion over another's land v vacant land ownership ) would do vastly more to equalize the wages of mankind, but it is only as man shall grow in the exact knowledge of economical and ethical law, that the monstrous inequalities of social and industrial life will rapidly recede till they become lost in those gentle undulations necessary to prevent utter stagnation and inactivity. I desire to get this general subject before the thinking workers, and to direct their attention to matters illustrating the tendency of exact economic law, in the absence of unjust class legislation, to reduce all unearned wages, now paid to landlord, banker or speculator, to a vanishing point. THE SOURCE OF INCREASE; ITS IDENTITY, IN ALL FORMS, ECONOMIC OR MONOPOLISTIC. Taking a look beyond the confusing polemics of social or political science and its bewildering terminology, let us institute an inquiry into the actual facts of wealth production, and carefully note what takes place as a result of associated industrial effort. Given the two factors, "Man and the Land," INTRODUCTION. VII we find that the active agent is only able to labor while the waste of his system in such labor is sustained by necessary food, raiment and shelter, and that the land is only able to yield as its elements are returned to it. It is also necessary that the man should be able to rear a family, so that the industrial force may not decline for want of new workers to take the place of those whose powers fail from age or other causes. Now it is a well attested fact that where the land is free, or comparatively so, and not subject to the payment of rent, the early settler with little capital other than his trained hands is able not only to sustain his life but to produce in a single season enough to support him for several seasons. It is also an established fact that the average worker under such conditions produces enough to support himself with the average family, and have left at the end of the year quite as much as he has consumed. This surplus then is the economic increase due to labor which under the different names of profit, interest or rent, is now exploited through various pretences and devices, by the landlord and other legally privileged orders from the ignorance and defenseless position of the laborer. It must be remembered, however, that this surplus product is in part owing to reciprocal aids received and returned between himself and neighbors, and in more general circulation to facilities for exchanging and transporting his commodities for other needed things produced by others; for his labor however isolated then becomes social and cooperative, and so more effective. Upon this excess produced by labor over cost of support depended in past generations the very existence of chattel slavery. Had the cost of slave labor at any time exceeded or even equalled the gross product, that form of slavery must have ceased from the direct operation of economic law. That it was approaching that state when abolished at the behest of moral sentiment, or rather to meet the exigencies of the State or the military necessity, is probable, for it was hard pressed by the more effective wages system of labor, made indirectly com VIII SOCIAL INDUSTRY. pulsory by class ownership of the other, the passive factor of production, the land. It is well known that in all slave countries the land rapidly loses fertility. Now if the system of chattelism were impossible when labor under it yielded no surplus, so the entire capitalistic incomes of rent, interest and profits must cease, the moment the employment of labor ceases to be productive beyond the cost of its support, and all our legalized machinery and class institutions will become then as useless as a vacuum pump in a dry well. In the field of more independent self-employment, the truth of this position is quite as apparent. Were the worker alone in the world, a single failure to meet the necessities of his existence would end in the extinction of the man and of his type. Is not then the increase of wealth in every form dependent on this single fact that labor applied to land or to things derived from the land is able to exceed in production what such labor absorbs in consumption? All matters involved in superintendence, in distribution and in exchange, come under the head of labor, and are subject to the same economic law, as other aids in co-operative production. Unless such labor adds to production more than it takes away, it could not economically survive, in any department except where favored by cunning class rule enforcing predatory contributions. And this must be true of every occupation or calling of men, whatever; whether of mere muscular toil, of skilled or artistic work, of director's function, management of domain, of plant, of merchandise, or of money and exchange. As to the ownership of this increase no ethical or economic concept can be logically admitted, except on the assumption that each possesses that share of the increase which his services over cost have earned. In any civil or moral determination of the questions involved in trade, or general laws of business, priority must be given to the question of ownership. To whom does the profits of social industry belong? After the cost of the keep of the laborer is deducted, ( which we see must be done under any system of slavery, serfdom INTRODUCTION. IX or capitalism) the "lord of the land" enters his claim: "The increase is mine as owner of the domain and (if also a slaveholder) the laborer." And by law the land is his and the rent is his under law and under law alone. Next comes the speculative trader: "I have assisted in this production, by promoting exchange. After the cost of labor is paid, and the landlord gets his rent there is still a surplus left. That belongs to me." "But stop," says the money lender: "Your ability to work your 'racket' is altogether due to the money I lent you to corner the market with. I must have my interest." And so political economists, to make a show of equalness to all parties have divided the productions of labor into four distinct parts: "'Wages," (living cost while working ), "Rent, Interest and Profit." They thus unceremoniously quarter upon unconscious labor three nearly useless classes, as prime factors. It does not need to mention the various devices to increase the spoil, through tariffs, patent rights, etc. All profits however named are found, in the last analysis, to depend wholly upon the ability of the worker to produce more than his cost of living. Now as regards any actual, useful service any of these parties may render to the co-operative work, in production, distribution or exchange, they are justly entitled to share. But under our class laws, the shares going to the exploiters are not for services of this kind but of an opposite character; to prevent production, defeat distribution and interrupt the circulations of exchange, which in the absence of discriminating laws would go smoothly on, each renderer of service receiving his proper share of the general increase of wealth. When the landholder keeps his soil up to the economic requirement by expenditure of labor in returning the fertile elements and yields full opportunity to labor; should he inherit or have rightfully secured the occupation of land of superior quality, and wisely employed himself in promoting production, not only a comfortable support during the time employed but a proportionate share of the products of the industry are rightfully his. And it x SOCIAL INDUSTRY. does not matter whether this share is termed wages or is called profits or interest or rent; it is all the same thing, the surplus of wages. The ethical and economic requirements are the same, being based on the ground of the greatest social good. Whatever defeats these ends violates both morals and economy. At present, the whole surplus of agricultural production, over a precarious living for the laborer, is taken by the landlord, and those who hold under him, as sub-tenants or farmers. The money holder, through loans on mortgages, or by direct purchase of land buys into this legalized privilege, and so shares in pirating the natural profits. The ability to do this greatly strengthens and extends the capitalistic power of money over the surplus in all other forms of industry and exchange; so that the lords of land and of money absorb more than one-half of the entire products of all social industry. the competitive wages of labor, superintendence and general management and the decay and wear of plant have to be paid from the remainder. Superintendence and much skilled labor, necessarily are paid a just proportion and often more than that, but as a consequence the wages of the agriculturalist, and of most employes of whom little skill is required, are correspondingly reduced far below any rational conception of "a comfortable living," while many quite willing to work are left to involuntary idleness and consequent suffering, degeneracy and crime. No logical solution can ever be arrived at in any department of social science unless there be first recognized a single source to all increase in social wealth, viz., the product which labor effects above what it consumes. It appears also equally necessary to admit that where increase naturally arises under economic law, it is simply the wages of labor and needs no legislation to establish or regulate it. For if in connection with superior fertility of soil, or of favorable location for exchange, or shrewd interpretation of supply and demand, of superior strength or skill, these wages may appear at times very unequal --inevitable and constantly INTRODUCTION. xt occurring changes and a general freedom to engage in new and varied industries will reduce these disparities to a minimum, as may hereafter be more fully shown and illustrated. THE UM8 MOLDT LIBRARY OF SINGLE NUMBERS, 15 CTS.; DOUBLE NUMB 1. Light Scielsee for Leisure Hours. familiar essays on astronomical and other nat nomena. By RICHARD A. PaocToR, F.& b. A.. 2. Forms of Wiater in Clouds and Bivers, ice."d Glaciers. (19 illustrations.) By Jouti TwraLL, F. F.' S. 3. Physics and Polities. An applicatin of the principles of Natural Science to Political Society. By WALTER BAGEHOT, Author of "The English Cosvitatiott." 4. Man's Place in Nature. (With numerous illustrations.) By THoMAs H. HUXLEY, F. R. S.. Ftdueation, Intellectual, Moral and Physical. By HERBERT SPENCER. 6. Towns Geology. With Appendix on Coral and Coral Reefs. By REV. C. KINGSLEY. 7. The Conse-rvation. of Energy. i With numerous illustrations.) By BALFOUR STEWART, LL. D. 8. The Stu#dy of Languages. brought back to its true principles. By C. MARCEL. 9. The Data of Ethics. By HERBERT SPENCER. 10. The Theory of Soumsnd in its Helations to MV*sic. (Numnerous illustrations.) By Prof. PIETRo BLASERNA. 11. ) The Natoralist on the River Anazoses. A 12. j record of 11 years of travel. By HENRY WALTER BATES, F. L. S. (Not sold separately.) 13. Mind anad Body. The theories of their relations. By ALEX. BAIN, LL. D. 14. The Wonsders of the Ifeareose. cThirty-two illustrations.) By C. FLAMMARION. 15. Longerity. The means of prolonging life after middle age. By J. GARDNER, M. D. 16. The Origint of Species. By THOMAS H. HUXILEY, F. R. S. 17. Progress: Its Lase and ('auste. With other disquisitions. By H. SPENCER. 18. Lessons in Eletricifty. Sixrty illustrations.) By JOHN TYNDALL, F. R. S. 196 Praniliare Esnsays oe Sciientific %#s#sjetxu. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR. 20. The Rosnanece of Axntsreososey. By R. KALLEY MILLER, M. A. 21. The P1.ysical IBasis of Life. with other essays. SBy T. H. HUXLEY, F. R. S. 22. Seeing and Thinking. By WILLIAM KINGDON CLIFFORD, F. R. S. 23. Selentific Sophismes. A review of current theories concerning Atoms, Apes and Men. By SAMUEL WAINwaRIsoHTr, D. D. 24. Popular Scientife Lectaures. (Illustrated.) By Prof. H. HELMHOLTz. T25. The Origin of Natioss. By Prof. GEO. RAWLINsoN, Oxford University. 26. The Evtolutionist at Large. By GRANT ALLEN. * 27. The History o Landholding in Enutyland. By Jos. FISHER,. R. H. S. Addres, FAIR PLAY PUB. CO., 718 FouRTn Sr., Stoux CIty, IOWA. '4 U,~ la~ - ~ ~ ~.*.~l~iIU~li~ l.r~~;~ y~~jl: ~~L~i~l ~~-~-SF~j& rj~ L ...........................`:-7-................T~rAND PAMPHLETS J K.. INQC.A.LjLS, 4 1 SPaid, on Receipt of Price. S IA ITAITH, 320 pp., Silk Cloth, 65c. ECNlFMIC EQUITIES. Paper, 15c. LAND AND LABOR, 5C. PERIODICAL BUTSINESS CRISES..c WORK AND WE LTH. loc. HENRY GEORGE EXAMINED. 5c. THE UNREVEALED RELIGION, 1oc. There is also being published a Series of bi-monthly Numbers on Social Industry, uniform with this pamphlet, which contains the Introduction to the Series. These Numbers will be each 1 O cents. I I1\ I."S < )XII', 1 (1)`4 S ( I 'j I A\V \ I "FI I. A work of iinestimtahle vaitie int tie inew eid of thought. Evinces 'tide erititil toni and deep tiioughit. Ytes (otutityt (h ron icle. Shows a cormplete mlastere of t he siiubject.- Socioloyit. Embodies the most advanced ideas of econoiics.- IWishitirqton Post. A ddress, J. K. INGALLS, CLENORA, YATES CO.. N. Y.