Jesus the Agitator.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 14, 9 June 1911, Page 14

Jesus the Agitator.

Thi;-,- i.i burden of tlie proletarian teachings, of Christ in Palestine.

"The working people are the salt of the earth. If thus salt degenerate whence shall humanity derive its strength? The working people are the iight of the world. They should let their light shine before the people, so that the proletarian ideals and aims may become known. The victory of the working class is inevitable. The lowly shall inherit the earth and not one jot or one tittle shall pass from the law till all is fulfilled, therefore premature violent revolutions are useless until the majority get ready for it. It is not men who are responsible but conditions, therefore the workers must not hate the rulers, for they are acting as their environment dictates, and they do not understand that the working class must do the same.

Tho proletariat does not wish to destroy religion, but to give it real life. The religion of the scribes and pharitjees is a sham, because it cannot be practised in human relations. Men should live under conditions in -which they can practise the golden rule. One cannot serve two masters. A rich man ivill as soon be truly religious as a camel will go through the eye of a

His Rescued and Real Teaching.

needle. One who accumulates wealth by exploiting others cannot treat them at the same time as brothers. It is ridiculous to spend all our lives producing the material rectiirements of life and to have no leisure for the improvement of the intellect' wheal under a rational system men would have to pay no more attention to the problem ot existence than the birds of the air or tlie. lilies of the field. Men cannot come into communion with God so long as they are compelled to live contrary to his natural laws. God cannot be a God of hate, but must be a God of love, and only by following the natural laws of his world can men fit themselves for that higher life which will make them one with God.

Therefore the working class must first rise out of its servitude and claim the world for its own. This requires great sacrifices and much strength, but only by walking on this narrow path of the proletarian revolution can men go to heaven. For the present give to Caesar what is Caesar's, but do not relax in your agitation. - Spread the idea of the proletarian revolution wherever you ago. In due time these ideals will surely prevail, and then peace and freedom will settle on earth."