\'Thenletmeexplain。Withtheintroductionofmachineryandthefactorysysteminthelatterpartoftheeighteenthcentury,thegreatmassoftheworkingpeoplewasseparatedfromtheland。Theoldsystemoflaborwasbrokendown。Theworkingpeopleweredrivenfromtheirvillagesandherdedinfactorytowns。Themothersandchildrenwereputtoworkatthenewmachines。Familylifeceased。Theconditionswerefrightful。Itisataleofblood。\'
\'Iknow,Iknow,\'BishopMorehouseinterruptedwithanagonizedexpressiononhisface。\'Itwasterrible。Butitoccurredacenturyandahalfago。\'
\'Andthere,acenturyandahalfago,originatedthemodernproletariat,\'Ernestcontinued。\'AndtheChurchignoredit。Whileaslaughter—housewasmadeofthenationbythecapitalist,theChurchwasdumb。Itdidnotprotest,asto—dayitdoesnotprotest。AsAustinLewis*says,speakingofthattime,thosetowhomthecommand\"Feedmylambs\"hadbeengiven,sawthoselambssoldintoslaveryandworkedtodeathwithoutaprotest。*（2）TheChurchwasdumb,then,andbeforeI
goonIwantyoueitherflatlytoagreewithmeorflatlytodisagreewithme。WastheChurchdumbthen？\'
*CandidateforGovernorofCaliforniaontheSocialistticketinthefallelectionof1906ChristianEra。AnEnglishmanbybirth,awriterofmanybooksonpoliticaleconomyandphilosophy,andoneoftheSocialistleadersofthetimes。