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 men; and  then  when  we  look  around  and  see  how  unequal and  how  seemingly  unjust  is  the  distribution  of this  world's  power  and  wealth  among  mankind,  truly we feel  a  weakness  for  the  doctrine  of  liberty  and equality. We feel  like  preaching,  ourselves,  the brotherhood of  man  and  the  Fatherhood  of  God, and we  wonder,  not  that  Socialists  are  so  many,  but that they  are  so  few. Again, when  we  go  on  further to consider  that  between  the  starving  pauper  and the millions  of  the  rich  man  stand  the  Church  and State — the State  with  fetters  in  one  hand  and  a  drawn sword in  the  other,  and  the  Church  pointing  to  the symbol of  Redemption  and  warning  him:  "Thou shalt  not  steal;  thou  shalt  not  even  covet  thy  neighbor's goods;"  why,  no  wonder  the  poor  man,  thus seemingly abandoned  by  God  and  Church  and  State, gets desperate  and  rebels;  no  wonder  the  French Commune has  bathed  France  in  the  blood  of  the rich; no  wonder  the  Anarchists  have  slaughtered  the officers of  the  law  in  the  streets  of  Chicago. No wonder, indeed,  for  just  as  when  Adam  and  Eve  rebelled against  God  the  lower  order  of  creation  rebelled against  them,  so  when  the  rich  forget  their duties to  God  and  their  neighbor,  the  poor  very  soon learn to  forget  their  duties  to  the  rich. Now it  is  the Church, and  the  Church  alone,  that  can  ever  hope  to effectually  take  her  stand  midway  between  the  rich and the  poor  and  bring  about  a  peaceful  settlement of their  difficulties. This she  is  doing  to-day;  from that consummate  statesman — the  Holy  Father — down to  the  lowliest  assistant  in  the  land — they  are