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 And because  a  man  is  poor  it  does  not  follow  that  he has  been  a  sluggard  or  a  spendthrift. True it  is  that in the  majority  of  cases  our  poverty  and  lowliness  are due to  ourselves,  but  still,  very  often  men  are  poor simply because  they  are  unfortunate. Now, fortune is nothing  more  or  less  than  the  inscrutable  providence of  God  assigning  a  place  to  every  one,  and every one  to  his  own  place. Hence, the  true  Christian's duty  is,  first,  to  better  his  condition  if  he  can by honest  industry,  and  if  he  fail,  to  turn  to  God  and say: "  Father,  Thy  will  be  done." Herein exactly  is the  mistake  of  Anarchists  and  Socialists. With no Christian  principles  for  their  guidance,  they  decry  all wealth while  madly  trying  to  gain  wealth;  they  covet a rich  reward,  but  are  unwilling  to  endure  the  preliminary labor. What a  farce  it  is  to  see,  as  we  often see, that  the  leaders  of  strikes  and  other  violent  social movements  are  irresponsible  men  with  not  a  cent at stake — who  have  nothing  to  lose  and  everything to gain,  and  who  do  gain,  if  not  by  winning  the strike, at  least  by  preying  on  the  pocket  of  the  simple-minded workingman! Those fellows,  whose  only work is  to  preach  the  doctrine  of  murder  and  robbery, are not  workingmen  nor  the  friends  of  the  workingmen — but  criminals  guilty  of  treason,  and  should be dealt  with  accordingly. If a  nation  were  to  listen to them  and  follow  where  they  lead,  it  would  soon find itself  convulsed  with  internal  dissensions;  a  slave to that  worst  of  tyrannies,  the  tyranny  of  a  mob,  with no law  and  no  order — with  no  leisure  class  with  the abilities and  the  means  to  advance  in  the  civilizing