probably means a dictatorship) that will destroy the freedom of the masses, there is gradually growing up a sentiment of hatred and distrust which renders many among the masses amenable to the purposes of the aforementioned backers of leaders. With the natural indolence of many, the obsession of countless men by one idea, the hosts of men and women incapable of earnest thought in any direction save that of keeping themselves and their children from starvation, what hope is there that all these can be aroused to right kind of action before the damage is done which now seems imminent?

The power that was in the hands of the moneyed men a few years ago is passing into the hands of the aforementioned reform leaders, and back of many of the laws they are responsible for making, the destruction of old forms, the establishing of unwise precedents, the tearing down of safeguards built up by centuries of effort of honest men, the destruction of old religious ideals and the replacing of them with lines of supposedly new thought (which are in effect the black magic of centuries past), back of all these is an unsuspected, creeping, crawling serpent full of venom that will strike at the very heart of the nation when the time is ripe. That heart is the freedom of man.

I know my statements will seem wild and unauthorized, and it will be because of their seeming wildness that they will not ring true and compel the consideration they are really worth. If there were no ulterior motives behind the acts of those I have in mind who are apparently seeking reform, there would be no occasion for such statements as I have made, for there is no question about the need of reform in many directions; and the fact that in many instances these people (would-be reformers) are ignorant of the real motives (source of the inspiration) actuating them, and of the inevitable effects of such action as they inspire, makes the conditions all the more dangerous.

A few Divine Laws have been given man at the beginning of every great world period. The more these laws are ignored, the faster other laws (made by men) are superimposed upon them, and the more rapidly a world and its inhabitants are destroyed. Two of those Divine Laws command that no man shall steal from or lie to his neighbor. If his neighbor makes it impossible for him to live without stealing or lying to conceal