lag, yes we can
understand that figure."

Under the caption, "The Old Year and The New," an editorial, part of
which is here given, was published in "The Call," January 1, 1912:

"Interesting is it to see these clerical reactionists trying to
kindle into flame the dying embers and ashes of the religious
enthusiasm of past ages, now on the point of flickering out, and
marshalling the remnants of fear and ignorance against the
inexorable march of humanity and social progress.

"We have no verbal answer to expend upon them. They are not worth
it. Well do we know that their show of attack is but a defensive
movement. The only answer they need expect from us will be given
in the steady continuance of our work. For we can put a thousand
workers into the field for their one, and despite all they may do,
we will take from them thousands and hundreds of thousands of those
who now follow them, and in whose ignorance alone lies their
defensive strength. Economic conditions fight on our side. Their
capitalist Christ cannot feed the multitude. We can teach the
multitude how to feed themselves."

"The Proletarian," the Socialist paper of Detroit, in its April, 1919,
edition tells us that "Socialism is not a religion, it explains the
causes and fallacies underlying all religions."

In the "International Socialist Review," August, 1908, a notable
confession is made relative to religion:

"Religion spells death to Socialism, just as Socialism to religion.
The moment Socialism turns into a religion it loses all its
progressiveness, it ossifies and turns into a superstition of
fanatics, who never forget and never learn anything. Socialism is
essentially, although not apparently, a free-thought movement. The
thinking Socialists are all free-thinkers."

In the "International Socialist Review" not only are there many articles
and editorials attacking religion, but also many advertisements of
atheistical and anti-religious books. For instance, in the February,
1912, edition, among the many works advertised on page 512 the following
are listed under the heading, "Free-Thought Pamphlets":

"Holy Smoke in Holy Land.
Myth of the Great Deluge.
Revelation Under the Microscope of Evolution.
Chas. Darwin, What He Accomplished.
Jehovah Interviewed.
Church and State--by Jefferson.
Mistakes of Moses--by In