The Digger and Christian Anarchist #20

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lrAfter hi.s fat.eer Josenh.,i+i, respon.sibili:1' for theI'irxiiy^ r'ell to Jesrrs, he becaiaethe primary breadlEinner and de-clsion nraker in fanily,affairs.I{e otJ€rserr the we}farl of hisrnotller &:t hrell. as of his fourhr-ot"lrers and tr,.rc sisiers.

rr0hrist rrould have made al2;ood trade rurion Leacier. forhe hated the inequa].it),'of thetimes and the idie r.ich whoe;tploited simple village peo-p1e ir.ith long'hours and lbvot{6}Eies .

Durir"ig Nhose days, tromenir'er€ regarded as litt1e rnoret,irar:. possessions of man. Iikeliu aninrals yet Chrlst ope]1-1y sympat,hised- with them.

The idera that Christ wasnrecl; and rnild is invalid whenlr';iu recal-l how he savd red andoverturire.l tite wealth-ladent;a.'i:Ies of the money eharrgersanrl. lcla* sharks ln tire tenple, rt

I toclc this from e mag.but cen rt reil:erlber whlchone liennv

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.Since ,:.he la,lt issue, LheFooci Banic has he.d a bit of, a.turnarc'and. We had one very€:enerous donatlon of onehundred dollars, and a coupleof about trventy dolLars, ?hisis a big hein, anci nakes usfeel lj"ke itts worth carryingorre it r:ealIy hiirt,s to tur.7folks er..ray? Our nei,,'est funlraiser is ( I thlnk )our bes,t* ,

i{e have distributed a numberof donaiion can$ al'iout tovm.These are biack with a yeliowlabeI sayi.ng ttr{unger is Eiver.tr-CInes Concernf , Aft.er a coupleo1" wceks, [hey eacit :;eein tc:have a couple oi' doll-ars lnthern and one has a twenty init. Ihis i.s very encoui.aging"If r+e could count on justtwentlr doL.Lars a weels, itr+oul-d just abon'l; Icer:p the Fcnd,Bank .gaing forever. l.ook forthese can,: at Incredibie BuIk,KeI.cel.rs, Chariotte Annes,Campbell and Best llarclr,,;nr.*,Aloh*., l'errnerq ititcneil, I;fes(,gate t::i-iJ and eIrit,.,:i'i03',,*"Thir::k y*u.*

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GODBO t}YItve just read a str.ange

book b]. the science fictionr'irj.ter Theodore Sturgeon.It rs called Godbody and l+asloaned to me by $andy Dolman,Irm glad I read it, Itts not,science ficticn in fact, fudhas sent a new Hessiah, call-ing hirnself Godbody. lle drawsbo himself a group from a smalLtown, a minister anci his w5.fe,a rapist and one cf his victims,.'r banker, a woman artisL, andfina1l.y a policernano Onl-y dayslater he is shot by a locaIpolrer broker. Sturgeons prem-ise is that sex j.s or ought tobe sacred and sacramental andtotalJ.y free as Godbody teaehee.Ilm not sure about this andvri}l have to do r.lore ihinkingabout it, Sex is dangerous ifnot handled carefully" Any-way in the end the ministerlists some of the early churchpractices abandoned over thecenburles such as:- No house of worship, services

often held in the open air,- No offici.atlng pri.est.- No distinctions of sex, trace,

poverty etc.- the tkiss of peace I , on gatlr-

erin6 each person embracedevery other.* the Agepe, a feast, a realrueal n

Theolgpsy. i$eizure by God!something akin to speaking-intongues. or holy rolling.

I thirrk lt migh,t be ira:.i.your uhile to get tiiis br:*iposslbS.e" ltrs a Signet hr$ew &.nerican Li.brar1,, 19{}?"

ln Easy Essay

Peop1e !art'lo. are in ntlsd,and are not, afraicl ic bE:,give to people nor j"n nt:the occassj.on to do gcccfor goodnessr sake. -'

llodern society cal -ls t,hcbeggarbum and panhandler aridgives him the bulns rusl:r*But the Greeks used to *q,,that people f.n neeciare the ambassadors ofthe gods.Although you may be cali,burns and panhanillersYou are i.il fact ancassad..of God.As godrs ambassadorsyou should be given fc,od-clothing and sEelter iby those who are able togive it.

Peter l{aurin

There shall be none Lond*over others, but €v€r)'c.Iii:shall ue Lcid. of hitrsL]-f.subJect to the law ofrighteoustlress r

Gerrard Win*tar:.,

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eit#rwensfowRohert Hawker came from a

f'emily of clergymen and trashcrri 0n Decemi:er 3, 1804. Be-caiise there was not enoughrncney to send him tc Oxford,iiar,ker proposed to and marrieda ltii.ls Charlotte ltans u'ho hadjust inherited an aruru:ity ofZ*D pounds a year] This. Iady,;r*.s l:is godrnother and twentyyears oLder than himself, buti;nis rlid not' bother eibher ofi.iiem and they had a long andr+at i s{'-tring marriage,

Morwenstow on the northllornish coast had been without,'i resident vJ-car for a centuryi:ef'ore l{awker was sent therein I$15, He found he had takenr;n I parish fuIl of villalnst(ml:i.i:wreckers would lure shlpscnflo f,he rocks at nlght arrdpiunciei' then), his manse wasin rr:ins and that the churchtr&s neglected and gentlY rott-

, ir,rE a.midst a forest of weedsanE nettles. But he Srew tolove if,.

I'lucir of the cerer*oniaL he :

usecl" in the chureh was entirel.l'.hi."-q oun and for some odd reasonhe always r+ore ecarl-et gloves.Iapt,ising a baby, he rould raise

it in his arms, stride upand donn the church in hlsflowing purple eape e.ndroar out: ItWe receive thischild into the congreg*.tionof Godrs flock.rt It wasvery drarnatic and parent swould travel miles fo.r aHawker baptism. At weddingshe vrould take the r ing andtoss it int.o the air beforeallowing the bridegroom tohave it.

He was usuaJ.ty followedt9 church by nine or ten of )his pet cats n'hich provrledaround the chancel duringthe service. 0rigina).lythere were ten but trhen onecaught a mouse and ate iton a Suir<iay, he er:.comn:uni*cateci it. lfhile sayingprayers he would absent-urindediy scrat,ch his favour*ite under their chins, AIittie dog sat on the aLtars'tep with-him 1n the posi.t-j-on usually occupied by theserver. Asked t^rtiy he didnttturn it out he ansnered, ilA1lanimals, clean and unqleanshould find refuge here.'l

His church- was -terribl.y )untidy and fuIl of strarrgebits and peices which hadnothing to do with religion*Above the screen tras a largeblue cross patnted wi.th fivegold sta.rs representing thecross of the southern sky.His chancel was strelm withwormvrood, sweet marjoran andthyme; his altar was strewn

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vrith burnt out matchsticksancl car:<iLe ends. the churchwe$ furnished wit,h thingsfrr:rn hls kitchen and he-useda runbLedov*n sta"hrle gs his ''vestry.

No oooner had the calL goneout .that a ship was on therocks, than Hawker in hls hugeseaboots was risking his lifein the surf. He caFre to havean intense sympathy for thewretchedJ.y patd farm laborersin h1s parish and fought forthem with vigour. 0n cold( nter nights when the windtore in from f,he Atlantic. hewould take bottles of brandyfrom his ceIlar, meat frorn hislarder, and bla.nkets f rom hisbeCs and tour the cottages t.osee if they were in neeI.

He r,rrore his own clothesur1Eil they were threadbareand had no best suit i.n whicht,0 recieve visiting bishops.Sornctimes on cold days hecould be seen riding throughthe lanes on the back c,f amule - the only fitting beasthe remarked, for a chuichman* &nd weaning a yelIow gar-rnent which made him ]ook like( Tibetan Laroa.

Hawkers last days were nothappy. He vras harrased uithfinancial wory. His churchwas falling dor.ln, he did notknow how to provide for hiswife and three child rsrrr In1S75, he went on a trip toPlymouth to see a doctor.He walked out to the cllffs

for a last look at the scenehe lovedr. senstng he would.never see tt again. He died9p th.e .trip to Plymorrth and,ttrcugh he never wouLd havewished it, was buried there.

from the Wor1ds GreatestCranks and Crackpots byMargarei Nicholag. ( soundsIike a saint to me -I(enny)

Thc ln, Robcrt Srcphcn Hr*lr

Lyingr ldolatry andnypocracy pay good wages.but truth must goa-begging.

Itlartin Luther

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MurderRejected

On Tuesday June 30th.Paz'liament voted on the'propoeal to return capit-al .punishment. f am happyand relleved to eay that- -

Lhe rnotlon wag, soundlvdefeated by a vote of" l4Bto I27. h&ien capital pun-i.shment was abolished in1976 it was by just a si*vote margin. Canada re-mains in the cornmunity of(ut leasr nominaliyi tiri-lized nations on this iss-refusing to Join SouthA,frica, the Soviet Union.trran, frrd certain of the'United gtat,es in statesponeored murder,

At fi,rst it looked 1ikethe. rope might be. broughtback, ffid the pro capi[alpunishment movement Led bvour oi{n member'of par}hmlent BtIl Domm thoucht thevhad it made, but aSolitioi-ist everffiere workett hardat a rnasslve campaign ofpubllc educationl anA someweeks ago it becitrne obviousbhat it would be clooe,AlL three leaders of thenationa} parties are againstcapital punishment and iritha fecieral election in tvroyear$r Bo matter who winsi.t looks like this is nowthe end for at least a riec-ade of the fhan;;i.n feverr.

A stunned and dejected,Dorom (who also led" rhe j"ll-fated and ciisastrous cru-sade against rnetrification)

, said that i.t uould be i fut-I ilet to keep on now and; that he lyas tvery disappoi*ntedt He ought to be r'etie-ved, if hanging had. beenretumed, God knor,rs how nuchblood would have been on irishands, blood he wouki havehad to answer for in eternity,?ypica11y, Donm turned onnt"s o',rn supporters, blanrng(them for not rvorking har,lenough, r,I questlon*wireili-er those tha{ wanted capitatpunishment did alI rheyg?lrld dor,, he griped* "$oundsr"1xe sour grapes BiIl. Nolvto get along with prisonabolltion. -

NO MOBE HIROSHII{ASNO URANIUM EXPORTS

Candlelight DemonstrationThursday-Augusr 6; fum-

-" (essemble at City HallRemembrance Vigilat the cenotaph i_rntil llamAugust "9 '- liagasaki Day

Contact Act for SlsannamentP_eterborough , Z],L HuntJr-**"1'J.r 7t+2 4?7?"for nere in.fo,

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"i{e1en joined a groupof yoring people 'yrho met atthe house 0n Coolidge str-eet. They talked far lntothe nights. 'Ihey believedas most independent andintelligent bcys and gi"rls.do, in peace, brotherhoodoi' rnan, and a square dealL'or eve,r'yhody. Tneir ide-als v;ere rnen like Keats,Iler"gson, l,rtrhitman, Shelleyand Tolstoy.rf

"IIar cail€ - and Helen,though agalnst Anne Su111-vanil advice, spoke for peace.Itl*irodi. lcanLed to hear that*She spoke the poor as shehacl epoken for the blind andLhe cieaf" l'{obody vranted tohr:ai' blrat either, ltlomen hadn0 vcb* in t.hose days.i{elun, hut not Airne, },ras$ure tirat i"f l,rcinen couldvoteo the crr"lel suf'fering CIf\.rri*f Vur{)i.tl.d s;oon be oyer. Butneop-Le '*r-n|ed her st,or'1r, rtcttne point si:e r.;as acc'.i.sed of'lrr::ltil':lr'',. by i,lie press" $hel"rnil r:.i. f'*i'*tj f,ire rncnelr icr''Llie i"rui;Iication of Xhe S';or;,,:,,-i 1,.;i Lir'c in G*:-man io Lrlir:li-ecl ffij,rrii.r.in soldie:"9. rl

:'-irr ,4;- fteii.gi"on, il*ienwrofEi tl$e kno:r [i:at it iel)*,.iri j-i::l.e ri? lo l,lan ihr.: ccer.*

cmic system,s in the r',orldthat we ccuiC all be rnu*hricher, freer, and happier'Lhan vre are t oday. We knal'rthat the troubles of ourLines and the menace of warcan be changed only by sug*gestion, persistence and de*votion to humanity. tt

from Helen i(eIler byJ.W. and Anne Tibb1e,.a Piccolo book.

lfe all icnow something abotltthe amazing life of He1enKeller who 'rras bllnci, deaf ,and unable t,o speak, but weare not often reruinded tha'tshe was a lifelong soci-allnt'.Ihe prostltute press keepsib J'rom us. After aII howeould we love the bravelittle bl-ind girl if wekneu she was a r0onunie lted, r

OXFAI4 presents C0MI,10I{ f}iREAn$a display rrf textiles andhandmade Soods iry women ofBany cul"tures. Artspace,Aug I * 31 n For more iRfo.call 742"*t+77e, aek forKathy'

Aug:.rst ae "" 3I; tirii rTu_*}ea.r.C;ii:t:.f :-c: i, l.l';.r;l 1,, '.. 1- i , , -'Hazs.rd F*rry rsi-i.-i- v.1*-1.'*Toroizio" L.lrte:'*rut*ci i na 'hlcglta:1e of ii,;;ic: fri*J..1-ACS for rtris.mm*"ir*lrt* ?&**l+7?3 ask fer Eaur.i..d"

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