The abolition of ownership: the natural government

Front matter

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The Abolition of Ownership: The Natural Government

By GEORGE REED

Index

PAGE

America, American 27, 29, 30, 33, 38

Apothecary 75

Armageddon 78

Avoirdupois 73, 123

45, 47, 53, 54, 61-65

Citizenship 24, 70, 191

Civilization 93

138, 140, 142-145, 172

Commercialism 7, 8, 94, 129

Credit 24

Crisis 22,24

Finance, Financier 41, 93, 131 ii INDEX

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Gorilla 12, 130

Gramme 75, 76

Hypocrites 36

Industry 14, 50, 98

Inheritance 9, 22

Interpretation 96

Jerusalem 6, 7, 18

Judas 23, 72

Liberty 38, 185

Mexico 27, 1 18

63, 82, 87, 88

INDEX iii

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Nobility 27, 179

Produce 23, 103

Protection 36, 69, 94

Spirit of Truth (Holy Spirit) (public spirit) ....7, 8,

Tariff 95

Thief 8

Woman 29

Preface

Capitalism is the state of man (human affairs) (life) in which ownership obtains (is practiced).

We proclaim the abolition of ownership.

The abolition of ownership signifies the abandonment of capitalism and brings on the government in accord with the great frame of the universe, the true or natural government, the •'Kingdom of God.'' Mat. XXIV. 1,2. In this government men live, progress and develop in universal health, peace and happiness, the natural or divine order. John XIV. 27. XVI. 33.

In this government men live in a new state of affairs and freely unobstructedly, grow (in) toward the Future Supernal. Rev. XXI. 5. John XIII. 34.

This government is within you and about you and among you and the First or Greatest duty of man is to remove obstruction to its full free operation to fully accept it. Mark I. 37. Heb. XIII. 14. Luke XII. 31. Mat. VI. 33. Man has no intricate and difficult system of government to build up; his task is simply to accord in the

**music of the spheres,** the song of the stars, the natural or divine harmony. Mat. XV. 9, 13. His government is continuous and man progresses as he is guided by the spirit of truth and hears the voice of intelligence, the word of God. John XVII. 1 7. And the journey to (in) the universal perfection is continuously healthful and divinely happy.

GEORGE REED.

San Francisco, Jan., 1917.

Chapter I

The abolition of ownership brings men into the true government, the government of Peace on Earth, Good-will among men. Luke II. 14, 49, 50. Rev. XXII. 14, 15. In this, men are beyond capitalism, the (land) owning and monetary despotism; and there is no money, no commerce, no monetary debt, no monetary taxation, no homage to the devil, no service to Mammon, no bondage to brutalism.

This state of affairs accords with the natural harmony, for man is of the (active) creation of God, the natural universe, and subject to (the) natural law; (of advance development, growth, evolution, creation). And our hearts should incline us to keep this law.

This means the recognition and acknowledgment of the transcendent development, the true and universal government; the Kingdom of God and its righteousness (method) (system). It fulfills the downfall of **Babylon*' Rev. XVII. XVIII. et al. ; and presents **Zion,*' the new, the holy, the heavenly Jerusalem; Rev. III. 12. XXI. 2, 10. Heb. XI. 10. XII. 22, the heavenly government or "city,** the government of "Israel,** the government of perfect health, peace and good-will, the Kingdom of God. It is the materialization formalization incarnation of the prophecy of Heaven on Earth, Rev. XXL, XXIL, the Kingdom of Heaven. Mat. V.-VIL, et al. It is as it were the word "made flesh** the Spirit heard and obeyed. John I. 14. Mat. V. 17, 18.

And it means the coming into power of the "Son of Man,** the glorified man, the man of the great future, for great men, great ideas, great times and great government. John XIII. 31 . Mat. XXIII. 27. XXIV. 27, 39, et al.

The new Jerusalem (government) shall rise or clearly appear, and the old (Jerusalem) government, the one that killeth the prophets, shall fall or forever disappear. And when you shall see the world compassed with armies and the abomination that maketh desolate, the money power; standing where it ought not to stand, then know that the end thereof is near. Luke XXL 20. Mat. XXIV. Mark XIIL 14. Mat. XXIIL 37. XXIV. 2, 35. Rev. XXI. 5. Acts VII. 56.

Trust in the Future, the hand of God; in the Natural Law, the work of God; and in the Spirit of truth, the holy spirit, the public spirit, the spirit of the Word of God. John XVII. 1 7.

There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John X. 16. The fold is the true government, the Kingdom of God; the shepherd is the public spirit; the holy spirit. And the holy spirit is the spirit of truth. Be comforted. XIV. 26. XV. 26. Be confident. Fear not. Luke XII. 32, 33-48.

A splendid and comfortable dwelling place (plan) is now prepared for you— but in order to enter into and enjoy it you must first expel commercialism. John XIII. 27-31. XIV. 1-4. Do this and the door shall open and you shall enter into this splendid dwelling. Mat. VII. 6-8. XI. 13. Luke XI. 13. And here you shall see the glory that many believe they shall see sometime, somewhere. And this they believe because they hear the voice of the angel of prayer. Mat. VI. 1 0. Luke XI. 2. No merchant nor thief nor wage-earner nor banker nor betrayer of men nor dollar diplomat shall remain in this house (government). This is **my father's house,** and in it there is no merchandise and no commerce. And in it there is no merchant and no thief. And in it there is no money and no tribute unto Caesar. John II. 14-16. Mat. XXI. 12-16. Mark XI. 12-22. Luke XIX. 37-48. Luke IL I, 3. XXII. 63-71. XXIII. 1-4. John XIII. 30-31. XVII. 12, 17. Rev. XXIL 15. Quickly expel commercialism. John XIII. 27-35. Acts I. 4 and 1 6 and 20. Install the true government. Enter into this house which is your inheritance prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Mat. XXV. 34-46. XXIV. 25. John XIV. 29.

Freely receive of the spirit of truth, the holy spirit, the public spirit (John XVII. 11, 21-23, 24-26) and you will accord with or in the universal or creative spirit, the soul of intelligence.

the Will of the creation; the Creator. XIV. 14-17, 20-29. IV. 22-24. Mat. VI. 1-15. And you will read clearly the justice that is written in your hearts (I John III. 2) for the cloud shall roll away and your eyes shall see God as he is. To be truly great you must first be accordant with the (progressive) (advancing) creation, the natural (law government plan design of the) universe. Seek you first the government of the natural universe, the **Kingdom of God.'* Mat. VI. 33. Luke XI. 31-34. XVIII. 19. Let the great drama of the world be freely enacted. Let the will of God be freely done. Mat. VI. 10. Luke XI. 2. Obstruct not the glorious natural work, but freely assist in the living plan. In this realm the great servant is the great master. Mat. XX. 25-34. John XIV. 10. Exalt the public spirit. Luke I. 51, 52.

The grandest palace is as natural as the poorest hut and man and everyman is always in a state of nature; a natural state. And the things you shall see and have not seen are as Natural as the things you have seen. John I. 51, 52.

And the true progress of man is accordance in the natural advance, the (progressive) plan, the (true) way. Obstruction to this brings destruction to those who obstruct. Conformity with this procures continuous happiness for all men. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, the natural government, the true way of the Life, the inheritance prepared for you. And the greatest happiness is obtained by seeking this way. Luke XIII. 31-35. John XIII. 30, 31. And sooner or later you shall take this way. And resistance to this way is unwholesome and brings punishment day by day.

And when men talk of the "conquest of nature*' as if it were a violent strife they talk like capitalists, men who would own the earth, heirs of the devil, sons of the past (darkness) (hell). Mat. IV. 9. Luke IV. 5-7. Mat. XXIL 13. Mat. XXIII. 13-15. For man advances as he allies himself with or unites with or avails himself of or merges with (the power of) nature, the Will of God itself. And man prospers as he hears and obeys the truth and follows the way marked out by it. John XIV. 6. And Nature at last cuts off and eliminates non-conformity and non-conformists. John XV. 1-27. These are withered branches, sons of perdition and shall never wear the seamless robe. They are eliminated and left dead in the night of the past. Mat. XXII. 11-13. John XVII. 12. XIII. 30. Acts I. 16-20.

The mill of nature works according to the eternal plan and according to this plan it grinds regularly and sifts justly. And for the life of men and for the true progress of man the sensible humane way is the easy way and is the progressive and prophetic way.

Seek ye first and above all other things the "government,** **Kingdom** of God and you shall know the truth (John XVII. 17) and the word of God shall make you free. John VIII. 32.

And man shall continuously glorify God (flourish) and enjoy the Earth. And the **Son of Man,** the noble man, the man who hallows the supernal ideal, the man of the new dispensation, the man proud of true accomplishment, has the divine favor and shall be acceleratedly glorified and by and in him (accordingly) (correspondingly) God shall be glorified, John XIII. 31, 32. XIV. 1-3. XV. 8. XVI. 13, 14. XVII. 1 , 4, 22-26.

And God is glorified in every noble act of men.

And the sordid man shall be left behind as unto the gorilla and he shall be more extinct than the gorilla. He shall not be suffered to live nor to procreate not even as a specimen of the beast, not even as a horrid example. He shall die the eternal death. And damned forever in darkness he shall lie. Mat. XXII. 11-13. John XIV. 29. He is eternally damned; bound hand and foot and shrouded in utter darkness he shall lie damned forever.

Capitalism taxes and oppresses man for man can be taxed and oppressed. Inanimate earth cannot be taxed nor oppressed. The great virtue in ownership is the power to tax or oppress. And man shall not be taxed and the earth shall not be owned and there shall be free and equitable and abundant production, distribution and consumption. John X. 10. And the power to tax and to oppress is capital, the money power. And it is the scourge of God. And let men beware.

Every man shall be his brother's keeper but not his brother's oppressor. And taxation is obstruction to the free and true diffusion of the blessing of God and to the free and true distribution of the blessings of God.

And men shall put fear out of the world and shall drive the devil, the spirit of evil, the money power out of it. I John IV. 18. Mat. IV. 10-11. And man shall abolish ownership and demonetize the world and shall reduce its value, its "wealth,** to zero; and it cannot be measured in money. Ownership shall be no more and capital, the power of ownership, shall be no more, and the value of money and of all things shall be zero and there shall not be any purchase in money and money and money power shall be no more. There is no merchandise in the true government, the Kingdom of God. John

II. 16. And man's debts shall be overcome and passed by; i. e., automatically annihilated. And man shall not be chained to the past, the dead. And ownership is the "security** of capitalism, the kingdom of the devil, and it shall be destroyed. Mat. XXIV. 2, 3. Luke XXI. 5-7.

And to tax posterity is the attempt of tyranny. To tax the future is to oppose the present and to postpone the blessing of God. And to oppress is to tax and to incur the curse of God. And every tax of capitalism is an overtax.

And Israel is free and her children shall be born and shall live free. For the God of Israel is the God of Life. And it is insanity to love the hell that unto us the dead decree.

And industrial or productive activity shall be free and in it all the world shall be freely arranged and freely blessed. And industry, or productive activity, production distribution and consumption; shall be truly regulated — not prevented nor obstructed. And the earth shall be used rightly, gloriously. And the whole earth shall be used for the glory of God and man.

And man shall glorify, shall flourish gloriously. And true adjustment, divine justice; shall be the law, and health shall never fail. And in happiness every true man shall live.

Men shall hear the truth and the whole earth shall be under the true government, the Kingdom of God.

The (spirit of the) Christ shall reign on earth and the Kingdom of God shall obtain. In infinite glory and in supernal beauty and in perfect health man shall live. The state of man herein is free and noble, transcendental and "glorified.** I John III. 1-3. Jude 24, 25. John XII. 28-30, 31, 49, 50. XIII. 31.

Forgive your debtors and debt is dead. Israel shall cast out debt and every son of Israel shall be free and out of debt. All Israel shall be out of bondage to Mammon. Is. LVIII. 6. LIX. 1-14. There shall be no poverty nor property nor Mammon. And the rich shall not rule over the poor. Prov. XXI. 3, 7. For there shall be no rich nor poor — of that sort. You shall not serve the prince of the world of property, the father of liars, the king of darkness, debt, death and hell. Mat. IV. 8-10. Luke IV. 5-9. John XIV. 19-31. XXI. 3 1 . XVI. 1 1 . And Mammon shall not be, and money, the measure of Mammon, shall not be. And the rule of money shall not be. You shall serve the God whose word is truth, and Him only shall you serve. And the spirit of the Lord will be upon you. Luke IV. 8, 18-19. Is. LVIII. 4-6.

The pow^er (name) of God you shall freely allow (hallow). The true government shall freely come. As heaven is (governed) so shall you (earth) be (governed). Your daily bread you shall be duly given. Your debts you shall be forgiven and your debtors you shall forgive. You shall be led away from the influence (temptation) of the devil. And you shall be delivered from evil.

You shall leave behind you the world of debt, condemnation, death, hell and fear.

The knowledge of the truth shall glorify you and this glorification shall transfigure you. And you shall live in the world of truth. And Elias shall restore all things to the state of justice and the times of restitution are near. Mat. XVII. 1 1 . Mark IX. 12. Acts III. 21. And the eflFulgent era of universal and permanent peace and prosperity shall appear. Acts III. 19. And the prophets of light shall not be derided nor smitten nor persecuted. And every man shall be efficient and so shall the whole nation be. And the prophets of light shall be vindicated. And the light of the world and the hearts of men shall be magnified and shall be uplifted.

Hear ye, O Israel! We inveigh against muddlers meddlers and violators and all hypocrites tyrants and oppressors whether civil religious or military and all those who by force and by fraud oppose the true advance of man, and prevent the coming of the kingdom of Israel, the true government, the Kingdom of God. Mat. XI. 1 2. XXII. 12, 13. XXIII. 14-39. XXIV. 1-3.

We advocate the conservation of the fabric of the plan, the progressive scheme of the Life of the universe. We uplift and uphold the light of the world. John XII. 34, 35, 46. IX. 5, 15. III. 19. VIII. 12. We announce the immediate abandonment of capitalism ("the desolation of Jerusalem"). We announce the passing by of the old ** world*' or government or city, the old Jerusalem, capitalism, the world of ownership. And when you shall see the world (** Jerusalem**) compassed with armies know that the end or abandonment ("desolation**) thereof is near. Luke XXI. 20. We terminate ("fulfill**) the times and the cruelty of the gentiles and the treading down of the world under foot by murderous armies. Luke XXI. 24. We quell the madness and quench the slaughter of men. We heal the striker and the stricken. We overcome the wrath and the wrangling and the wrong among the people. 23. We cure the perplexity and the terror of men and we relieve the distress of nations. We take away fear and failing and misgiving and anxiety and despair from the hearts of men. Luke XXI. 23-26. And we freely and abundantly distribute the water and the blessings of life. Mat. X. 42.

Mark IX. 4 1 . And we assure all men of the just, glorious and good times that shall come and glorify man (the son of man) and freely fill the earth with abundant good things. Luke XXI. 27, 28. Luke I. 51-54. John XIII. 30-36. Let not your hearts be troubled. Actively glorify. Help forward this movement, this world-wide change in the hearts and in the affairs of men. Zealously propagate the divine plant, the true government. Luke XXI. 34-36. Mat. XXIV. 42-51. Mark XIII. 20-27. Mat. XV. 13. Make an end of the "times of the gentiles.'* Luke XXI. 24. Welcome the glory eternal. Prepare for the universal feast. **The times of the gentiles,** capitalism, is now, A. D. 1917, nearly ended. Luke XXI. 24.

The true government, the truthful government, the natural government, the normal government, the regular government; the just, natural, universal and happy government, and the "Kingdom of God,** are but several names for one and the same government. There shall be no compromise, no commerce with capitalism.

no infidelity, no adultery. You cannot serve God and serve Mammon.

We command direct action, rational, logical, progressive, cosmical action, action that does not consult the prejudices of capitalists, action that proceeds directly. Proceed directly with the work of advance. You cannot serve God and the devil. You cannot cling to the future and to the past. You see the road to the Great City, the City of the True Peace, Zion, the heavenly city on earth. Take it. John XIV. 4-6.

Primitive quackery and archaic superstition will not do for the great times. Reject Capitalism and all its mockery, ownership and all its evils, the devil and all his work. Inaugurate the great times. Do the great things to be done by men. The true government, *'the Kingdom of God'*; solves the problem of employment, insures the righteousness rightfulness and happiness of all mankind and excludes the indolence insolence arrogance cruelty falsity treachery thievery murder and butchery of men.

The old government is outgrown, outworn and rotten. Put on the new government, the new garment, the new vesture, the seamless robe. John XIX. 22-24. Mat. XXVII. 35. Luke

XXIII. 34-37. Put it on and it shall cover the earth. And the rotten empire of ragged patches shall disappear. The map of capitalism shall be cast into the garbage gehenna. The law of God is yours. Take it and put it on and it shall cover the earth. Mat. XXII. 1-3. XV. 9, 13, 14. Mark VII. 7. And you shall see the restitution of all things, the establishment of the divine or universal justice, the ineffable illumination of the world. Acts III. 19-26.

Occupy the new house (mansion) (dwelling) already built for you. John XIV. I -3. Take the place prepared for you from the foundation of the world. John XIV. 1-4. XVII. 24. Mat. XXV. 34. And as for Capitalism. Luke XXI. 5-7. Mat. XXIV. 1 , 2. And as for the capitalist.

XXIV. 50, 51. And before Abraham (Hammurabi) was, I am. John VIII. 33-59.

O sons of God; be quick, be swift, be true; prevail against the gates of hell and break down and repeal every barrier between man and his true inheritance. Mat. XXV. 34. Frankly follow the comprehensive world-wide, just and illustrious plan. Be open, avowed, outspoken; doers of the word. We demand more abundant life. Overcome the capitalistic domination. John X. 10, 16.

The world's affairs are near a crisis and men are about to enter upon a new era and to accept and enter into a new world. We demand the government that is not of ownership, not of Mammon. We are not asking for government ownership, for we understand that government ownership of a few things means no ownership of those things and that government ownership of all things means no ownership of any of those things. So therefore, we abandon (the idea of) ownership. We take the true and direct way and we direct you to take the true way. Mat. VI. 24. I Tim. VI. 7-21. Gal. I. 3-1 2. We have taken advanced and high ground (Mat. V. 1-20) and we see the great city and we command the prefer en t use of any and of all things, that use being directed to the general glory advance and happiness of mankind, the greatest good to the greatest number or simply the greatest good. A half-reasoner is a mental traitor, a traitor to the mind, a political judas, a fialler by the wayside, a failure, a weak vessel. And to half reason is to miscarry, to fail to fulfill, to fail to deliver. An idea or conception should be followed in the mind to its consequences and if it there fail in its results it may there be abandoned or rejected or damned before it is attempted and time saved and infliction avoided. For all things are conceived somewhere before they are born, even Brooklyn Bridges and steam engines and automobiles, and as we theorize — even the universe itself. And the human mind is a sort of womb or mould and every work of man a reproduction. The farmer is not the producer, he is a product. The producer is the active spirit of growth, the life. And the banking, or money and usury business, shall go out of the government business. And the government shall go out of the banking business. And the government shall be rid of the money mania. And man shall be rid of the ownership atavism. And what capitalists call * 'credit** is debt and the * 'credit system** is the debt system, and debt shall be eliminated. The debt and taxation or tribute system shall go. Luke XXIII. 2.

In December, 1776, Thomas Paine, to whom be praise and peace, began issuing a series of tracts called *'The Crisis,** and in January, ] 776, had published his first political pamphlet, a pamphlet of great influence called * 'Common Sense.** The first number of The Crisis began with "These are the times that try men*s souls: the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now deserves the love and thanks of men and women.** The world is now in a state of active agitation, transformation and transition and is about to hatch out of the despotism of dollars into the Commonwealth of Commonsense. You will not hatch cut up in pieces but will hatch entire. And we call you out of your prison and into your greater citizenship, your greater activity, your grander world. And we call you to your greater self. We call you into the greater life. Luke IV. 18, 19. John X. 10. And in it you cannot serve God and Mammon. And to serve Mammon is to serve ownership. Those times tried the courage, honor, intelligence, invention and constancy of men, the quality of their souls; and these present times prove the courage, constancy, honor, intelligence and invention of men and try the quality of men*s souls. And these times test the power of prophecy. And the great things we must have shall come to us. And they will come to us as we come to them. And as there are great things to be done and a great work to be fulfilled, we now mention some of the things or facts we have here on hand or in our stock store or treasury, and we indicate to you to some extent the means and the cost and the benefit of the work. Mat. XIIL 52. Luke XIV. 28-35. Jas. I. 22-25.

Language is, generally speaking, a greater bond among men than race or blood. And a common purpose, a common religion or intent is a greater bond than even a common language. And our intent is to establish peace on earth, good-will among men, universal justice, the ••Kingdom of God.'* And ''the Kingdom of God** on earth is the great government of Man. The U. S. is of the English speaking language or civilization. The British Empire, taken together with the government of the U. S. A., predominates more or less completely over one-third of the landed surface of the globe and the English language is more generally disseminated over the earth than any other. The western hemisphere contains about one-third of the landed surface of the earth. Of this territory nearly one-half is of the English language ; of its population much more than one-half. The other half is occupied by our friends, for we are friendly with the Latin World and are considerably latinized and much identified with the latin civilization. And we are the glorious blend of many races, and we are friends of the true nobility of all the world. And all Americans should be great and they should all learn good manners. Let us make secure and magnify our peaceful splendor. And we are specially called upon to consider the glorification of the New World. Let us bring blessings to all our American sisters and to all the world. The one thing among us that mars our true friendship with the inhabitants of the great America is the aggressive * 'wealth*' of this country which is trying to force our people to strike Mexico and oppress the peon. It demands that we uphold a state of affairs that in Mexico is decadent and even also among ourselves. We proclaim America Libre and Mexico Free. American soldiery in any great quantity cannot be relied upon to protect even the American Capital in the U. S., much less to force it upon any other country. Our duty is to help Mexico. We had better dig ditches and build dams in Mexico than dig trenches and build forts. We had better send corn to Mexico than lead.

Throughout all the territory of America (with slight exception) there are three great languages, and two are so nearly allied as almost to be dialects of the same language. These languages are English, Spanish and Portuguese. French and Dutch are spoken on the mainland in French and Dutch Guiana, and also somewhat on the islands, and French somewhat in Canada, etc. And with all of these we are friends. We are a world power and in our way we are engaged in world affairs and it becomes us to face world responsibility. And we will not snivel ourselves into insignificance and out of our true position and opportunity. And we will not be an over-burdened and top-heavy Rome for active savagery to pillage. Our people abandon all the phantasmagoria and illusion of Mammon and eliminate all of its insanity and all of its fears and horrors. As a matter of national policy our young people should diligently learn either the Spanish or Portuguese language, or both, and should correspondingly cultivate friendship with the people and endeavor to bring all of them freedom, knowledge and happiness and all the good things of this world. And societies to this end should be formed throughout America. And every American who enters those countries should be a messenger of good-will. And let people who are non-grata stay out of any country. And let not their governments use threats, nor force, nor fraud to force them into it. Arid it is a policy repugnant to true Americanism to attempt to impose oppression and tyranny or any of the darkness of the worship of the past over it.

And the rule of dollar diplomacy is hereby repudiated. The law of blood and steel is hereby annihilated. And the land-owning invader is hereby quelled and ousted. Woman suffrage will obtain throughout the enlightened world. It becomes our women to enthusiastically learn Spanish or Portuguese or both and to make themselves friendly with the women of Latin America and respected for goodness, nobility, kindness and intelligence and all of those qualities of a true woman that impel all the world to call her blessed. Luke I. 45-48. And there is a great work of Peace for all American women to do and our women may learn from the women of Latin America, and they from ours. And let them all be commonly welcome as gracious guests and pleasant teachers. And they may go and come and travel on all the highways and byways and settle wherever it may be willed. And may they invariably add to the comfort, joy, light, intelligence and happiness of the people among whom they settle and of the world. And glories shall rise and splendors shall shine. And the caste distinction against the original native American should entirely disappear. And the goodness and kindness of the Latin American has not heretofore been given the prominence that it deserves. And as to the true American citizen, it becomes us all to atone as far as we can for the crimes that we have committed against the American Indian in the Republic of the U. S. by bringing benefits and true freedom to him, both here and in all America.