The call of Christ.

The call of Christ! What is it and where is it? Where do we hear it? Look and listen at the pageant of your civilization; see the gorgeous shows, the display of wealth, the wonders of color, the things of art: Hear the mighty uproar of the great world of commerce, the clamor of the market, the screaming of the whistles, the ringing of the bells, the puffing of engines, the crash and rattle of machinery, the clangor of music, the cheering of excited crowds - and now listen closer, bend down and keep still and through it all you hear another note, a minor strain growing louder and stronger day by day - the groans of despairing men, the sobs of outraged women, the feeble cries of dying children. The cry of the sorrowing for relief, the pleading of the disinherited for justice.
That, oh men and women, is the call of Christ to you. What does it mean to a minister of the gospel in the present day to answer that call? It means to stand, not for charity, but for justice; not for reform but for revolution. It means to close the doors of these splendid temples, rather than live another day by taking the gold of organized oppression. It means to go again upon the highways and the byways, saying, “The spirit of the Lord is upon us because he hath anointed us to preach good news to the poor.” It means to work, not for institutions of worship, but for a commonwealth. It means to break at once and forever with the vested interests of Capitalism: to be infidel to its religion, traitor to its government: to cry with Isaiah: “Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts and followeth after rewards; they judge not the widow, neither doth the cause of the fatherless come unto them; the spoil of the poor is in their houses, their hands are full of blood! Bring no more incense, sing no more songs, pray no more vain prayers; observe no more ceremonies. I will have justice, before worship, saith the Lord of Hosts!”
Yes, the call of Christ to the minister is to break once and for all and absolutely with Capitalism. Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s means that all is God’s: in a redeemed world there is no room for Caesar. And my brother, sister, the call is the same to you.

From: Wallace Wattles - Jesus the Man and His Work

“Cosmic consciousness or conscious unity with Eternal Spirit can only be attained by continuous and sustained effort on the part of man. The extension of consciousness always requires a mental effort, and this mental effort, when it is seeking for unity with Spiirit constitutes prayer.
Prayer is an effort od the human mind to become acquainyed with God. It is not an effort to establish a relationship which does not exist, but to fully comprehend and recognize a relationship which already exists. Prayer can have but one object, and that is unity with Spirit, for all other things are included in that.
We do not really seek, through prayer, to get health, peace, power or wealth, we seek to get unity with God, and when we get unity with God, health, peace, power and wealth are ours without asking. Study the intercessory prayer (a prayer to God on behalf of others), as it is called in the seventeenth chapter of John, and you will see that Jesus asks nothing for men except they may be one in mind with God. This the one thing needful; all other things are contained in it.
Whoever has full spiritual consciousness has health, peace, power and wealth. “

From A NEW CHRIST by Wallace Wattles

“A New Christ” was Wattles’ very first book. “Jesus: The Man and His Works”, was originally privately published as a book based on a lecture that Wattles gave in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1905. That lecture made such a favorable impression upon some of the listeners that they determined to have it printed if Wattles would provide a manuscript. Since the lecture was based on his book “A New Christ”, much of the material from the original work was duplicated, but a number of interesting and amusing anecdotes were included that were missing from the first book.

Two of Wattles books (A New Christ and Jesus: The Man and His Work) dealt with Christianity from a Socialist perspective. Wattles became a social visionary after attending "a convention of reformers" and meeting George Davis Herron in 1896 in Chicago, Illinois.

Christian socialism is a form of religious socialism based on the teachings of Jesus. Many Christian socialists believe capitalism to be idolatrous and rooted in greed, which some Christians denominations consider a mortal sin. Christian socialists identify the cause of inequality to be associated with the greed that they associate with capitalism.

George D. Herron (1862 - 1925) was an American clergyman, lecturer, writer, and Christian socialist activist. Herron is best remembered as a leading exponent of the so-called "Social Gospel" movement and for his highly publicized divorce and remarriage to the daughter of a wealthy benefactor which scandalized polite society of the day. A self-imposed exile from America followed. During World War I, Herron broke with the anti-militarist Socialist Party and filed regular intelligence reports on German public opinion to the American and British governments in support of the Allied war effort.

Herron first achieved widespread notoriety, when he delivered a provocative sermon, "The Message of Jesus to Men of Wealth" before the Minnesota Congregationalist Club in Minneapolis in 1890:

    "Bluntly, Herron told his audience that the existing social and religious order was wrong because it placed a premium on competition, self-interest, and material power. Such a civilization failed to secure morality and justice, since it put the weak at the mercy of the strong and at the same time minimized the paramount Christian principles of stewardship and sacrifice. * * *

    "The day was coming, said Herron, in which a truly Christian social order would exist on earth, the fulfillment in the here and now of God's Kingdom of Heaven. In such a society the ordering of things would be in accordance with His divine sanction."

It’s a real good idea to read them in the entirety and establish whether you agree with his arguments.