[posted] Posted(#62506, Mather)

[David Price]

Socialism Exposed, by Rev. Joseph Mather                                 62506
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For those wishing to know: published by the Religious Tract Society, 
probably in the 1830's, this is one of many tracts which attacked the 
Socialist Robert Owen, mainly because he was an atheist and also thought 
the establishment had used religion to enforce the poverty of the then 
existing social order.  Owen had become famous for his good treatment of 
workers etc., many of the lower-classes were flocking to hear him, and the 
religious saw this as a distinct threat to them, their power, and place in 
society.

All the best,
David
Sunny and very windy England