This frontier has in recent years flamed suddenly into action. For generations, and in some instances for centuries, it had been quiescent, so far as the church was concerned. But now upon the political frontier human destiny is being so radically affected, and the witness of the church in society so basically challenged, that political issues have assumed unwonted importance. For that reason the voice of the church needs to sound, like the ancient voices of Amos and Isaiah, in the high places of the nation. In words plain and forthright, it must be made clear to rulers that neither they nor the state dare usurp the authority that belongs to God alone.
Governments are servants to achieve earthly justice.
As regards internal politics, it is the church's duty to sensitize the conscience of a nation, and of all classes and institutions within the nation, so that no group of citizens shall arrogate to themselves perpetual rights and privileges which they deny to others. The Christian church, to be true to its nature and mission in a state or community, must work for an orchestral expression of social life. No person must suffer ostracism or any form of disability because of color of skin, or hard misfortune, but must be permitted to share to the fullest degree in the common life. It is equally part of the church's responsibility to secure, through its public witness and the constitutional pressure of its members, that there shall be rectitude in the administration of public affairs. If such is the case, the church members in that community should blush for shame.