Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-05-29

| sonal responsibility. AS the glory anC
, honor of the nation, and the state, anC
the city,. are ours. so are their shame
their dishOnor. If this nation stands
not for fairness, for honesty, for justice
for purity, for truth, for a Christian anC
civilizing force in the world, who is t.
blame but You and me?
! Let US face the responsibility. then
like men and see what our duty is, as
we strive to help this great country
of ours to do its part in the worlds
work and to realize the great mission
(which God has given it to do. If it fails
to do this, then il surely win be called
before the judgment seat of God and
| destroyed from the face of the earth.
Its fate will be the fate of empires and
states once as important and dominat-
ing as itself.-of Babylon and its faith
less king, upon whose palace walls was
traced the coming judgment, Thou art
weighed in the balance and found
wanting; of Rome losing it's austere
simplicity of living. its earlier faith. its
democratic ideal, becoming luxurious,
| tyrannical and goddess. and thus losing
|
| the earth: of Spain in these modern
days. reaping the fruits of past tyranny,
| bigotry, RIGHTEOUSNESS, and ignorance,
with no one now so poor as To do her
honor.
In our recent history, we have been
called, whether for good or for i'll, away
from our former isolated. and, it may
have been, somewhat selfish, ard indi-
vidualistic course, to face the spirit Of
broader cosmpolitanism,-to put in
to actuality that famous expression Of
the French revolution. THE solidarity
of the human race" to realize that St
Paurs proposition, mo man liveth I'M
to himself, and no man dieth unto him
self" is true of the nation as well as
the individual.
All, the Spirit Of the Christ IS abroad
in its increasing purpose and the
brotherhood of that entire humanity for
which He lived and died, who was not
conditioned by race or nationality. with
whom there was no. distinction of Jew
or Gentle, Greek or Barbarian. bond or
free is being recognized more and
more by the enlightened CHI istian, ma
tional conscience of the age
Anarchy and selfish individualism are
passing away in the broader truths of
a truer individuality thai makes for
Christian socialism, which is brother
hood, sympathy, service.
God grant that this nation fail not
to make her full contribution to the
ushering in of this new golden age.
when war and hate and greed shall no
lFv,
Peace" shall come to claim His own
To nobler aims than those Of hatred
and mistrust. of greed and revenge, we
are now called to see to il that we
fail not to respond the herois demand
of this coming century, for peace, for
brotherhood
The blood Of which we are justly
proud, calls upon us to help the great
republic to maintain the spirit of per-
feet integrity, Of lofty patriotism. of
noble service, of purity i'm the admin |
istratiOn of affairs. and of a firm faith !
in Gods eternal law Of Righteousness, |
that it may not be found wanting in
any great crisis that may still come !
upon it. To help this nation achieve
this mighty destiny, we must under !
stand that there cannot be national in |
tegrity without personal integrity |
There cannot be a national faith with |
out individual truthfulness. There can
not be national justice without person !
al obedience to the law. There cannot !
be civic purity withut personal piety !
SO the final responsibility, I repeat. |
is not national and collective, but in |
dividual You and / are responsible be |
fore God, not only for ourselves. but |
for the well being Of society. of the |
nation. of the commonwealth. and the |
city; and the only power that can en-
able us to meet the problem and realize
the triumph, l firmly believe. is the |
Spirit Of Him who first declared COM |
pletely the truth of Gods universal |
and mans universal broth |
erhood. who first gave expression to |
the ideal Of a true democracy, who de- |
clared that His Father and our Father /
is no respecter Of persons. 1t is the |
eternal Christ, whose service alone is |
perfect freedom, who confirmed His |
teaching by His life and death, that
through Him we might have the per-
feet liberty of the sons Of God.
Look, then on the noble privileges !
and responsibilities to which God calls |
you. Be pure. like the brave knights |
of old, in body, mind and heart. Let !
not the damnable history of n false
and base materialism faint your body |
with it's awful defiIement. nor stain |
your free and immortal souls with its
scepticism and degradation. Believe i'm |
God and in man, and trust and serve |
them Believe in purity, in love. in
honor. in unselfishness. Be brave and |
full of courage and of hope, with hum
BILE mind and patient toll, be learners |
ever in the wider school into which |
your life now opens. Go forth to the
task and the responsibility that await