Arizona republican., 1912-02-12

and unlocked for result of that con test to assume new duties that may well appall us unless We rely upon Gods strength and guidance. Like the other nations of the earth We are cal led upon whether for good or i'll. away from our former isolation. and it may have been a somewhat selfish and in dividualistic course to face the spirit of a broader Cosmopolitanism. to put into actu3litv that famous expression of the French Revolution. the solidar- ;ty of the human race to realize that St. Paurs proposition mo man livcth unto himself. and no man dieth unto himself k true of the ration as well as of the individual. An. the spirit of the Christ $ abroad in it's increasing purpose. anu the Brotherhood of that entire humanity for which He lived and died. 7,ho 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 Christian national , conscience of the age. Anarchy anI selfish individualism are passing away in the broader truths of a true indi- yiduality which makes for Christian socialism; which is Brotherhood. Sym pathy. Service. God grant that this nation fail not to make her full con tribution n the ushering in of this new golden age when war and hatred and greed shalI no longer prevail and the
 Prince of Peace comes to claim His own.
 To Cuba. Porto Rico. the Philippines. to all these subject to our race: almost as little criidren, weak and unreason- ing it may be. we owe the strong arm of protecting oversight and maternal care
 What Congress most needs" sahl member of the United States Senate some time ago is conscience and cOur- age" Let us hope that in the great problem now, as always. confronting our representative body. and destined to confront it increasingly in coming days, Congress may feel back of it the al oused conscience of all this people. demanding that right anu justice shall he done. even at the cost of sacrifice ard material wealth to ourselves The highest patriotism. it seems tO me. is not blatCnt nor one sided. Ii does not snut it's eyes to the evils of even a democratic form of government. it is not marked by unreasoning or jealous hatred of other nations; it :ees the sore spots eating away at it's own cOuntry's fife all the more clearly be- cause its love and faith are so pro- found. It is not dominated by the spir- if of pessimism and faithlessness but loyal to the teaching and example of Washington. Lincoln. and of him whose motionless form now sleeps at Canton, it proclaims that the unity of the nation IS now complete; that sec t:onal hatrel is forever dead; that it's triumphs hereafter shall be those of peace not var: that the Christian civ iiization and wealth of this country shall be shared with others. as we take up the missionary work of min- iste;1ag tO our weaker and poorer brethren wherever they are found in the four quarters of the globe
 There died a few years ago in South Africa. man. who living. was an enigma to his fellow men. and the
  has not been disclosed. even since his death. Whatever may bv our judg- ment of his masterful leader whom men called the Empire Builder. there vas one article of his faith which he held to Unfinchingly. which moved his proud. passionate soul to it's pro fcundest depths. in stern devotion to which he lived. and in stern devotion tc which he died. leaving it as his leg acy to his fellow men. With all his love for England. Cecil Rhodes saw that there was far greater England than that washed by the English Channel. and the Northern Sea. The greater Britain beyond the sea- in Af- r,ca, in India. in Australia. and in North America was more his home nan the sea sirt island where he was born. The vision grew clearer the out Cok broader, and with prophetic eye le saw the daring dream of the union ( not the consolidation of three great q nations into one. representative of the l Saxon tribes who began !