Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-07
CHRISTIANITY mas NOT FAILED.


The late Dir. Edward Everett
Hale when asked II he considered
Christianity failure replledi Il
don't know. II never has been tried"
Tho scholars Of the so-calIcd heather
world laugh At the people of the oc-
eldent for The manner In which the
Christian religion Is observed In
Christian countries. But. regardless
Of Or. IIale's epigram, Christianity
is being tried
II IL being tried by the millions Of
dollars worth of food and other sup
plies that arc being contributed
monthly 20 The suffering norleians.
Its spirit II In the sixty million
Christmas presents sent To the chill
dron of the helllgerent nations, the
United States playing Santa Claus.
The press dispatches Of yesterday
morning told of fifty wagon loads of
such presents going to the children
OF Marseillos alone-ehiidrc whose
fathers have been killed In battle, or
are In military hospitals or are In the
field fighting
The Christian Santa Claus Is an alb
solnte neutral Similar provisions
are made for the children OF Ger
many Austria, Russia, Belgium and
Great Britain. IN no other ages Of
The world. and In no land except
whore Christianity prevails. would
Santa Claus have gone on such mis-
sion Of love and mercy.
The Red Cross. organized for the
purpose Of amelIorating the suffer-
ings Of humanity In times Of extraor-
binary stress. such as war. famine.
flood, earthquake and fire, II an OK
preston Of the Christian spirit of good
VIII to men,
but Christianity has not failed In
the business world or the world of
commerce. The resort to trelery and
falsehood Is no longer tolerated In
the business world. and the confidence
that exists among men is a Christian
Indeed the most striking evolution
OF this generation has been the growth
of business integrity and business
fair play. business nowadays is con.
Quoted almost entirely on credit.
which Is only another expression Of
mutual faith Of the buyer and the sell
or IN each others character. "Let
the buyer beware" Is legal phrase
which came to Us from the polished
heather world. Like lot of other
from the Romans. IL
too long in the jurisprudence
of Christian countries. The last gem
Grafton has transformed II lnto Let
the seller beware" He must not mis-
represent as to title. quality or guam
tIiy Of the thing sold.
From the very nature OF our Chris
tan ethics. the true meanings OF
Which are gradually being souked into
us, business has grown 10 be open and
above hoard. Also. ii Is quite possible
that the scale upon which modern
business Is transacted has something
to DO with the change. The man of
affairs today has no time 20 trifle with
subtle schemes whereby he may
hoodwiihs 4 customer or competitor. !
The day il past when one customer is
treated one way and one price quoted |
to him. while another customer gets
d different deal and different price.
our Erandfathers were wont to re-
gard The horse trader as very shrewd |
fellow. Today, the horse-tradlng tyne
Of business Is regarded as the |
most costly procedure In the
world, not for the buyers but
for the horse seller himself be-
cause he IL able 10 do business with |
the same customer only once. Fur |
Ihermore. if the horse he sells is mis-
represented. he must account to the |
law civilly and probably crimlnally. |
Modern business works along a differ |
ent line. Il tries to build up and TO
satisfy through Just dealing,
All Of which is absolutely in accord
with the only possible Interpretation
u Christian ethics. The old way. the
heather way. was rule Of the strong.
Contempt for the weak. no mercy for
he vanQuIshed.
However. we still have far to 20 he
fore we are in even reasonable accord /
With The sermon on the Mount,