The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-22

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| 303.
| In the canon of Pope Gelasus (49i'
George is mentioned among the mar.
| tyrs whom the Roman church ven
crates, and the day is also celebrated
in the Greek church. The story of St
| George and the dragon is modifica
ton, say authorities, of the old Ayrar
mythus.
J Robbed of all mythical associations
the memory of st. George deservedly
receives homage. His life was an eX-
emplary one so tradition says.
He was the man Of his time. lie
had a mission to perform and he per-
formed it. In revering his memory
the civilized world pays just tribute
to one who played a conspicuous part
| in inaugurating religious liberation
during an era of despotism and big
otly.
| ST. Georges are needed today. They
are needed i'm social life, where there
| is a constant division into classes, re-
sulting in infringement of the rights OF
| those crowded lower and lower in the
social scale. However, optimistically
we may view the tendency, we are
too often brought face to face with
| facts which cause us to fear for the
future. Safe and sound leadership of
a superior mould, possessing those
characteristics which st. George pos
sessed, are the qualifications necessary
for harmonizing those differences and
| bringing out from an imaginary line
| of social superiority society that will
he democratic in practice as well as
| i'm name.
st. Georges are needed i'm the reli-
| Sious world. When George OF Cappa-
docia refused to surrender his Chris
tian principle at the behest of Diocle-
| tian, he knew he was surrendering
his life. AS a soldier of the cross he
sacrificed his life for Christianity. He
did not falter, rather he demonstrated
with Emperor Diocletian, and pointed
out To the all-powerful one in a ma
terial way the mistakes he was maxi
ing i'm a spiritual way. St George
was made of stern stuff.
To enforce Christian precepts. to en-
force secular laws, all of which are
based on the principles of Christian
ity. necessitates stern stuff, but, alas,
we fear there is an urgent need of st.
Georges i'm the church today. st.
Georges are needed in the industrial
world, where division of profits is a
source of constant agitation. Present
conditions in this country emphasize
this fact; and unless the octopuses
of greed are soon driven from the
land there may be more serious dis
turbances than we have yet experience
ed.
st. Georges are needed i'm the politi-
cal world to enforce recognition of
those constitutional principles the vio-
lation of which is working injustice
and wrong to the masses. Recogni-
ton of the principles of the square
deal is as necessary for the salvation
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for the protection of the people whose
rights are being trampled on.
Someone has said that every grave
crisis produces its leader. This re-
marka.ble statement has in many cases
been substantiatcd by history.
1t is not impossible that when con-
ditions referred to have reached their
crisis, there will spring up valiant
st. George to purge the land of its
evils and direct the people Alright.