The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-22

ScOunCrel IluullnS while Rome
 burned to ashes, and afterwards
 blaming the conflagration on the peaceful Christians of the day, who
 paid for his beastly wrath with their lives as torches covered with tar, to illuminate his gardens and licentious feasts. Imagine the em peror of Rome discussing the ray ages of tuberculosis, the pure food question coming before confer ment work. the American Bible SO ciety, or the Board of Foreign Mis- sionS
 It would be hard to find a singla class of poor. dependent, needy hu- manity anywhere that is not under the care of the church. or some philanthropic society. The great questions of the day are being swayed by the mighty power foi good as found in the Gospel. Is the force of evil responsible for the dawning of tie new day when our nation shall sing the new song of Prohibition, that is growing nation al? The elevation of the home and the respect and consideration ac, corded the mothers of the land-does it spring from the forces of evil? What had the first century to say on such questions? What has any of the heather religions to utter here? Let Buddhism or Mohamme- dism, or TaciSm speak what they are doing for the home and the women of their reign; the answer comes back loud and clear-slavery, oppression, ignorance.
 We need to sing a new song to Jehovah as we recount how tho ideas have come through Christ and His teachings. As the centuries have advanced these ideas for good have developed and they are comin; into mighty force more and more and how cheering to know that they can be proclaimed of Christianity alone.
 Christianity has brought into the world the tremendous fact that God is love. It tells of the value of life and right living. Christianity has so conquered disease through science that many former plaques are no longer feared. Cholera, bu- bonic plague, typhus and yellow fever, leprosy, and later the white plague. Life grows sacred each century, and time will bring the period when men shall not learn the art of war and destruction, but will love one another.
 Christianity has taken the thought of mother and placed it before the world to be needed. The artist, the sculptor, the musician, have learned that they paint, and work, and sing forever The common la. borer is believing his daily tasks are not difficult when weighed in the balance of character, and the farmer and his helper have turned scientist to give the world it's daily bread.
 Christianity brought in the world the value of all kinds of men. Christ could see in the roDber a soul that would enter Paradise, in the evil woman a helper in the carrying out of His propaganda. Christianity sees in every race just that which will make that race worth while, and without which the race is al ways failure, every race. It breaks down the caste system. IL finds in the men who do dirty la Dor. taking away the garbage, clean ing the streets. living in danger ous and filthy places, not a men ace, but a great benefit to man. kind What would be the conditions if these men were all to cease wor1 and no one could be found to take their places? We are all depen dent on the dirty and dangerous labor of the land for the high de gree of Christianity we now main tain.
 Christianity has brought to us the love for children. It does not exist today in heathen lands. It has given the world the thought of the sacredness of woman. Look to Turkey, to India and it is not found. It has brought to mankind the sense of brotherhood Some of the gree, sins of the world die slowly Even men in the churches who are other wise good men do not learn until late in life the lesson Of brother hood. The spirit of revenge, of hate, of greed, also die slowly. Chris tianity is overcoming surely but slowly these enemies of mankind
 Christianity is giving to the world a sense of shame when wrong per sists; the feeling of indignation that works to victory by the considera- tion of the rights and opinions of others. It has brought a passion to improve the physical conditions in the home and workshop, in the jail and correction house. It teach