The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-07-16
SINGLE MORAL STANDARD,
OR WORLD WIDE WAR

parting to them the religion of Christ.
Already this dangerous proceeding
has gone too far; it has gone so far
it can not now be arrested.
The nations of the world have been
brought very close together. Swift
ships, electric cables, and wireless
telegraphs have made all the peoples
and races of the earth nigh neigh
bors. What is whispered in Wash
ington today is heard in trumpet
tones in Toxic tomorrow. Since the
extension of Western arts and scien-
ces to pagan nations has oUtrun the
propagation of christianity among
them, and since this existence of
Western knowledge cannot now be
delayed, much less absolutely stop
ped, the supreme duty of the hour is
to hasten the advancement of chris
tianity in these lands across the sea.
Both patriotism and piety should i'm
pei all men to lend their efforts to
this great work.
The missionary cause is not mat
ter for women and children alone;
it is "man's work" and lie is very
stupid man who can not see this. 1t
calls for strong men to go forth to
heather lands and generous men to
provide the means for the successful
prosecution of tie mighty t2sk.
By such measures only can the
work be done with sufficient speed
and thoroughness to assure the peace
of the world and the security of the
race.
Fortunately our country is in posi-
ton to bear the leading part in the
christianizGtion of mankind. 1t is the
richest country in the world, its
wealth far exceeding that of England,
| which is the nation next to ours in
point of opulence. 1t is the most
peaceable of all the great nations,
very few of it's neighbors bearing it
any grudges, holding against it any
unsettled contentious. 1t has no temp
tation to conquest, for its area is
ample for its people. Its disposition
is therefore one of good will; and
when its nationals enter heather
lands they are met with less suspi-
cion and distrust. Moreover, since
kthe educational center of the world
has shifted from Europe to America,
many thousands of Oriental students
are coming to the United States for
their education; this furnishes an un-
eqlaled opportunity for spreading
christianity in the lands from which
such students come to our shores. All
these things lay upon our people a
vast RESP onsibility for the pGcification
of the earth. No natiCT wa ever
confronted by a sublimer mission.
But we of the South are not as well
prepared to play our part in the full
filling of this great mission as we
ought to be. Our institutions of
higher learning are not as strong as
they should be, nor are they as strong
as we can make them. We ought to
see this fact, with all that it implies,
and proceed without delay to improve
our colleges and universities and
make them strongly christian. In
the colleges and universities of the
United States the battle on behalf
of the worlds future peace is now be-
gun. Shall our section bear no he
roic part in this peaceful warfare
for the glory of God and the good of
mankind? Shall we lag in the rear,
dishonored regiment in the army
of the Lord? Be it far from US.
And let US be we'll assured that if
we fall short of our duty we shall not
escape the penalty of our unfaithful-
ness. Enlargement and deliverance
will come from some other quarter,
but we and our children will be dis
credited in the eyes of heaven and
earth.