Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-03


Yet every soul. each throbbing run of
life.
Must share a common destiny
Lo. now the elements are warning!
Too late will come the waking
When breaks the Judgment morning.
Too late, then. TO repent.
Gods law will not relent
EVA DORSEY CARR.
Once Euripedes, the great Greek
scholar, prayed thus 20 God of NOR
tails. give humanity light that it may
learn the source of its griefs and learn
to avoid them"
AS poets are always the Interpreters
of the world and of the age in which
they live, so Euripedes uttered the pas
sion of his time and voiced its prayer.
That prayer was answered. A HUI
manitarian came. bringing the longed-
for light. founding the Catholic faith,
teaching the Law of Love His hu-
manitarianism was so great He laid
down His life for humanity As II
that were not enough He left in the
hands of His priests Of the Fulfilled
Law a continuation of that sacrifice as
a constant memorial of Himself, a re-
minder of His boundless love for hu-
manity, and the duty of brotherly love
and charity, the prevention and cure of
all humanity's griefs.
And now. behold. carnage in the name
of God after twenty ceneuries of
Christianity Christian nations at
each others throatsl Christendom
aghast, impotent, praying for peace,
yet. tragic inconsistency of it all, even
on its knees, ,Christendom will not plant
peace in its own bosom!
Obdurate, ungrateful world! The
lesson of the cross forgot, defied, the
dogs of hate run loose!
"a house divided against itself shall
fall" Christendom, divided against it
self, lost its life-blod five centuries
ago 1t is taking this horrible war to
waken the world to that fact. Wipe
out sectarianism, ministers of the Cos
pei arise from the self-chosen dark
ness of pride and prejudice. seek each
others hands and walk as one i'm the
Light! Knowing a divided Christen-
dom cannot be the parliament of the be
lieving world. how can you. how dare
you. remain as you are? The cOndi-
tions among you are analogous to the
war of nationsl The amorphous state
of Christianity is responsible for pres
ent world conditions! 1t could not
meet the crisis of hte world; il could
not avert this day of misfortune. When
IL raised its voice in protest agains this
war. it was but an impotent murmur
from scattered body of natural the
sms, to which desperate world paid
no heed.
This is the sin of Christendom, the
sin that deprived of her supreme rights
the Church of Christ and rendered her
powerless to preserve universal peace
| and good will. Because of this sin the
| church has been allowed by men only a
vague, chivalric, impersonal place III
the world. altogether impractical when
applied to universal human needs.
| Men have grown to look upon Christ
ianity simply as one ideal; they have
even robbed the ideal of its infallibil-
| ity by making it comfortably pliable to
the whims of every school of thought
This is not the state of Christendom
for which Christ prayed, and il must
| come to it's inevitable end sooner OF
/ later in the patient mills of God"
Unmindful of reputation. of neglect
of sacrilege the Sacrifice of Calvary
| still pleads for remembrance. Again
and again the church articulates the
Voice of God, patient. tender. warn
ing, recalling maddened nations.
A great psychological nome n
| fraught with destiny with punish
ment, with redemption, has arrived
upon the bleeding weeping world. Hu-
manity knows Of its impending desti-
NY, yet, multiplying sin upon sin, it s
recklessly burning its bridges.
Enthralled by the serpant of mod.
ern mechanical civilization, that gi-
gantic beast that worketh signs and
wonders, deeeiving," through theiI
pride ,"the nations that dwell upon the
earth" humanity. unheeding tn Z
breaking heart of God. is SHINING. open
eyed aginst the Light
And now, o Christendom, what course
will you take? Continue TO pray? YouI
prayers were answered twenty centu.
ries ago. 1t is mockery to pray for tho
Light already bestowed at such sacri
feel God is not deceived by the by.
pocrisy of your evasions! He knows
your suppliant attitude is but pose t.
hide your true rebellion against the
Voice that insists upon trampled pride
upon humanity, upon true contrition
upon complete active recognition q
the dear .bitter-sweet Truth
Arise, blending great prayer viii
splendid action, and wipe out the sin o
Christendoml Now is the opportun,
moment
The eminent star John Mason. in ,
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