The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-28

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tent with his sort II contribution
alone. A heavy responsibility rests
upon the church. AZ well as the ma
tlon IN this time ~ danger. Moral me
spiritual ideals must be kept clearly
before us. and the national life must
be recognized as dependent not alone
on battlcshlps and guns. ON the size
OF crops. and the amount OF gold In
our banks.
The life Of a nation is very much
like the life Of a person. Its person.
ality IL like individual personality. Il
may barter lts soul. and commit neral
and spiritual suicide, which spells
disintexrfdi II may look upon its
soul. A. something unreal and worth
less, and sell II for n devils peace or
G ~compromise with evil.
without spirit. a nation lacks moral
pufpose-it o not act; Il drifts. II
values It's skin. more than its honor
Il is like Falsthn who thinks honor
an over-rnted commodity. who says:
-it's a word. It's air. u cannot set
an arm OF take away the GRIEF Of u
wound. III none 81 a." ~ does not
understand what the outraged noble
said TO King Richard. mime honor is
my life. Take honor from me and
my life is done u believes IN peace
at any price. even at the price of
homer. Without the spirit a nation
develops no leaders. II a politicians
and office holders. men who keep
their ears to the ground TO listen for
popular approval or disapproval re-
gardiess Of right or wrong but no real
leaders.
A short sine ago many Of US
thought that this spiritless condition
was 10 be our lot. hat the symptoms
OF a erea; moral collapse we're loom
ing out clearly ia our body polite.
But the nation has found her soul;
she has thrown aside the shroud OF
moral apathy-the lust for gold-the
selfish regard for Us skin, and
arrayed herself by the side Of sister
I democracies in the cause OF humanits
She has refused longer TO stand still
with arms folded and tongue mute
/ while innocent and unonending peo-
Plies like the Belgians. and Armenians
were suffering all the fortunes that the
the human ingenuity OF a Christless
and deveiish culture can devise. We
have found our soul, Let us see 20 II
that We are 10Y loyal to thai soul.
our responsibility Is all the greater.
because we are the worlds leading
exponent Of tina political principle Of
| freedom. for the individual man On
which our nation was founaeo.
which today threatens to econie Well
nigh universal. But freedom and de-
mocracy are not ends in themselves.
Alone. they bring neither content
ment nor stability. They have their
dangers and pitfalls. just as much as
the systems We have discarded. There
TX no sure guarantee about hem. IL
they fail 20 meet humanity's need.
God may d~isplace them for something
else. In other words freedom and de-
mocracy are STRAINS upon human ma
rure:" they challenge the greatest
powers OF human life. aud II those
powers are not forthcoming the insti-
. tutlous mast break down. And he
Christian church should see O. II that
these powers are contrlbuted-thai
lawlessness and licence, injustice ana
disregard OF Gods laws-are not al
lowed to destroy this blood-earned
LEGACY Of freedom and ~self-goVeru-
ment which We nave Inherited from
I our fathers. This Episcopal church
, Of ours has been a faithful partner OF
7 the state in the past. IN supplyins men
OF vision and spirit for the ountr 5
service. Two-thirds OF the men VINO
signed their names 10 the principles
which gave this nation birth were
'churchmen." The nag Of our coun-
try was first made By a Church
woman" the national anthem was
composed by a vestryman Of my own
parish in Washington. the man APP
pointed To lead our army In France
~ a "Churchman.' And all down tho
| line Of our history the sons and
| daughters Of the church have brought
10 the country's service those gifts OF
spiritual purpose. without which our
| record as a nation mus hpve been
Impossible.
Today the nag stands alongside the
cross in our churches throughout TINS
land 10 emphasize the harmony VI
their symbolism.
Let us remember then that We
have duties and respouslnilities other
than those which may be measured
in terms OF physical power cor might
that there are foes 20 be fought other
] than men with swords and guns
The worst enemy that ENGLAND
has Is drink. says Lloyd George Be-
mind the battle-lines Ia France 90 mas
| been told as. there are three miles 90
I graves. three deep, ~ men who nave
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