The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-14

tai E4itE HCt BOUNDARIES ana ilGfedS-
ing her resources she might enjoy
peace and prosperity for long period
Of time beside her rapidly growing
ncighbors. She failed to reckon, how
ever, with the spirit of the Christ
which had found n large place in the
heart OF many nations; the spirit
which seeks peace not for itself alone,
but for others, and she is now realiz~
ing 10 her sorrow and shame, that
peace for ones self alone cannot he
had. 1t is unethical and against the
spirit Of the Christ, Unfortunately
for Germany. she had not reached
national unity when the great liberal
movement swept over Western Europe
and the enefgies OF her people were
turned toward military organization.
which constitutes the first stage of
the economic problem. which consti-
tutes a part of the third stage of civil
progress, while the liberal movement,
which should constitute the second
stage of civil progress, was altogether
ignored. IN no nation or family of
nations are the three stages OF civil
progress absolutely separate and dis
tinct. There is much overlapping and
in GERMANY thev sadly overlapped.
Future Progress.
II believe. therefore that this war
horrible as It is, involves no funda-
mental setback; no reversals or
reservations. That II will hut realize
things already imagined and release
things that were. when the war heEau
latent, that Il will bring about educ9-
tional. social and political reforms
and changes that will bless the human
race. and that would not have come
for centuries without war. # indeed
they had como at all.
T,UuCatipnaIiy
When ! entered school 10 ut my
self for tho ministry found that
the backbone of what the schools had
o. teach WJs Latin and ancient Greek
hea- teachers who could neither read,
write nor speak either language. At
best. they only half knew these iaU-
giages and did not expect any real
mastery on the part Of students We
were supposed to give time and ef-
tort 20 sterile mathematical studies
thar never got from exercises TO
practice and 10 philosophy based on
old Greek texts that few of the teach
crs and none of the taught could read
with comfort. We were being taught
as Fl G Wells has APPLY said. now
TO get there, in variety Of discou-
nected subjects hy men who never
got there This has been going Oh
for centuries, bat the war is going to
overthrow the apostolic succession OF
tho old pedagogy for It has already
been dlscredited. The day Of tho
clashes is over and the day Of scienti-
fic studies is being ushered in by leaps
and bounds through the present war,
And there is going Ia be such peace
IN the educational world as IT has
never known before, for men will he
turning their energies to science for
he solving Of economic problems.
Germany will give much to the world
along this line. but she will receive
far more than she gives
Socially.
Socially, the war will make AZ
least two great contributions 10 the
world. Temperance is one and it is
so clear to all that ! will not take
time to discuss it, We all know that
Temperance means greater peace In
our home and social life And it
would not have come to the World at
thus Time. perhaps never. save as a
hy-product OF war The great tenn
ing after and pursuing that peace
which temperance has to give. aad il
IS clear npw that they Will get il.
Emancipation of Womanhood.
Another contribution that the
war viii make to the social welfare
or thu NBffd " Il be the emancipation
I OF womsnhood Secular emancipa-
tiou Of the human female, from the
old herd subordination and serVitude
10 the latri&rChial male. has gone on
and on as brain has counted for more
and brute strength for less. As q re-
suit Of this PSI tai secular cmanc4 pa
tlon woman has made large contrl-
button to the world in every field OF
human endeavor she has been allow
ed to- enter. And in all democratic
countries, thinking men realize that
;r u .,.,.
soui and a separate voice in Collec-
tive affairs. But now can she enter
into her rightful inheritance. was the
question asked by men and women
las they listened to the extreme as
: t,--t=t= =-Nti,tt-tiei,ate h
sides before the W3r? We felt that
woman would never win her etnan-
e.pauon by campaign Of violence,
such as was inaugurated by Mrs.
faakhulat. nor as a practitioner Of
tue eternal feminine And while We
were debating the question. the war
came as an earthquake, throwing
innings nto their proper relationships,
In England and France tand as. |
believe. they viii do in America,
women reV0lufiOnized the estimate of
their economic Importance. thereby
Winning heir emancipation. Nor VIII
The mos, frantic outbursts OF mill
fancy, Cr the feminine charms ar
'mystIcal darlngs. prevent mem
from getting it when the war IS over,
The conflict OF the citizen woman
ideal with tile loveIiness-woman ideal
viii reassert Itself after the war, and
! believe that the human being is go
ing 20 carry II against the sexual be
ing, Her emancipation will be not
only political but economical, which
will result in an increased proportion
iof self-respetting, self-supporting wo-
men. Women, who give themselves
seriously to finding place for them
selves in the world. rather than try
ing by a few crude inducements to
tempt men to marry them. And such
women Will have peace: peace OF
mind and peace Of conscience. II
VIII he 4 peace that will come Is q
by product Of war. but it will he well
worth th struggle
Politically
fhc word VIII move randy after
the war toward social democracy.
Not socialism. for that is impossible,
as clearly taught by Christ and con-
tirmed by biology. We we're not Gre
ated with equal ability and talents.
But there is such a thing as social
democracy In the past, our democ-
rarles have been largely aristocratic
It'll the rCSg.tt tat has hp,