El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-15

Z pulsory "forkinE over" But the COS
pei must be followed in this matter.
And there is no mistak-ng the de-
mands OF the gospel upon men and
corporations who hold great wealth
and power
on the other hand. the church will
have 10 try 10 spiritualiZe the labor
the fear Of God, labor must 20 TO
the same school. So long as organ
lied labor bases its life on economic
materialism. there is no way out from
the .angle. If the employer cannot
grab. the employe cannot either.
There IS no double standard OF morals.
Organized labor must come TO feel
q burning passion for service. Serv-
ice not only of the men in Its own
local or union, but service OF all hui
man kind
Industrial W-aWrfOre Threatened.
A terrific Industrial warfare IS
threatening Hatred on both sides
fans the flame II is like a fearful
volcano sending out warning sparks.
Two things alone can stave off the
catastrophe one is the acceptance
by every social group OF the spirit OF
the humble man who washed the feet
even OF Judas, his enemy The other
is the willingness 70 put practical
brotherhood 10 work. II is a Ques-
tiOn OF forgetting the inanities Of SUI
the everyday holiness Of decent and
reasonable men. The gOspelized
church cannot do Il all, not even mosti
But il can help. And help IL viii 10
the last ditchi
Other adjustments IN the social or
der depend upon a scientific solution
OF the problem OF poverty. Poverty
can be abolished. But only by heroic
measures Abolition OF child labor.
minimum wage laws. widows pen
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definite remedies. There must be
some way Of cutting out seasonal en-
plOyment which gives men Jobs for a
few months and leaves them idle for
the rest The saloon must go. Our
public charities must be federated
to avoid waste in helping the poor
out OF poverty. In all these things
the gospelized church must take a
brave and efficient part. The task
Of the new age is supremacy that OF
bringing harmony into our social
order.
Means Spiritual Health.
Harmony with God means spiritual
health. To is a sane and intimate con-
tact with the hidden power that lies
beneath the surface OF our human
consciousness- Its traditional name is
salvation"
The gospelized church win have a
matchless opportunity TO bring this
adjustment II viii find the world
fun Of people who have lost the old
order and in whom chaos reigns. Mod
ern education has shattered the old
dOEnas- Magic is discredited. Piet-
ism IS ridiculed. To whom shall peo-
pie co. Many have taken up with
certain mystic sects. Occult.sm has
quite vogue From one absurdity
to another-from orthodoxy to the
the impossiblet All We, like sheep,
have gone ssuray"'
Church Of the New Dawn.
But now comes the church Of the
new dawn aliev to its chance. It'll
mas the scientific spirit. II accepts
the truth however much IT may hurt. /
II lays no claim TO supernatural !
power il is humble. II leaves chem !
lstry to the chemist, geology to the ]
geoloElst, psychology TO the psychOlo- I
gist, biology to the biologist, ethnOl- ]
ogy to the ethnologist But il studies
al the feet OF these great specialists. J
II insists upon knowing just what !
science is finding out Il builds It's
faith upon the sure foundation of ex-
pert knowledge. And vet il is never I
dogmatic. II knows that man has /
only scratched the surface of truth 3
Tomorrow . discovery may unset all 1
calculations But the gospeliZed ]
church is ready for that. II viii adj ]
just itself to all the new light that
comes. Today it offers all the truth I
IL mas A NAA-uA q wv IL may nave some D
more. It hopes SOL
1t insists only upon one thing: You 1
can't build a successful life on a fOun- ]
dalton Of materialism. Adjustments ]
to nature and society are not secure I
If they rest on a mere belief in things. /
You've got to be able to see the in /
visiblei IL doesn't matter just how /
you think Of the unseen Call il perl
sOnalty or impersOnal force. say that
1t is God, supreme being, divine en-
ergy or what-uot. II really doesn't /
matter. But it matters enormously /
whether you are a materialist or not i
The safety Of the world for democracy
or anything else depends upon the I
faith OF mankind in something be- I
yOnd the range Of our physical senses. I
The Unseen Power.
Some say that God is infinite. others ]
claim that He is finite There are I
those who believe that God created I
the universe and man: others deny
ii and say that God was created by
man. that He is the essence Of hu-
manity. Some think OF Him rs sub
conscious energy. Many look upon