El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-18

present crisis-I tell you. that family
has q right 10 ask Gods blessing on
the neal 1t is q consecrated feast-
On the other hand, II a family sits
down TO eat food which is served
without any thought Of the needs OF
today. serving parker house rolls
great piles OF wheat bread, macaront,
lavish portions OF priceless foodstuffs
which are needed elsewhere-that
family. however piOus and orthodox.
has no right or business TO ask Gods
blessing. Grace said before that meal
is a travesty!
Now, although the need for con-
science in food consumption and pro-
duction is most pressing right now.
the ultimate influence OF the new
feeling about food viii be greater
than even the present influence may
be.
We shall first come frankly to face
the economic foundation OF civilza-
ton. Food and fire-We shall see
them at the bottom OF human society.
We viii no longer try to cover up the
bald fact OF economic influence upon
history.
But. having recognized the economic
basis OF all OUT progress, We shall
economic! Food and fire, but back
OF them the spirit OF God. This is
the central teaching Of the Bible. Not
a separation Of material things"
from spiritual things"-but a close
linking up or material and spiritual
into a splendid unity.
4 Days Work.
The method whereby mankind viii
come TO the DECENTRALIZATION OF
economies will be first a growing
sense Of the religious quality OF a
days work To regard the field and
factory and barn and smelter as be-
ing the places where God dwells and
where men worship him in the sweat
OF their brow. To get away from
thinking OF certain places as sacred
and Of other places as secular" A
spiritual Interpretation Of economics
demands the recognition OF all places
where men labor for the common
good. as sacred places
In 1897, among the rubbish heaps
of the ancient city OF Oxyrhynchus,
near the river Nile, a party OF men
discovered a fragment OF papyrus
which contained several short SEN
fences purpOrting TO be the words OF
Christ one saying was as follows.
Raise the stone and thou shalt find
me; cleave the wood and there an
L" VanDyke in writing about this
saying. ends his fine poem
This is the gospel OF labor-proclaim
il, ye bells Of the kirk
The Lord OF Love came down from
above. TO live with the men who
work.
This is the rose he planted, here in
the thorn cursed soil
Heaven is blest with perfect rest. but
the blessing Of earth is TOLL
New Philosophy Of Life.
The result Of such a regard for the
Of toll. will be a steady
overturninE OF many Of our present
standards OF life. Instead OF the fierce
competition which has held 10 be
in business and industry
during the last several decades. will
appear a new philosophy Of life. Cap
.tal and labor. farmer. elvator owner.
railroad man, promOter-an im0ued
with sense OF the religious value I
81 their work Cooperation VIII re- {
place competition-service viii be- /
come the cetral idea in industry and I
0n the farm and In the Office Men 4
will begin to get giimmer o. the I
ruth that work well done IS mans /
finest worship
and other things viii be put on new I
basis. There will be the end OF 3
luxury and the beginning OF equality. /
10 one viii spend money laTishly I
merely TO CRAFTY, a personal whim Z
viii subordinate their animal gratifi- /
,ation TO the tasks OF human service /
consuming for the glory OF God.
For the sake of Winning.
This sounds Utopian-aid It isi But 4
low is the time 10 begin TO bring /
JtOpias down from the clouds and I
ntO daily life. For the sake OF win &
ling the war right now-for the sake
Il a better civilization later on-let
IS spiritualize the bread OF life and
he toll OF life.
Give us this day our daily bread"
With all fervor let rs pray that ]
prayer. You and because we be-
ieve in the ideals OF q better world
ct us link the food we eat with the
ather God who is back OF all things
n earth
Back OF the loaf IS the snowy flour,
md back OF the flour the mill
md back Of the mill, the wheat and
the sho>-er.
md the sun--and the fathers will"