The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13

~
various talents. there should be q diff
ference in their respective remunera-
ton; and there always must be room
for voluntary aid to the unfortunate
by persons with special endowments OF
strength, so al to develop the virtues
of compassion and benevolencc. The
needy in some form will always be
with US. What we need is the very
opposite of the German material;stic
and unbelieving nightmare which has
made material things their god and
the possession Of property the SUM
mum bonum. Fellowship with Christ
in helping to dry human tears, n
tighten human minds, and to right
human wrongs must be gloriAed as
greater and more noble things than
economic efficiency or the accumula
ton of property, or there will continue
the unchristly struggle for large pos
sessions in disregard Of the higher
moral and spiritual values. !.
Political democracy appeared in
most countries long before the aeita-
ton for social or industrial democracy,
even as the gospel Of salvation Of the
individual from sin and its guilt and
defilement was preached centuries be-
fore ministers generally became aware
that Christ has q gospel 81 salvation
for the social fabric wherever It e
wronging anyone and making it easy
to be bad and hard to be good. But
even in countries largely democratic
there are reactionaries who decry
what they call the Democracy Of the
CrossIRoads";; and Of course we al
know that however safe the world Is
made for democracy, that same de-
mocracy OF rule Of the people can
never be made very safe for anybody
unless the people are both intelligent
and righteous: and this they will never
be except by their becoming devoutly
christian in their thinking, and in thei1
desires or emotions, and in their will,
All Of the man being surrendered il
obedience to Christ as Lord Of thu
life
Recently a social philosopher il
England wrote, "The seat Of power
might be changed from the few to til,
many without any one Of it's vices be
ing eliminated, and we might hav.
new rulers with all Of the faults ant
ambitions, minus the training and ex
perience Of the old one Can an,
one honestly maintain that the work
ing classes or the people generally ar,
at the present time manifsting NOR,
Observation-Disclosures than the privilege,
class against whom they are tilting?'
We reply that since few if any PEG
pie Of any class are good enough t,
have in their irresponsible keeping tn
financial or the civil interests Of othe
people, it is safer to trust the interest
of all the people to the keeping of al
of the people than to trust the inter
ests Of all Of the people to the keep
ing Of part Of the people Of any class
EIt is not q question of putting the in
~terests Of the many into the hands o
the few. or Of putting the interests 0
the few into the hands Of the many
for neither Of these programs woul,
be either wise or safe: but it is aspyO
posal to leave the interests Of All o
he people Ia the keeping Of all Of I'll,
people as q God-given right which j
inalienable. All Of the people can b,
trusted to safeguard the interests o
all Of the people; and this is the es
scene Of the faith in democracy q
Opposed to autocracy or aristocracy
but nobody claims that the peopl.
| xa1Svv ANAl1A SO ~aSrk~1.~- - A. A.