Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-06

I OF the right is the greatest fact about
the war. All the convictions of
christian civilization have crystal
lized. Now we all see, in the new
IlSht that shines from the world S
oattlehelds, that God and good are
the supreme verities. What the
preachers call the sinfulness of sin"
! mas become manifest. We are done
with our rosewater theories for bet
tering the world AS our brayest
ana best go to a new Calvary for the
redemption of the race, following in
the train of the Saviour who died
that others might live. we under
stand that sin has to be atoned for.
ana that holiness, for nations as for
individuals, must be bought at the
price OF blood, staggering and heart
breaking is the cost; but righteous
ness is worth it, Now we know that
there is no easy road to virtue.
Soldiers in France push the logic
or the case to its conclusion. They
see that If injustice in Belgium is
10 De fought, so also must Injustice
In Boston and Bombay. If oppressors
OF childhood and womanhood and
weakness are to be driven out of
rance IN ike manner they are to
De expelled from America. If the
and little Is to be enforced. so also
must be the square dear' between
employers and employed, between
producers and the public, between
the rlch and the poor. the favored
ana the friendless. There is wide
spread discussion among the army
oincers and men. during the spaces
OF time when talk is the only possi-
Gle recreation. of the new and nobler
social order that is to follow the
war. The rising tide lifts all ships"
+ ar tar more than the defeat of Ger
many is being encompassed on the
fields of France.
Getting the Main Idea
conventional churchianity will be
war victim. All the long cataIog
oL man made sins will be burned up
In this world-conhagration self
complacency and consciousness will
cease to be characteristics of pious
people Sectarian strife will stop.
professional ecclesiasticism will sink
INTO ecllpse. The pertiness that has
so long been associated with organ
l9ed religlon will pass away.
something else is coming-some-
thlng so big and vital and inports NJ
that II VIII compensate for ali the
SSS Va tHe war. Men will saw that
II Is coming out of the war; really.
though, 1t is coming out of the Ribie
and out of the nature of God. that
great something is new sense of the
lntoIerableness of evil and the indis-
Pensaoleness of righteousness.
This is the main IDEA. Unless II
grips the churches. they also will
pass and God will express himself
through other agencies. Somehow
anyhow, the divine day of essential
goodness must dawn. Truth. as spo-
Ken between men and women, as well
as written in treaties. will haya
new seal and sanction. Chastity for
men and women both. will come 70
take the place indicated for it bv the
New Testament. Good will and helm
fulness will supersede selfishness and
strife. The common welfare will
take It's rightful and paramount posi-
tlon, Personality, in every man and
every nation, will enter into a new
inheritance of respect. Comradeship
VIII take the place of conflict.
In the pursuit and guarding of
these aims. there will be a new mill
fancy. Religion and righteousness
Will be synonymous. Saccharine and
spirituality" will give