South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-11

ual revival OF resurrection OF at least sufficient
OF that old time religion OF Jesus 20 make u
oeptable ideal, though mammon has
o'ershsdowed IN the practical raise popular
doubts of its feasibility.
It has been so long since ;he most OF US have
heard suggestive OF what Jesus might do;
80 long since we have felt called uron to suage
cur conduct and modes OF life TO strictly accord
with Christian teaching absorbing and radiating
is spirit, that the true conscientious Christian life.
might almost say, has become lost art. Indeed,
The cynical call f. "a discarded deuce"
Nothing could be more fitting than that It should
be dove-tailed IN here. IN the midst OF the popular
reacton-and quite universal unrest--that has fol-
lowed our recent International scare and deluge OF
Too bad indeed. too bad. that could
have fought the world war. national leader
counseIed fight It. IN a frenzy fear, nor
the wlldness OF hate. but for a principe-chasten-
ing tho foe, not in madness but love-, as a parent
chastens a child.
Had done that, there would have been
The reaction that has followed the unrest that
now exists We would have celebrated armistice day
not in a spirit OF greed-glad only that the burden
OF buying Liberty bonds and supporting the Red
Cross was passIng-but in a spirit Of gra tefulness
that the principle for which we had fought had
won. A truly Christian A merica would have
forgotten easily it has. its promises to the
world and itself: that had taken ur the sword
TO make the world safe for democracy, to crush
autocracy and militarism. that might be no
more.
Christianity has failed here in the United States
as II has failed in no other country on earth failed
Il has failed inocuate the people with
the power OF adherence to abstract principle-with
disposition subordinate personal advantage to
general welfare Christianity that or It means
nothing It IS not theology fundamentally but a
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object in life out-Neitzscheized NeItzsche,
especially since the war reacting into the very
deepest OF those materialstic channels for which
condemned him while the on;
demned him as the founder of the prevalent Ger
man intellectualsm.
And Christianity is the antdote. else there is
none. Never was evangelization important our
American life It right now; more important
even than Americanization. since fundamentally
without Christianity Spirit America
deepest significance. Bringing Bob Jones here but
an exempIincaton OF the best that could be done
20 properly and efficiently Americanize America and
spirtualize that Anlericanism In all the great
tiers OF population 1t Is more matter of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the hearts OF men with
the spirit OF the Christ toward his fellows.-than
the election a president. or a congress, wage
increases. or reduction Of the II. c. OF L, that is
needed in America to give the 100 percent Amer
II the heart IS right, and the intelligence minded
to search for the right you can trust to the re-
suits Individualsm after is at the bottom OF It
all-even OF the broadest specialization. The whole
is but the OF all its parts 1t isn't necessary that
man be a recluse the Nazarene was that he
live among beggars. preach only from mountain
sides or sleep under bush. We are living in a more
highly civilized state than existed 600 years ago
but the fundamentals OF Christianity the Spirit Of
ND thing. the humanitarian purposes, have not
changed. They merely available for moro COM
pick and OF that much greater importance.
Not that we need less doctrinal Christianity per-
haps. but that sorely need OF more prac-
teal Christianity. 3ustifes the revival that the
churches putting They need that revival
inside the churches well the ust;e. and
indeed. that Is or the primal purposes Of It.
The Pauline idea Of establishing the authenticity OF
the Messiahship. and that the to It would
become practical Christians a matter OF course.
hasn't always worked out exactly as he expected.
and the need or revival every now and then, to
revitalize the Christian heart as we'll as to roint
out the way for new converts. encouraging them to
acceptance. has been proven by the deviltry of
years.
The evangelist from the outside is muzzled.
local clergymen too often are. by their social
nections. the business. and sometimes immoral
societlons OF influential parshoners; the greeds and
selfish activities or the sometimes latest contribu-
tors 20 congregational upkeep. He is free thank the
heavens, from the local political influences
partisan Affiliations, which more than occasionally
silence the church into an alliance with the very
forces OF corruption and immortality. Christ's church
can never fulfil it's mission, and stand protec-
torate. even through silence over the activities OF
satans hosts. The churchman who swallows his
ligion. and forgets IT, when it Is time to apply II
in practical life. merely because such application
must OF necessity counter 10 his POLITICAL par
tisan. social business advantage needs Just such
a revival a anticipate Bob Jones Is calculated
bring