Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-01
Make America More
American
ny Rov Harvey w Ewing,
Pastor Of Union ~ T. Church.

lfnftHE tff fitast ltft ffsAt1 fff1 fht+''s'@
people have been thinking IN world
Terms. The great war compelled that
attitude Of mind We could not help our
selves. The world war was 80 awful, So
destructive. 80 menacing 10 all We held
dear that we were driven to- think 81 "
morning, noon and night nc daily
unper8 made us think on IT, the religious
press teemed with war news and war
spirit; our puipita resutnded w1ta war
sermons. our conversation briatled with
war points All other subjects Of thought
were pushed into the background, scarcely
noticed
We Americans became ooamopolitea
over night. We no longer Thought IN
terms of the western hemisphere, but IN
world terms We almost forgot That VIC
were citizens OF tho United states, nut
began tn consider ourselves world c'Izen3-
0ut interests became woridwide. nc
developed from nstionalists INTO inter
natinnaInts A certain blEneas seIfeo our
spirits, and soon we began to teei 40 nuch
larger than formerly Our httlcn@s' 9ut
natrnwneeap 40 much in evidence to other
natinnalitiea quickly stuffed oil. md We
grew into full 0edged crTnopolltfH ~ an
hour .o,o
We come To the opening Of tho year WV
n far different people than we werr when
tho century began Tho third decade :"
fbe twentieth century dawna on uie
American citizen who Is quite diflefe''t
from tho average citizen of the hTTt year
of the century Rut the great war y over,
even though The league OF Nations pact
not R,gnctl b,it 70 still 'Iodged somewhere
between the Senate and the White tio'he.
And the war being over We ere bcFinh lnF
now 10 rrc the tidez of our national NC
flow hack INTO their accustomed channfis
It.gl,Lot,. tl,at vo will now have sofne tilno
!, ,.,. atfent,on t. our own affairs
While VIZ ahan not forget tho VIDE World'
n.r onr hrotheYa m Armenia, hlnat
RUSSIA and Serhia. vet We wall ihFVlta'hs
l,eUfn ~ narrow orr horizon. and pay
,pare attention ta our own nafl9nai ~
fairs For long period W have pTac'l.A
Is SAID ftNot Tor ourselves but lof olh"'s
a very noble eentlrncnt indeed, but ~" Y
rcerla about titnc r. g1ve some aS'.'i ~.
ta America American affairs ar ~
st,rh healthy condition that We ahh 4
ford a. overlook them much longer =, ~
etatcanrn would do we'll = e@re'uhy
aeTlltinlte orr hotno affairs. and turn 8'''''
~ their wisdom IN this d1rcctol
n A,,o.,ca now considered the hopo 81
tba Void now regarded rs the model 'oI
tho frEdIRt#ft4R Ift@A ifA At4AafFN
,ne,nareblo4 zhall become careless g hef
real lfo forgetfal IF her deals. oankr'll't
= h.y morals She will furnish = aorF9
model for these aspiring peoples 70 c'pf
I ,,-t.,,t.l suggest thRt America cen Ip7A
80 I.eat spyvr The world sly beromihR
more Atneriran The precious 'Hu'o
t,,,t.s aecltrrd H. lis hY the fathers - thV'n
ble,.l and suffering need - he conserved
laveioped and atrcngthcnt !. not ohiy III
ourselves hut for tho good ai thr "or"'
That America il feycrlsh, If not nck mus
~ a,,,.arert ~ nu who vii take the tifhe
IL study the national life hit We hsNe
,.g.,4.. tbra,.yh Two perfectly useless stFiksss
lately neither ~ which arc iuliY sett'ts,
- " bat,e Witnessed outbreaks ~
Ped .a,iirpitzfn III VARIOUS parts ol thF
land and while We have dcported icy
of tic worst of them, Wn atili have ei"',sh
rf them on our hands - start iFfssh t's''s''a
nj almost any minute We have haa p
Ienst two race riots lately iorerunhef
If SERIOUS times n our country "A'e
of crime has been sweeping over -"
country from ocean ~ ort,aH n ~ 80
lst ladee tie hsaser elements oi our lFsopi1
and i IS showing ltaelf IN roh'*Iies an
hnid-ulls and IootlnF generally Re NJ"
uara4 and Fig fortunes mnde during li@
w. bsvc set orr people VIC ,aUf 4l'e
tpr,aI good So that they have lo@t slBhe
q aIl other values The condition Of our
peanle NJ II is Indicated 10y the afoNe
stated facts Is serious enough - So .''45
one Ia earnest thought.
During this new year Just ushcrtd ~ We
need ~ people to hear ancw the eoli'-
md II the Master 70 Sock first the
kingdom al God. and his righteousness
! be things Of the SPIRIT demand our
.,ftsnt,an now more than ever 6 nced
IN sp,rltliaIIze our wealth, or II VII crush
~ We need 10 splutuallzc our resources
er,, thcv Will curse us. We need 10 spifitu-
al,ze our new power 10 the world or 1t sla
bring rcd rum on ls and the world e
ne.,I tn splritUalIne our business or u Will
LII ON, ideals. We need 10 splrtualize our
education or It slll develop Us INTO
.,ens,Stirs. cur greatness Is our danger IN
les that greatne4ss shall be under the
controI nf spiritual forces. The spirit OF
the CHRIST must bc gwen nght Oh way
IN our nation or We are doomed.
Nsy not suggest that 1t Is hlgh time 10
give the pulpit It's chance 70 be hesra.
/ .Ife lutcrprcted from the spiritual stand
noint II the c-ving need Of the times We
have had scctarianlsn IN plenty; We need
the Spirit OF the Christ presented to All
the people We have had iraetohad
preaching IN abundance, the need now
for the wholchearted, straght-from-the-
shoulder preaching Of the SIMPLE gospel OF
the Son OF God. We have been witnessing
the fearful effects Of poison gas, | \. =.
dynamite and the like, it IS now time that
W. turn our attention to the dynamite o.
i Cod. There Is only one power which car
unity the nation, purge IT Of its divisions
restore It's moral vitality and make 1t serve
the world as it should in the third decade
Of this century, and that power Is The
gospel of Chlist Is preached by men whS
have experienced its power III their Owl
Let tho newspaper JOIN with the churcf
IN directing the attention Of the people K
the house Of God for worship on the
Lords Day. Let the newspaper stSnc
h.ck Of the ministers IN their effort K
check the present tendency toward usinf
the Sabbath IS q day Of pleasure amrse'
ncnt and hilaHty let them not only
i n,.t tbn vnorpI condition Of the com