Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-07-13

hearQ from ner frequently anu d.
ways with pleasure. S. j. Y. knew
her personally as a friend and an
estimable woman.
| am hereby sending thanks to
Mrs Herrick for the souvenir of Port
land, Oregon, which contained so
many fine illustrations of that city,
which is now her home. The nieces
will remember Ford described her
visit with Mrs. Herrick in one of her
letters.
GLIMPSE Kill
DR.. Charles Poole of London, Eng
land, formerly of Boston, was the
speaker of the evening. He took for
his subject The Christian Program
and National Progress" THE vast
confagration of the war" he said,
has lit up the past for us with re-
vealing flame In it's lurid glare we
have been compelled to see some things
wildly which before we saw imper-
fectly or missed altogether. Among
them is the relation of the Christian
program to National progress. Far
from being incidental, we are obliged
to confess that enduring national pro-
gress is conditioned upon the accept
ance of the Christian program
"A little while ago an American
business man from New York was en-
tertained at the home of the president
of the Argentine republic. The repre-
sentatives of the two Americas were
sitting in the sun parlor after luncheoh
one day, when the president turned 10
the other and said, Can you tell me
why it is that South America, with so
much greater national advantages ana
being settled before North America, is
so backward compared with your
country? The business man being the
presidents guest, hesitated, and asked
the president what was his opinion;
We'll replied the latter, nave
| thought about that a good deal, and
have come to this conclusion: South
America was settled by Spaniards, who
came here to seek gold. North Ameri-
ca was settled by the Pilgrim Fathers,
who went there to seek God. Gold or
God that makes all the difference
THE opening of the Goth century
which promised so much, has been
bitter disappointment. generation
or two ago, if you had asked western
historians and philosophers to define
the test of progress, they would nave
probably replied, increasing clVlllza-
ton At this point it must be SAID
that Christianity and civilization are
not synonymous. Christianity has not
failed But a certain clever, crue!
Christless civilization has failed ana
will continue to fail utterly. Many
wears ago James Martinean wrote: II
is fatal delusion to imagine that the
arts of life which only enlarge ITS re-
sources have any necessary tendency
to improve it's spirit, or that the com
pletest acquaintance with science at
fords any guarantee of highest good
ness.
THE world has been made safe FOR
democracy The greater task of max
ing democracy safe for the world re-
mains. Near the Nelson monument in
Trafalgar Square in London stands the
monument of Nurse Carvel recalling to
us her words, Now l know patriotism
is not enough Patriotism is not
enough brotherhood is not enough;
humanity is not enough, The supreme
task of the hour is the organization
and leadership of spiritual forces of
humanity True national progress
must reckon on the supremacy of in
tangible values, insist on a spiritual
conception of human life, and own the
right of eternal sanction. National
perpetuity among democratic people
comes finally to rest upon the ability
of the majority of it's citizens to think
highly and to live righteously The
destiny of the world is in a real sense
in the hands of the Sunday school.
1t can make the cleaning ideal and
the everlasting real