Arizona republican., 1921-04-03


 looking forth upon the divisions of the world today as they are revealed in international and industrial rela- tions in a divided church, were frank to confess our own short comingS and sin. The one note that runs through all the reports of that conference is contained in the word fellowship, reiterated again and again in the spirit of fellowship of brotherhood will be found the solution of all the troubles that divide the churches and the nations today. This does not mean disloyalty to our own church or country. We are not asked to sur render any principles, but certain pre- judices which exist through misun- derstanding and ignorance. T hate so and So,' once Vehemently declared a man of hot and nasty temper, but you do not know so and so,'' said his friend; 'of course I do not know him, if knew him how could I hate him." was the candid, if somewhat incon- Sistent response. Need I make the application to all the racial, national class and religious prejudices that divide a sorrowing world today? Per- haps we will reluctantly fraternize on occasions with a Japanese or negro, with Roman Catholic or a Christian Scientist, with Mohammedan or Mormon, with a socialist or an Indus trial Worker of the World. but we must draw the line in acknowledging the possibility of any human relation ship to a bolshevik or a German Forever until the end of time he must be cast into outer darkness where no opportunity is ever offered for repentance or reunion with brother l11 1f z1I have no dealings with these hated samaritans.
 The hardest saying that Christ ever spoke to his disciples was the com mand to love our neighbors. How can we pray the greatest prayer of unity addressed not to My Father, but to Our Father and ask him to forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us? If he needed this petition in spite of his infinite love and compassion, how unhappy would be our state here and hereafter, We are living in a world where the critical spirit is now dominant; men and women seem to be finding fault with everyone in particular and everything in general. Now criticism is legitimate There can be no pro- gress without it. But we must be III Odl "C cannot sbut our eyes and hold our tongues when we are faced by evil men. But constant scolding and fault finding accomplish little. This habit of criticising every man and every movement that is undertaken for the rbetterment of the world and the church is utterly bad: It is not only destructive of. men and movements, but of the critic himself and his work. Constant criticism destroys the crea- tive faculty. Like a cancer it eats away the characters of men who in dulge in it. We do not need to des- troy so much as to build up. We have no right to find fault unless we are putting our shoulders to the wheel of progress and pushing with all our might.
 With what dismay and discourage ment do we turn away from the reading of the morning newspaper with it's abuse of the leaders of both church and state with whom it does not agree through blind partisanshiS and prejudice. This is liable to pro- duce a fit of indigestion whether we have had any breakfast to eat or not. I am not sure but the reading of the weekly religious press has sometimes the same effect upon us. When an L., theological professor of a past gene ration was about to celebrate his golden wedding, one of his associates said, that he thought he would send as his gift copy of The Golden Rule | Through all the ages how this noble ! injunction combined with the royal command of love to God our Father and man our neighbor, whether he lives in Asia or America, has shone | forth like a beacon from the mountain 1 heights to enlighten our minds and | hearts and to guide our footsteps on 1 to the city of God, the new Jerusalem | which is above. the mother of us all | where peace and unity, good will and | fellowship rule supreme, and the love i of God our Father and Christ our Saw | four join us in the bonds of His eter- 1 nal kingdom of brotherhood and ser | vice.
 | "The events, of the coming year I quote the words of another, will no | be shaped by the deliberate acts O l statesmen, but by the hidden current. | face of political history of which nc | one can predict the outcome. In one | way only can we influence these hid | den currents by setting. in motior | those forces of instruction and imag | ination which change opinion. Th' assertion of truth, the unveiling O | illusion, the dissipation of hate, thu | enlargement and instruction of men
 hearts and minds, must be tn means"
 | Long ago a great spiritual leade | along social economic and theologic ica lines declared that you can never de
 stroy any error until you discover tn
 truth that lies at the rOCt of tn
 error and that we must learn to b
 tolerant even of intolerance. Tn
 worthy son of his father, a grea
 military leader of England, Majo | General Maurice at a recent meetin
 in London of the Life and Libert Movement asked: Cannot we exten
 the hand of fellowship to thoSa wh believe in the same Master? Canno } we forgive and ask forgiveness fo past mistakes?" It is estimated sai a member of a former English cabi net, that the civilized nations toda are spending 20 per cent of their na ] tional income in war and preparatio