Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-28

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the action Of the regular party con
vention." The simple reason why gov
ernments so often muddle is that they
are stated by politicians. Usually a
governments first question is What
is expedient?'' rather than what Is
right ?" All the present bitter and
bloody bungling of the Near Eastern
situation would have been avoided had
the nations adhered steadfastiy to con-
siderations of simple justice and hu-
man welfare. That indictment also
applies to world affairs in the large !.
the pettincss OF poloticians mas
wrought havoc with things in general.
Meanwhile. we see arising. quite
perceptibly all over the earth. new
and more righteous standard An ever
increasing number of persons are
viewing events from the Pauline
Gilbert Murray's The Problem OF
Foreign Policy"-and the most recent
editorials and speeches. display re-
markable trend toward an insistence
upon the code of religion in the prac-
| tice of statecraft 1t is becoming daily
more and more apparent that nothing
Is politically expedient which is not
morally right. Simple integrity is
coming to its own in public affairs I.
and that means that religion Will yet
save politics to both breadth and
honor.
school Lesson. which is basically inter
continental as we'll as international.
without contemplating its clear appli-
cation to present problems of the ma
tons. And it drives us back to the
conclusion that Paurs way Is not only
the best way. but also the one sure
way. Except East looks to the Yves!
and West TO the East in the spirit OF
the righteous and loving Christ-un-
less public affairs are conducted on
IL rSHA NJ
will.-there can be no true solution of
pending perplexities.
over and over again the experts
upon Near Eastern affairs keep as
surinc US that the Near Eastern Oues-
ton Is fundamentally a religious ques-
than that In broader sense other
questions of the relation between ma
tions and individuals are basically
matter of religion. Paul carried with
him the one sure panacea for the ills
Of the race.
Have We An Asiatie Faithf
Once We get to thinking IN ccntin-
entail and racial terms of religion. We
find ourselves forced to examine the
real character and claims and func-
tiors of the Christian faith. How does
it affect organized life and govern
mcnts? Wherein is 1t really different
Apostle Paul have in his possession, as
he sailed from Troas u Nenpolis tnow
the modern tobacco port. kavalla. n
bone of contention between inc
Greeks, Bulgarians and Macedoniansl
which Macedonia and Europe did not
always possess'
Ix IL true that one religion IL as good
n. another: and that fundamentally
all religions are alike and that 1t
does not matter what a man believes.
so long as he acts the best he knows
how"y or, more to the present point.
ix CHRISTIANITY n universal religion.
equally adaptable to all chimes and
colors and conditions? When Paul
carried into Europe. which lies WITHIN
the zonc OF power his new Dynamic.
was he bearing creed ana nc
destined to bear its best fruits amid
Europeans because peculiarly designed
for them
breadth is cnusllcd by their shallow
ness that they don't believe in mis-
sions. These Asiatics have their re-
liyiop and We have ours, and theirs is
as good for them as our. IL for US.
obviously. II Christianity - at all
racial religion 1t is Aslstic: and there
fore VIC are bound to send Il back to
Asia whence 1, came-which stll
would be missionary work!
As matter of simple observance.
to which as traveller on four con-
tincnts I personally can bear witness.
Christianity is u world religion. and
produces its characteristic fruits as
naturally In Asia and Africa as in
Europe and America. Thanks to Pauls
decisive invasion Of Europe with the
Gospel. the Church has grown TO full-
cs, proportions in the West Now It
must be borne back to the East,
whence 1t first came mo-thund
civilization can be saved only by
missionary Christianity.