Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-14

To the Editor: After reading
that Mayor Baker. of Portland, re-
fused to give Lincoln Steffens per-
mission to lecture in Portland, on
the Russian situation. especially
as he was one of the members of
the commission sent along with
MIR. Bullitt by President Wilson to
look into the situation oven. there,
l am wondering if we Americans
haven't lost our Americanism.
Can't we face the truth from
truthful people? | confess to a
feeling of regret because this fear
of ghosts" on our part indicates
national weakness very. unlike the
spirit of our predecessors: Wash
lnston and Lincoln, whose valor
and absolute justice desired TO
know the truth in all things - AT
an cost. Once when Lincoln was
told that God was on his side. he
replied that he at least was trying
to be on Gods side. The distinc-
ton was Lincoln like. If only Lin
coins spirit could lead our nation
today there would be more real
patriots. The pseudo material to,
day has "A brassy sound -i in fact.
it appears the anti-Christ is at
hand. for all the anti's are here,
all bowling at once - the anti
Semetic. the anti-CathoIic, the
anti-reds, the anti-yellows, and the
anti blacks.
Like the New York Nation says,
II appears the noise is made to OBJ
scure the real issue. Anyway, my
brain is tired and my feet weary
trying to find a place where liber-
ty broodeth and raiseth her own.
While l lived in Washington
state | had. to come to Oregon to
read Pastor Russelrs Finished
Mystery" but now l suppose l will
have to go to Washington TO Seat
tie to hear Lincoln Steffens lee
ture on Russia.
It's compulsion here and there
until really we wonder if God has
not been crowded out of the world
for the spirit of liberty is the Spir-
it of God, says the scripture. Com
pulsion, restraint, suspicion are
the monsters today -that threaten
our republic. If every wouId-bt
boss could be confined within the
feeble minded institute, where he
rightly belongs, peace would soon
replace our present chaotic condi-
tions. We follow the archaic sys-
TEN of slapping back, instead of
the Cody command to Love thy
neighbor as thyself," 1t is said the
constant use of the brain increases
the convorItions in the cerebrum,
and that the average brain de-
but our leaders today act as if
the convolutions must have ceased
at a much earlier age.
Did Christ go to school? Is the
intellect the ruler in the realm of
the world, the flesh and the devil?
II is. anL the intellect surely is the
thief of the soul, it magnifies it,
self, il puffeth itself up and all the
Bnti's today are against God and
for God is in all yellow,
red, black and white, and whoever
DIesumes to tyranniZe one anoth-
er is the child of Satan. God will
scatter them as He did the money
changers, and they will soon be
rOosting alongside Kaiser Wilhelm
and his tribe. Whoever denies
hat Christ has come in the flesh, !
lyours and my flesh and others) |
IS anti-Christ, and whoever perse-
eutes another, no matter what |
heir color or creed. is prosecuting |
Christ. Shame on an ignorant |
world whose very light Gntellect) !
$ darkness. It's the Spirit that !
eacheth us all things. yea, the
lcep things of God. The Spirit is ,
IKE dove - gentle and peaceful
the intellect like the serpent
ubtle and dissontious, and today 4
dominates the world. while the
Dove of Peace sits on the noun
aim top, mourning the absence of
4ove i'm the world.
LAURA J. BONE.
'eb. 9, 1921. Aumsville, Ore.