Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-28

OF me eNll WltIllu YOU Nllt tl'dIiolll9
of our thoughts and restoring of
our desires, will we approach a
lasting success, and commensurate
with our ability to do this so in
degree will we be successful, not
only spiritually, but materially. !
One can scarcely say, that real
success is measured by the size of
ones bank account, and the accum-
of material wealth, particu-
Iarly, if in its requirement all sight
of humanity and the rules of life
have been lost sight of How long
will a business man hold II custo-
mer if that customer believes that
the only interest the merchant has
in him is pecuniary. If one sus-
poets that to be the chief motive of
the physician we do not ask him to
enter our homes. If we find it in
the clergyman, we pay no heed to
his message, If the teacher should
confess that he had no interest in
the children at their desks, but was
working merely for the money in
it, we would class as a traitor in
the camp. No man becomes lawful
rich unless he enriChes society in
the very process of enriching HIM
self.
Applies to All Glasses.
1t is the peculiar gift and glory
of religion that it deals with the
meaning of life as a whole. 1t will
not identify itself with any partic-
ular occupation, or science, or art
| 1t has a message for fishermen and
for philosophers, for doctors, law
yers, teachers and even wholesale
grocerymen. Business men, if you
please, this thing was not done in a
corner and it refuses to stay in any
corner Of human life. it declines
to be modest--modesty belongs to
the part and not the whole OF
things 1t is not an additional
piece of furniture to be thrust into
an already crowded room. Chris
tianity is the revelation through
Jesus of Nazareth of the eternal
unchanging purpose Of God, and
the developing of that same pur-
pose in the lives and institutions
of men,
In the process of writing this
paper | have consulted with many
people and also read many hooks.
The greater portion of this paper
is taken from the literature | have
read. quite often combining entire
paragraphs and fitting together
writings from various books,
have before me a little pamh-
let by Rudolf Euckein," entitled
Back to Religion" Which may
not be out of place at this moment.
The author, in his Introduction
states: He is but superficial OBJ
server of the times who can think
that the movements of life today is
altogether against religion and that
only the denial of religion has the
spirit of the age with it; yet in the
work Of the intellect and likewise
in the depths of mems souls, the
case is different. Here with every
greater vigor is springing up the
feeling that religion is indespensa-
Bile. the yearnng for religion. The
most Fundamental reason for TINS
tendency may be indicated by n
single sentence, 1t is caused by ths
increasing dissatisfaction with
modern civilization or at least with
those aspects of civilization which
now occupies the surface of life.
Cravings of the Soul.
"All the splendor of the external
success of civilization cannot hide
the fact that it does not satisfy the
4 whole man with his inner needs
and that the amelioration of the
world around us, which it has ac'
| compliShed does not compensate
for the inner emptiness of it's eX'
cessive concentration of effort, OF
the visible world. At one and the
same moment the craving that HE
should have more soul and depth
is expressing itself with elementa
power. This craving for soul is &C
companied by craving for con
tinuance and eternity.
THE same principle which gov
ems individual conduct are extend
ed to social group and entire ma
tions; self interest is the single
rule of action. The danger is i'm
inent that the end may be war o
all against all
| trust that in the foregoing my
readers will have arrived at a con
clusion of my opinion as to what
business man should do about tn
Bible and with the following quo
tation, will close, sixteenth chap
ter twenty-siXth verse Matthew:
For what is a man profited If n
gain the whole world and lose hi
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