The Dolores star., 1922-12-29

One who back but marched breast
Never doubted clouds would break
Never dreamed. though right Were worsted. wrong
- would triumph,
Held fall rise. bafrIed to fight better.
Sleep wake.
The poet speaks truth. Providence has so ere
ated manor evolution has so shaped him If you
prefer TO put it that way-that there is no greater
spur 10 his soul than the incentive of the un-
achieved. Always the unaccomplished that seems
worth while challenges his ambition his courage
his determination.
Man has already accomplished much on this
earth-so much that he has now n vision Of what
his goal should be-so much that he is now able
TO see how far he has fallen short of reaching that
goal. And no age has been so well equipped 10
move on TO that goal this present age Never
has the incentive to the achievement of that goal
been so strong. For man cannot stand still He
must press onward to the goal fall back and
lose much that he has gained Failure to reach
the goal emphasizes the incompleteness of all
that has been accomplished. And this shining
goal is nothing less than the message of the sea-
Peace earth, good will to men"
Practically this means the reformation of human
nature And the reformation of human nature
means nothing less than the worldwide applica-
tion of precepts of Christianity to the affairs of
mankind
Christianity blamed for not preventive, rho
great war. 1t has since been blamed for nor rre
venting the industrial strife and the economic ills
and other evils that have afflicted the world per
haps the best answer in brief to this charge is the
utterance credited to George Bernard Shaw.
christianity has not yet been tried"
1t is noteworthy fact that during the last voor
men of affairs speaking from the viewpoInt Of
business and not that of religion, haye nuhIicI,,
declared that in the application of the TEACHINGS
of the Gospel lies the one cure for the Industrial
ills growing out Of worldwide economic warfare
O ne 50 far
nothing but n sincere acceptance of Christionity
can save society from utter ruin and civilization,
from complete collapse.
1t is not cOntended by them that ChristIonItv
contains a panacea that will at once cure MI in
dustrial and economic Ills They know .hat no
such panacea exists They admit that Chrstio,
lty does not teach economies; does not instruct nc
to production and distribution does not in short
set forth system of industry in any form or
shape They start from n different bas,s 49,,
their reasoning Is about like this:
Christianity, however. does set forth n ,nr.,
formula that can be applied all times IN ou
systems, This moral formula is an active soI..
of wrongs under any system. Its appcatio, oo,
cure the dc1ects OF any system, not so much nv
changing the system by changing the otti,r,r
of men toward one another
Practical Christianity would not tolerote ipi,s
uce OF any KIND With Injustice Of all kinds bon
lshed from the affairs of men and nations ayi..,
economic and industrial systems would eithar -
model themselves or would be cast aside In -.
economic regeneration would come about as n h,
product in connection with the larger moral -
generation of mankind through the acceptonce -,
Christianity. For in the last analysis the for,td
OF systems have their source in the hearts of m.n
A stupendous undertaking.? An imn,,.,i,,. .
vision? Well, they ask what other couree ,a .,' :.
The converse of the proposition has been tried r.,
the uttermost. And where is the word?. Ann,r
emily civilization in this Twentieth century 10 r
ing the great crisis "
first president proclaimed Americas Grst na,,l'
thanksgiving day. And his preamble dec,,ros. !.
1t Is the duty of all nations to ACKNOWLEDGED