The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-29

ons who never turned his back but marched breast
forward
Never doubted clouds would break.
never dreamed. though right were worsted wrong
-, would triumph,
Held fall to RISE are banled to fight better
Sleep to wake.
The poet speaks truth. Providence has so ere
ated manor evolution has so shaped him. II you
prefer to put II 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
enrth-so much that he has now a vision of what
MS goai 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 TO
move on to that goal this present age Never
mas the incentive to the achievement of that goal
Deen so strong. For man cannot stand stfil He
must press onward to the goal or fall back and
lose much that he has gained. Failure to reach
the goal emphasizes the incompeteness of nh
that has been accomplished. And this shining
goal Is nothing less than the message of the sea.
son:
peace on 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
ton or precepts OF Christianity to the affairs NJ
mankind.
Christianity was blamed for not preyentiny tho
great war. II has since been blamed for NOT nra
venting the industrial strife and the economic nm.
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 a noteworthy fact that during the Ias, ve.r
men OF affairs, speaking from the vlewpolnt q,
business and not that OF religion, have nuhIIc,v
declared that In the application OF the teochIngs
OF the Gospel lies the one cure for the Industrial
Ills growing out OF worldwide economic warfare
Some OF them have gone far as To declare tho,
nothing but sincere acceptance OF Christianitv
can save society from utter ruin aud civilIza,ion
from complete collapse.
II Is not contended by them that Christianltv
contains panacea that will at once cure alI in
dustria and economic Ills. They know that no
such panacea exists. They admit that CHRISTIAN
tty does not teach economies; does not instruc, a,
TO production and distribution: does not, In shor,
set forth n system OF industry In any form or
shape. They start from different basis and
their reasoning Is about like this:
Christianity. however. dies set forth n moral
formula that can be applied Mt all times 10 nh
systems This moral formula Is an active solvent
OF wrongs under any system. Its application can
cure the defects of any system. not SO much nv
changing the system ms by changing the attitude
OF men toward another
Practical Christianity would not tolerate inius.
tice Of any kind. With injustice of all kinds han
tshed from the affairs OF men and nations existing
economic and Industrial systems would either re-
model themselves or would be cast aside In short
economic regeneration would come about as n bv
product In connection with the larger moral re-
generation OF mankind through the acceptnnce az
Christianity. For In the last analysis the faults
OF systems have their In the hearts OF men,
stupendous undertakings An impossible
visionf WE'LL they ask. what other course Is there,
The converse OF the proposition has been trie, 10
the uttermost. And where Is the worldr Apnar.
entity civilization In this Twentieth century Is sac.
Ing the great crisis,
George Washington. 1ss years ago. ms AmerIcs,s
first president. proclaimed Americas first national
Thanksgiving day. And his preamble declares:
"h is the duty of all nations to acknowledge