The Holly chieftain., 1922-12-28

One who turned his back but marched breast
Never doubted clouds would break
never dreamed. though right were worsted. wrong
Held fall to RISE are bafrled to fight better,
Sleep to wake
The poet speaks truth Providence has so ere
ated manor evolution has SO shaped him. If you
prefer to put 1t that way-that there Is greater
spur to his soul than the incentive of the un-
achieved. Always the unaccompllshed that seems
worth while challenges his ambition. his courage,
his determination.
Man has already accomplished much Oh this
earth-so much that he has now 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 well equipped to
move on to that goal as this present age. Never
has the incentive to the achievement of that goal
Deen 80 strong. For man cannot stand still He
must press onward to the goal or 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-
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 appllca-
tion of precepts Of Christianity to the affairs of
mankind.
Christianity was blamed for not preventing the
great war. 1t has since been blamed for not pre-
venting the Industrial strife and the economic fila
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 Inst year
men of affairs. speaking from the viewpoint of
business and not that of religion. have publicly
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
Some Of them have gone SO far as to declare that
nothing but sincere acceptance Of Christianity
society from utter ruin and civilization
from complete collapse
1t Is not contended by them that ChristianItv
contains panacea that will at once cure all in
dustral and economic Ills. They know that mo
such panacea exists. They admit that Christian
lty does not teach economics; does not instruct as
to production and distribution; does not in sbort
set forth a system Of industry In any form or
shape. They start from different basis and
their reasoning is about like this
Christianity however, does set forth n mora,
formula that can be applied at all times IN al,
systems This moral formula is an active solvent
Of wrongs under any system. Its application con
cure the defects of any system. not SO much hv
changing the system as by changing the attItuds
OF men toward one another.
Practical Christianity would not tolerate n,rs
tice Of any kind. With injustice Of all kinds han.
ished from the affairs Of men and nations av,..,
economic and Industrial systems would either ra
model themselves or would be cast aside In short
economic regeneration would come about as n hv
product in connection with the larger moral ~
generation of mankind through the acceptance n,
Christianity. For In the last analysis the fou,ts
OF systems have their source in the hearts of men.
stupendous undertaking. An impossihie
visionf Well they ask. what other course ID there,
The converse OF the proposition has been tried IN
the uttermost. And where is the world? Annar.
emily civilization in this Twentieth century IL fac
ing the great criss.
George Washington. 1873 years ago, as America,s
hrst president, proclaimed Americas first national
Ihanksgiving day. And his preamble declares;
1t is the duty of all nations to acknowledge