The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-08

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in national LIE and international
relations.
"only as we stand ready to
serve shall We dare sound the call
Of service to others.
Are we. as a nation, to assume
no responsibility for any one but
ourselves? Can democracy ever
live a life Of isolation? Our ma
Eonal peril Is that we. shall be
foolishly content with a self.cen-
tered national life, never realiz-
ing that blessings are given to ma.
tons as to men, that they may be
shared
with troubled conscience
Americans in these days must
confess that We have sunk very
low from the idealIsm OF four
years ago. The call to service
comes then, to the nation, and the
church must sound that call in
sistently.
Were great corporations to
realize that they are and must be
primarily corporations for public
service rather than for private
profit 1t would be easier to reply
to agitators who threaten peace
and prosperity. The unions will
be as cordially hated as the most
unpopular of industrial trusts II
they neglect the call to serve
while insisting on the right to
have. Efficiency In production,
honesty in labor. better work as
well. as better wages thi. must
be the program II industrial JUS
tice is also demanded.
In obedience to Christ's teach.
ing. the church, is bound to bear
positive and corporate witness to
the equal and infite valne OF every
human personality To ~ end
we would emphasize the duty
which is laid upon all christians
OF placing human values first In
the conduct of business. The end
of business Is not primarily profit
but human welfare and the COM
mon good In the language Of tbs
Lambeth resolutions on Social
and Industrial Questions, We be-
lieve that an outstcsding and
pressing duty OF the church is to
convince Its members OF the noe
essity OF nothing less than a fun
damental change in the spirit and
working of our economic life. This
change can only be effected by &C.
ceptinG aa tnr basis Of Industrial
Violations the principle Of coopera.
ton in service for the common
good, In place of unrestricted COM
pensation for private or sectional
advantage.
"Ths church has labored faith.
fully in the cause Of the unity for
which Christ prayed. The appeal
for unity issued by the Lambeth
conference and unanimously en-
dorsed by this house Of bishops
was a. notable expression Of our
hope and desire. But before we
San take any worthy part in this
great movement We must set an
example Of closer fellowship, mu-
-tual service and larger consecra-
ton. indeed, the path to unity is
only through service.
what one branch of the church,
acting separately. is equal to tho
task Of establishing Christ's king
dom on earth? i must be clear
that only a united church can bear
adequate witness to the essential
unity OF all men in Christ. Unless
racial antipathies. class hatred,
national jealousles and suspicious
can be supplanted by vital sense
Of brotherhood and by a fuller re-
aliZatDn Of the essential spiritual
unity of the whole human race,
all forms Of legislation and all ef-
forts to unite men must prove IN
adequate and futile.
$50, finally, we bid you pray for
Christ's holy catholE church, the
blessed company OF all faithful
people, that It may please God to
confirm. in holiness Of life and in
perfectness OF love and to restore
to It the witness Of visible unity"