Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-12


| must be student of world affairs.
1t is. no longer possible to live an
isolated life. Many of our wouldbe
| leaders, to whom has been entrusted
the high duty of directing our af-
| fairs IS nation, not only internally
| but in our international relations as
well, are showing a WOcful lack Of
understanding Of present-day condi-
tons. China's perpleXity, Russia s
distress, the trendous problems Of
| Western Europe are all of vital con-
Germ to us. Looked at merely from
a material point of view, we owe it
to ourselves and to the world to as
sist to the very limit of our tremen-
dous resources, in solving these great
questions which are troubling our
neighbors across the sea. But on the
| to peoples sorcly needing it, no
greater opportunity has ever come
| to any nation than is ours today
Upon our acceptance OF this chal-
lenge will rest the development of
countless peoples through mary gen.
crations"
Mr.. Harthorn continued that there
| were problems at our very doors
which must not be minimized. The in
creasing mass of people coming from
every corner under the sun, the great
, unrest in the ranks of labor and the
attitude of capital toward that unrest
the present widespread disregard for
! law, constitute a menace, and said that
the fact that we recognize the exist
ence Of these evils and arc eager to
| remedy them is hopeful phase Of the
situation.
Searching for the cause of existing
conditions. Mr.. Harthorn said: The
cause of all the trouble and distress
in His day. Jesus found to be the self
ishness of the human heart. And we
| look abroad in the world today and
study it's needs, no careful observer
, can fail to see that most of the prob
jems which confront US exist because
of this age-old selfshness of man. The
great war of recent years is perhaps
| the most outstanding example Of this
! fact. The imperial German govern
ment sought to impose upon the world
| its own will. How terribly the world
has suffered in consequence is too Wv
! idly remembered by millions of heart
today to need any further reminder
1T now remains for us to recognize
our personal obligation in setting these
things right Upon you rests the OBJ
legation of contributing in great meas
ure to the safe passage of our country
,,I a,1I |,
some days. While we recognize the
gravity of the situation we are not
discouraged. The world is better to-
| day than yesterday. 1t will be better
| tomorrow than it is today.
THE great crises of history have
called for youth. Gettysburg and
Arlington and Flanders Fields are sa-
cred shrnes forever. Around them
center our most sacred memories of
our youth who gave their all that we
might enjoy a fuller and a richer life
The hope Of the world today is CEN
! tered in our young men and women
like yourselves.
Jesus knew that the world needed
Him and He responded to the call AS
nations have learned His spirit and
! made it their rule of action, has civ
ilization advanced. When men have
forgotten Him and nations have disre-
sarded His teaching. then has decay
and death been the inevitable result
You have been upon the noun
tain top of opportunity and privilege
But we must not stop when we have
had the vision. That vision must be
TRANSLATED into action or our yea s
here will have been wasted.
Generosity is characteristic of
the abundant life. 1t needs to be en-
phasized in every phase of our Ameri-
can life today. Not only is this true
in personal matters. but in national
| and international as well.
That was magnificent outpouring
of the generous spirit when millions
| Of our youth responded to the call for
help which came from stricken Eu-
rope. Mr.. Harvey savagely maligned
| the heroic young manhood of America
when he said that we went into the
war to save our skins. America went
! into the war to help establish the prin-
cples of democracy for the world that
We had found blessing in our own
| fair land. "A greater love hath no man
than this, that he lay down his life
for his friends Every soldiers grave
| today. whether it is in the homelan3
or on the popped slopes of Flanders
| Fields, is a silent but enduring witness
! to the generous spirit of American
youth. AS it has responded in the past
| SO will it respond today when the need
shall have been made clear. On this
| fact rests our belief that out of the
era of uncertainty and distress will
come a new day filled with sweeter
and richer life
He repeated Sam Walter F'oss' poem
by the Side Of the Road" as an il
| lustration Of the philosophy of life
| that expresses itself in loving ard
generous friendship.
: He laid stress on the faith that was