Arizona republican., 1922-04-09

public schools. The educational Sys-
tenn was originally founded by the
Churches to train the children in the
| fundamentals of righteousness. Grad
ually but constantly we have drifted
away from this goal and today the
purposs for which our schools were
started has been almost entirely lost.
In some states it is a criminal Of
Tense for a school superintendent to
ask a prospective school teacher
what she believes or whether she has
| any religion whatever. Under these
| conditions is it surprising that the
spiritual resources of our children
are lying dormant
Much of the prosperity of this
nation is due to the family prayers
which were once daily held in the
| homes Of our fathers To a very
| large extent this custom has gone
| gone by. Whatever the arguments
pro and con may be, the fact never
/ thelessa remains that such family
! prayers nourished and developed
these spiritual resources TO which
| the prosperity of the nation is due.
/ The custom of family prayers should
! be revived along with many other
good New England customs which
some modern radicals ridicule. but to
F; which they owe all taht they possess.
1--WE have forgotten those human
/ possibilities upon which all pros
perity ultimately depends. / cam
not perhaps emphasize this more
than by saying the foundation of
| progress is spiritual, not material. +"
THE mind of man is a wonderful
thing. but unless the soul OF man is
awakened he must lack faith. power,
| originality, abition. those vital ele-
ments which make a man a real
| producer.
1 caused by spiritual causes than IL
nancial, and that prosperity is the
result of righteousness rather than
| of material things.
The success of individuals, the sue
| cess of nations. depends on these
fundamentals, qualities. Statistics
show clearly that we owe them to
religion. Yes, and to the old fash
ioned religion of our forefathers.
Moreover, / say this not as church.
man. | would give the same message
! if / We're speaking to group of
bankers or a group of engineers.
was first brought into the church
through the Christian Endeavor So
ciety, but | was really converted to
| the Bible teachings through a study
| of statistics"
These statements are not the re-
| suits of any special interest as a
! churchman.
] am not a preacher, / am simply
! a business man.. and my work is al
most wholly for bankers, brokers,
manufacturers, merchants and in
vestors. The concern with which
am associated has one hundred and
eighty people in a suburb of Boston
| who are collecting, compiling and
| distributing statistics on business
conditions. We have only one source
| of income, and that is from the client
| who pay us for an analysis of the
| situation Therefore you may rest
| assured that it is impossible for us to
| do any propaganda work in the in
tere1t of any one nation. sect, relig-
| ion or church. The only thing we
can give clients is a conclusion based
on a diagnoses of given situation.
| AS probably few of you readers are
| clients of ours, may I quote from a
bulletin which recently sent to these
bankers and manufacturers.
The need of the hour is not more
legislation. The need of the hour Is
! more religion. More religion is need
ed everywhere, from the halls of con-
gress at Washington. to the factories
the mines. the fields and the forest
The conclusion reached by this
man of business read like words
| from the prophets. such as these,
| righteousness exauIteth a nation,
! but sin is reproach to any people.
Daniel Webster said the greatest
| thought that ever occupied my mind
| was the contemplation of my obi
cation to my maker
One God and Father implies uni
versal brotherhood. Taken in all its
heights and depths no idea and re-
ality could be more potent for pros
perity than a real brotherhood of the
/ men of our city. Consider its leven-
ing influence on the employer and
on the EMPLOYEE. on the rich and on
the poor, on the strong and on the
| weak, on the educated and on the ig-
noranL.
| This thought of universal brother
hood is prominent in literature. in
| religious and sociological teaching
and in the principals of all our fra
ternal orders.
Abou Ben Adhern said: Write me
| as one who loves his fellow men,
1 and the next time the angel came
Abou's name led all the rest.
Lets make Phoenix new Philadel-
phia or city of brotherly love, and
the greatest possible development
Industrial, social and religious will be
inevitable.
We have many clubs. lodges
leagues. associations and churches
covering every business. professional
social relief and religious activities
Do we need another? Johnnie said
MY mama belongs to lots of clubs
I xt,tAn hnrfH fhnra rQTnf
pretty near not being anybody al
home but grandma and me-" And
/ Johnnie's father belonged to SO many
lodges that he hardly ever lodged a.
home.
However. the organizations re-
ferred to do not really bring every
walk in life. They are largely sec
terian, vocational, civic or fraterna
in membership
In many cities there are large
mems Bible classes which furnish {
real public forum for the discussion
of all the vital questions touching
home. school. civic. social. welfar'
and religious life. The mayor, chic
of police and many of the prominen
citizens and leading business mer
are frequently members of these
classes. VIM. Jennings Bryan has
class at Miami, Florida. numberint
$500 men. They meet in cocoanu
grove. Such an organized class il
the best kind of good government o.
non partisan league. They are
power in putting over every worth!
community enterprise.
The fact that not one, but man!
such classes have developed durini
the past decade is proof of the rea
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