Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-29

hood is a fostering source OF disease,
poisoning the life of unborn millions.
This is a cruelty of which no thinker
will long be guilty. To inflict it upon
a whole nation is an offense against
heaven. God will not long smile upon
any nation which fails to conceive His
world in terms of reverence: and life
| will not long yield rich endowments to
those who ignore the things of the
spirit.
I'm Christ is science, but with us
is the question whether science shall
STAY or heal. The telescope. the
microscope, the locomotive. wireless.
! radio, transportation methods have all
been developed under Gospel light.
Even the intellect can not be fully
satisfied without God, for no one can
cast his thought behind God. He is
| the resting place of the intellect as well
as of the heart. George Romanes. a
! follower of Darwin. surrendered the
faith of youth to the dictates of mater
ial science. but later, before he passed
to where thought becomes discoveries,
he wrote of his recovery in the words
of another. The night has a thousand
eyes. the day but one: But the light
of the whole world dies, with the dying
sun; The mind has a thousand eyes.
the heart but one, But the light of
the whole life dies, when love is done
Commercial and Industrial
The founder of trade vas Jacob.
the plain farmer and merchant who en-
joyed nothing that had not been won
by labor. reaped nothing that he had
not sown. and slew no beast that he
had not himself reared-God never in
tended, even in the complication of
commercial and industrial life. that
the weak should be exploited by the
strong. His word thunders. What
doth the Lord require of thee, but to
do justly, and to love mercy and to
walk humbly with they God?' Paul
says, We are members one Of another
The injury of one, the weakest one.
should be now the concern. or it will
ultimately be the injury. of all. The
world found a savior when God was
expressed in the person of a carpen-
ter, and if the world is to be saved.
God must be recognized in its work
and business life. The Greeks called
him a poet who made something. We
have dignified not the producer but
the exploiter. God pity us. what fools
We are. Growth of the inner life of
all should be our goal. but circum-
stances must be made favorable TO
that growth, and if the many must toll
without hope of some relief from la
Dor. with no CLEAN of color coming
into their lives, then our civilization
needs to be turned upside down.
Every government under the sun.
except our own, has undergone change.
If ours is TO be changed, we must be
careful in making the change for the
better. There is a splendid dream. now
prevalent. that Of binding all the work |
ers together in one great union. Right |
ly understood this is IA Christian con-
ception. wrongly. it spells ruin, chaos |
and blood. One idea, that of class dis
~tinction is in the labor movement and
in organized greed: the other. that of
universal brotherhood is in the church.
The one to" largely ignores the posi-
ton and value of individual response
bllity and initiative. Never a book
or poem was written. a great paint
ing produced. Il masterpiece of music
composed by a committee. The indi-
vldual must still stand before God and
man for Judgment. Organization is
valuable. if others are not forgotten
in our interest, and if the individual
is encouraged to do his best and not
protected in failure to serve or in
wrong doing.
Religion in Politics
The great gap which exists between
personal Christianity and collective
action IN government and industry must
De closed. Our nation was conceived
IN righteousness, but we sometimes
tear that We have wasted the substance
OF our youthful vigor in the harlotry
OF colossal materialism, and sold our
ideals for husks of pleasure seeking
and selfish riOting.
we nave. in our laws. made men
ashamed OF certain kinds of wickedness
while other forms are tolerated and
praised. The holdup is despised, but
me protiteer. as great a criminal, is
praised as a shrewd money getter:
me man who hunts out of season is
imprisoned, but the rich booze c~izzler.
VINO detIes the law and constitution of
ms nation. and opens the way TO the
breaking down of all laws, rides in
ms limousine unpublished. But gov
ernnent is powerless when the popu-
lace is depraved. Every plan of gov
eminent fails unless the people are re-
SponsiVe 10 right. A republic failed
inder The Judges of Israel. a monarchy
lnder the kings, and home rule under
me Maccabees. Not until the born
rulers of men. if there be such. ac-
hnowledge the rulership of God. will
We escape from the cleavage of the
owners and disowned of the world. The
ireams Of the world of a regenerated
ana happy society through law. and
without religion, are unmitigated non
sense.
Every true churcbman in America.
believes in a league of nations. For
ms We of the church have been striv-
ng all these centuries. But this. too,
nay be brought about only through the
'ule OF Him, whose coming was herald
ID by the angels song of Peace on
'arth to men of good will and only
His teachings may we hope
or the time when Swords shall be
into plowshares and spears in
o pruning hooks, when nation shall
Tot rise up against nation. neither shall