The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-12-30

One turned his back but marched breast
forward,
Never doubted clouds would break.
Never dreamed. though right were worsted. wrong
would triumph
Sleep to wake.
The poet speaks truth Providence has so ere
ated manor evolution has so shaped him, II you
prefer to put 1t that way-that there Is greater
spur to his soul than the incentive Of the I'M
achieved. Always the unaccomplished that seems
worth while challenges his ambition, his courage
his determination.
Man has already accomplished much on this
earth-so much that he has now a vision Of what
his goal should be-so much that he is now able
to how far he has fallen short Of reaching that
goal. And no age has been well equipped to
move on to that goal this present age Never
has the incentive to the achievement Of that goal
been so strong For man cannot stand still. He
must press onward to the goal 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 applica-
ton Of precepts Of Christianity to the affairs of
mankind.
Christianity blamed for not preventing the
great war. 1t has since been blamed for not pre-
venting the industrial strife and the economic ills
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 last wear
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 to declare that
nothing but a sincere acceptance Of Christianity
can society from utter ruin and civilization
from a complete collapse
1t Is not cOntended by them that Christianity
contains panacea that will at once cure all in
dustria and economic Ills. They know that no
such panacea exists They admit that Christian
ity does not teach economics; does not instruct as
to production and distributions does not in short
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 a moral
formula that can be applied at all times to all
systems This moral formula is an active solvent
Of wrongs under any system. Its application can
cure the defects Of any system, not so much by
changing the system by changing the attitude
Of men toward another.
Practical Christianity would not tolerate in1us
tice of any kind With injustice Of all kinds ban
ished from the affairs Of men and nations existing
economic and Industrial systems would either re
model themselves or would be cast aside In short
economic regeneration would come about as q hv
product in connection with the larger moral re
generation Of mankind through the acceptance ~
Christianity. For In the last analysis the faults
Of systems have their source in the hearts Of men
stupendous undertaking1 An impossible
vision7 Well they ask, what other course Is there3
The converse Of the proposition has been tried m
the uttermost And where Is the world? Apnar
emily civilization In this Twentieth century is fac
ing the great crisis.
George Washington. 1873 years ago, as Americas
first president, proclaimed Americas first national
Thanksgiving day. And his preamble declares:
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