The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-12-28

One who turned his back but marched breast
forward
Never doubted clouds would break.
Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong
would triumph
Held we fall TO rise, bafed TO fight better,
Sleep to wake
The poet speaks truth. Providence has so Gre
ated manor evolution has so shaped him, If you
prefer to put it that way-that there is no greater
spur to his soul than the incentive Of the un.
achieved. Always the unaccompshed that seems
worth while challenges his ambition, his courage,
his determination.
Man has already accomplished much on this
earth-so much that he has vision Of what
his goal should be-so much that he is now able
to see how far he has fallen short Of reaching that
goal And no age has been so well equipped to
move on TO that goal as 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 ncompleteness of all
that has been accomplished And this shining
goal Is nothing less than the message Of the sea-
son:
peace 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 appca-
tion Of precepts of Christianity to the affairs of
mankind.
Christianity was 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 10 George Bernard Shaw:
"Christlany has not yet been tried"
1t is a 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 rs to declare that
nothing but sincere acceptance Of Christianity
can save society from utter ruin and civilization
from a complete collapse.
1t Is not conended by them that Christianity
contains panacea that will at once cure all IN
dustrial ana economic HIS They know that no
such panacea exists. They admit that Christian
fly does not teach economics does not instruct az
to production and distribution; does not, in short
set forth system Of industry IN any form or
shape, They start from a different basis and
their reasoning Is about like this:
Christianity however, does set forth 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 as by changing the attitude
of men toward one another
Practical Christianity would not tolerate lnjus-
tice Of any kind with injustice Of all kinds ban.
lshed from the affairs Of men and nations existing
economic and Industrial systems would either re-
model themselves would be cast aside In short
economic regeneration would come about as n by
product in connection with the larger moral re-
generation of mankind through the acceptance OF
Christianity. For in the last analysis the faults
Of systems have their source in the hearts OF men
stupendous undertaking. An impossible
yslonf Wen, they ask, what other course is theref
The converse OF the proposition has been tried to
the uttermost. And where is the world2 Appar.
emily civilization In this Twentieth century is fac
ing tho great crisis
George Washington, 1873 years ago. as Americas
first president, proclaimed Americas first national
Thanksgiving day. And his preamble declares
ut Is the duty of all nations to acknowledge