Evening star., 1923-06-25

as obedience from the humber
lapse.
United States Majority Dry.
Whatever satisfaction there may
be in indulgence, whatever obJec-
tion there is to the so-called
invasion Of personal liberty
neither counts when the su-
premacy of law and the stability
of our institutions are menaced.
With all good intention the ma
jority sentiment of the United
States has sought by law to re-
move strong drink as curse
upon the American citizen, but
ours is a larger problem now TO
remove lawless drinking as a
menace to the republic itself.
There is another phase OF law
, observance to which reference Is
impelling. / am thinking of the
law of the golden rule. statute
from the Man of Nazareth, who
brought new peace and new nope
to mankind, and proclaimed serv-
ice to men the highest tribute to
God.
Service is both the inspiration
and the accomplishment or quite
everything worth while Whlcn
lmDelS us OnWdTu anu
With service which the Nazarene
would approve are associated all
our ideals and our finer aspira-
tions. We accept the doctrine
for ourselves, as we ought, De-
cause we must be firmly estap-
lished and healthfully and nope
fully strong ourselves before we
can be effectively helpful TO
others.
But | believe the law of service
demands our larger helptuiness
to the world. No, DO not lneah
entanglement in old Worlu poI
tics or sponsorship for the ADJUST
ment of old world 'controversles-
7 do mean the commitment or thls
nation TO the promotion ana pres
eryation of international peace,
to the judicial settlement OF dls,
putes which, unless settled, leau
to added irritation, strained re-
lations. and ultimately TO war.
Pleads for Court.
would like the United States
to give of our prestige, our IN
fluence and our power TO make
the international Court or JUS
tica an outstanding and uni
versalIy accepted agency OF 9u-
dicaI determination of justiciable
questions and the peaceful way
to international settlements. IL
is too much to say tnat sucn
court will give a guaranty asalhst
war, but II will prove the longes1
sten toward war prevention ana
maintained peace since the worid
In such a thought is concern
for our own country no less than
anxiety for a world which Is nno-
ing readjustment difficult. am
thinking of more than our own
fraadom from conflict, with all its
attending burdens and sorrows.
am thinking of our America
having a commitment TO an exalt-
ing enterprise to save US from the
reaction to mere sordid existence,
and to keep our hearts aglow
while we serve as a vanguard IN
the march of civilization.
The world war was a hghtfui
calamity. from which the earth
will not have fully recovered In
century to come. Nearly 1--WE
wears have passed and peace is
not vet secure. Our own cost was
hevond an understandable ap-
praisal, but I sometimes feel II
was worth much of it's cost, be-
cause 1t brought an American
awakening and revealed the soul
of the republic. we experienceu
the supreme commitment. We
saw our America ready to do or
die for our concept of civilization
and it's guarantees. 1t exalted US
and made US a better, more
patriotically devoted people. l
would like to go on, with soul
afiame in eagerness to aid human
kind. while promoting security
.ffor ourselves.
This is no under appraisal Of
the essentials OF material exist
ence. We may rejoice in the food
tides of material good fortune,
we may becomingly boast the
measureless resources of the re-
public, through Gods bounty in
creation and mans genius in de-
velopment, but we aren't living
the becoming life unless we are
seeking to advance humankind
as we achieve for ourselves. 1
would like, the ages OF envy and
hate, and conquest and pillage,
and armed greed and mad ambi-
tions to be followed by under
standing and peace, by the rule
the law where force has reigned,
the decisions of a world court
rather than the DEGREES of ma
tfonal armies, the observance of
the golden rule as the law of hu-
man righteousness, and the wall
ne human suffering and SORROW