The Washington times., 1923-08-20
NEW RELIGION
IS SERVICE,
He SAYS
Harold Bell Wright, Noted Au-
thor, Points Out Road to
Moral Millennium.
BY HAROLD BELL WRIGHT
Author Of 'The winning OF Barhafa
WORTH" When q Mans MAN.
lCOpYrIRht 1929 by Cosmopolitan


Author of ..The winning of Barbara
WORTH" When o Mans MAR.
Copyright. 1923. by Cosmopolitan
News Service)
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.e the Author.)
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 1S.-The
moral millennium will come when we
Danish from our daily life-business
and private life-bluff, bragg and
bluster, pretense, sham and show
and put in their place truth, sin
cerity. modesty, genuineness ana
simplicity.
We must work toward new
ideal which is but the reviving OF
must go forth to all mankind alike
---SERVE!!!
To those in business 1t will COM
mand-GERVE.
A fair and just profit for the
use Of the tool with which you
work-which is capital-and Tor
the human ability and energy you
expend shall be yours, but the
measure Of the volume of your
business and the honors that shall
be accorded to you, shall be de-
pendent upon the value Of the
actual service your industry renders
the people.
1t will say to labor-"SERVE!
The measure Of, your strength
shall not be in terms of envy and
hatred for those who toll with
their brains instead Of their hands.
It shall not be in the persuasive
eloquence Of your agitators and
strike organizers. It shall not be
in your political demigods or in
those who would breed among you
anarchisn and infidelity and class
hatred.
1t shall not be in your mobs or
your demonstrations, but the meas
ure Of your strength shall be the
measure OF the intelligent, faithful
service, rendered to the race.
Judgment OF Worth.
It shall say to the artist and
writer" Serve! Your rank among
men shall no longer be determined
by the grace Of your lady-lik0 twit-
terings at social functionS-or clubs
Of your kind, but your rank shall
be mea sured In terms Of truth and
mental cleanliness of ideals and
inspiration and hope and cheer"
It shall say to the educators
Serve! Your worth to the woeld
shall not longer be judged by the
degrees you have received, but by
the practical use you make Of your
learning"
It shall say to the scientist
serve! Your place In life will be
fixed by the scientific discoveries
that add to human comfort and
human happiness"
It shall say to religious tnstitu.
tions-"Serve! No privilege shall be
accorded to you because you are
your fellows. You shall take your
place in the ranks of the world
workers and be held worthy or un-
worthy, just to the degree that your
teaching leads to the material wei
fare Of humanity"
Warning to Politicians.
1t shall say to politicians-"Serve!
For the day when a man may win
a place by the power of politica'
trickery, by the sophistry of ne
spellbinder, or by the ingenuity OF
his campaign manager is past.
The day has come when the pub
lie official who would use his place
of trust to betray the people for his
own profit will be ranked with that
prince of politicians, PLATE, who
crucified the Christ that he might
hold his job"
This new ideal calls for a new
patriotism. a patriotism that will
pay its taxes-that will respect the
laws. A patriotism that needs not
the call Of bugle or drum to stir
it's blood. hut patriotism tnat
dreams of conquest for the welfare
Of its race and nation. on the
battlefields Of industry and art and
science and religion.
Means a New Religion.
1t means a new religion Of hu-
manity. a religion that will seek
to make human life the fullest ex-
preston of divinity.
Some day this childish old world
will grow weary of it's games of
war and wealth. Some day 1t will
lose interest in its playthings-
banks and stocks. and markets.
Some day it will lose faith in it's
fairies of fame, its giants of posi-.
ton and power.
Then will the disconsolate. for.
lorn. old world turn to mother
nature to learn from her that the
only occupation that is of real and
lasting worth is the one OCCUPA-
T1ON in which all Of mother ma.
ture's children have fellowship-thc
occupation Of home building.