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GOOD WILL AT HAND
SEEK OUT THE MEANS
NOT FEAR NOR HATE
Winthrop. Me-. May 21--An ad-
dress was given at the Winthrop
Center Friends Church Sunday by
Arthur Jones. the pastor, The sub
ject of the address was: "Good Will
Is At Hand" He said:
christmas Is the original good
will day. May it ever continue as
such. But it is splendid idea that
another day should be taken for, con-
, sidering the practical application of
the principles by which man may
dwell in peace and happiness with his
fellow man. While mankind has
made satisfactory progress in the
sciences and inventions Of the ma
terial world, man has been woefully
ting along with one another.
Governor Baxter has done us a
good service in issuing the proclama-
ton appointing the anniversary of
the first congress Of the nations at
The Hague as a day in which to con-
slider the good qualities of other
people. It was planned to have a
general meeting in the Winthrop
town hall tonight. DIR. Augustus o.
Thomas who is president of the In
ternational Educational Federation
had accepted the invitation to speak
All the churches in the town, Catho-
lie and Protestant. were supporting
the meeting. 1t was a keen disap-
pointment to me and to others. that
on account OF our town hall being in
the hands of workmen for repairs it
was necessary to postpone this meet
ing.
ave should be, and I assume we
are, all interested in movements look
ing toward world peace. 1t is even
more important that we seek out the
means by which we may have good
will I'M America, in Maine and in
Winthrop than that we study how to
keep peace in Europe or across the
Pacific. Unless we know how to
live among ourselves without fear
and without hatred it is scarcely
worth while for us to undertake in
ternationaf movements to abolish
war. Goodwill, like charity, must
begin at home.
1--WE appear to have in this country
what I believe to be an unfortunate
phenomenon: a systematic, organiz-
ed propaganda of fear which tends to
stimulate hatred. This Is not a new
thing; it is an old monster shaking
himself again. 1t is difficult to COM
prehend the mind and the motives OF
those who are going about stirring
up one religious group against anoth-
err, and one race against another.
1--WE are told that the Catholics
and the Jews are seeking to get pos
session Of the most desirable property
In the country, and to gain control
Of the reins Of government for selfish
and evil ends. I have not been in
formed by these prophets whether
the program is for those two appar-
emily Incompatible groups to even
tually join their forces. or whether
they in turn must have bitter combat
for the mastery. These evangelists
of fear themselves admit that the
Catholics and Jews of their personal
acquaintance are the best Of citizens.
1t Is not easy to be afraid of the
people we know, and with whom we
have personal contact. The ghosts
that scare us are never by our sides,
but are half concealed in the dim
twilight. When we go closer, how
ever, IL we man the courage to ap-
proach, we find there are no ghosts
at all. Some one has we'll said that
the worst Of our troubles never hap
pen.
81 have a favorite story like to
tell. which illustrates this truth.
When / was a young boy living in the
state Of Kansas there came into our
community q company Of Bohemians,
seeking homes. These Bohemians,
like most Of their countrymen. were
Catholics. There were Catholics liv-
ing in our community. whom we high
ly esteemed. But we thought Of the
other Catholics of the world as most
undesirable citizens. One OF those
Bohemian immigrants purchased a
large farm adjoining the home Of one
Quaker church. The Quaker was
greatly disturbed. He felt sure that
living next door to a Bohemian Cath
olic would not be congenial at
mosphere. He wanted to sell out and
move away at once.
'SNow this Quaker was not an ir-
ritable kind Of man. He was peace
able and peace loving. He expected
to go as far as any one in preserving
good feeling. But in his opinion here
was an emergency. A very unsatis-
factory condition certainly would OBJ
tain. So when the Bohemian took
possession of his farm a few weeks
later, his peace-loving neighbcr was
hoping for the best, but looked for
trouble. 1t was not long before his
expectation began to bear fruit. The
Bohemian's field was used as q pas
ture. and his pigs got througkSthe
fence and trespassed onto the
Quaker's land. He lost no time in
informing his neighor that those
pigs must be kept off. The Bohe-
milan, in such broken English as he
could command told his neighbor he
was sorry, and would see that the
trouble did not recur.
"The law in that state was that
where two farmers have joining
fields they shall both share. and
share equally In constructing and
the fence. The Bohe- |
milan waived his rights under that |
law. purchased material<and built a
fence himself. It so happened that :
the water in this Quaker's well was
low inst at that time 0var In fEa T2a-