Milford chronicle., 1931-06-12
RUBY R. VALESEES
THE COMING RULE
OF CHRISTIANITY
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Drawers at some sacrifice, having
since Thursday been at Carlisle; Pa,
for the annual meeting of the board
of trustees of Dickinson College, of
which board he is a member. Follow
ing his address, Mr.. Vale and his
wife returned to Carlisle where to-
morrow they will witness the con-
ferring of honorary degrees upon
Supreme Court Justice owen j.
Roberts and Henry p Fletcher, for
mer United States Ambassador to
Italy. 'I..'+'
Mr.. Vale prefaced his address by
saying that he did not feel that it
was any sacrifice to drive down from
Carlisle to Old Drawers.
Mr.. Vales address upon the sub
ject, Christ, the Social Reformer,"
follows, in part: 'f-...
1--WE are met to commemorate the
beginning of an old church. The
place is historic, sacred memories
enshrOud it, and close by in conse-
Grated ground sleep the worthless
who founded it. Old Drawers
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radiated the culture of a cOmmun-
ity and diffused it's solace of relig-
ious worship. Here, as son followed
father, was moulded that Christian
character which gives worth to the
individual and justice to govern
ments.
"At this time and place, it is prop
er to give pause in the drive of life,
and to ponder upon its eternal
truths. 1t is fitting that a little talk
here should be given by layman
upon the most momentous problem
that arrests the attention of man
the purpose and destiny of his life.
Mine is the privilege to ask you to
join with me in some reflections
upon Christ, the social reformer.
Divinity Of Teachings
Economists have questioned the
efficacy of Christ as a social re-
former and thinkers have doubted
the divinity of His message. For me.
the outstanding characteristic of this
age is demonstrative of both the So
cial worth and divinity of His
teachings. Service of the individual.
for the state and his fellowman, is
the impelling motive of modern life
in all forms of endeavor; and this
is but the expression today of the
spirit of Christ as this service now
may be, mankind after twenty cen
turies has at last begun to act in
of commerce, industry and |
on the proposition that
man is brother to man and that there
is an eternal principle of righteous
ness that ruled the moral universe,
with the same constancy that grav-
ity holds the planets in space.
"He who realizes the profound
of Christ and of His
teachings as the spiritual force
which SO rules men as ever and al
ways to impel them to higher and
better things, can yiewSthe inspiring
picture of man and his institutions
IN continuous and progressive de-
He can see the savage
with ape-like skull and Of animal
Instincts has become the man of
majestic brow with the imagination
If the poet, the wisdom of the phil
,sopher and the inspiration of the
prophet. He realizes that it was
righteousness i'll its first conscious
less of power that Overthrew the
yrants of physical strength and
aised the religious leaders of man
lind; and that it was Christianity
by faith in the Man of ,
iod, that gave to humanity new
notive for spiritual life. He knows
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he tyranny of individual will and i
ounded representative democracy;
as broken the bonds of fettered
hought and given to the human
hind freedom to ponder on man and
is destiny; has struck the shackles
f slavery from suffering men and
iven to labor a new dignity. He
an dream with eye to the future.
hat on rpresent social system, char '
as it now is by the in
quities of distribution and by the \
ppalling injustice of unemployed
willing to work, will be {
D transformed by glOritied Chris '
anity as ultimately to COVE to COM
laining humanity, social equity. :
Will Realize Brotherhood u
my conviction is so fixed in the \
rOgressive development of the hui o
ian race, that can see through
lie corridors of time, the growth d
[ state where brotherhood is not Y
My spoken of in the abstract, but +
,alized in lifes relations; a state II
here the strains of the worlds n
armony stream from harps touched
z angel fingers. 1 can see man di- y
ssted of the last tracelef hog, tiger p
nd baboon, transfgured and envel- c.
led in the purifying rays of new h
,iritual life. can see soul, self e
,nscious and creative, opened eyed h
I'd tongued for speech, responsive v
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