The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-04-10
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amity that had befallen the north
ern-namely, captivity that
snatched them from their home
and their possessions and carried
them into a foreign country as
captivcs or slaves. There is
a captivity that has come upon
the world today, the captivity Of
circumstances or conditions that
we call the depression a captiv..
ity that holds the hearts and
minds of millions, that fills with
anxiety and fear. and that has
caused great losses and suffering
According to the prophet. the
cause of that captivity was
moral breakdown or collapse. Tho
people refused to walk in Gods
ways of righteousness; and into
captivity they went. In their
hearts was the mother-sin of COW
etousness, greed for gain. that
casts righteous principles to the
winds, the love Of money which
is the root of all evil For from
the least of them even unto the
greatest of them, every one -
given to covetousness.' And COW
etousness wrought its usual wick.
edncss and unrighteousness. And
the worst of it was that they were
not ashamed. Were they ashamed
when they had committed aboml.
nation? Nay they were not at all
ashamed, neither could they
blush.
"Does not that describe some
what conditions that have pre-
vailed in the world in recent
years? We do not need preach
crs to tell US that it is true. Sir
Josiah Stamp. leading British
economist. having pointed out the
fact that our material losses arc
due to moral losses. says, we
used to talk about moral values
and material values as though
they were two different and con-
Trajectory things. This depression
must have taught US that they are
the same thing, that without NOR
al values there can be no materla
values" President Roosevelt, i'll
his speech of acceptance, said,
Today we shall have come thru
a period of loose thinking and de-
scending morris. an era Of selfish
ness. of individual men and woni-
en- and of whole nations. Let us
be frank in acknowledgement OF
the truth that many amongst US
have made obeisance to Mammon.
that the profits of speculation, the
easy road without toll, have lurcd
US from the old barbados Rog-
or Babson has repeatedly empha-
sized this fact in his weekly artl.
clcs on business conditions; and
50 have numerous newspaper edl-
torials.
"The only effective remedy for
our situation would seem to be
that recommended by the prophet
to his nation-back to the Old
paths of goodness and righteous
ness, the re-tracing OF our steps
out of the paths of unrighteous-
ness to walk in the paths of God,
the paths of righteousness, the
paths of peace, the paths of pros
perity. And to this end. a su-
prcme need would seem to be a
rallying to the support OF those
institutions that promote Chris
tan faith and righteousness. espe-
cially the Christian home and the
Christian church. Roger Babson
said that there was only one thing
that made him pessimistic-the
report that churches were curtall-
ing their activities because of the
depression He said you might. as
well talk about hospitals running
ON part time because Of an cpl
dcmic of disease. And he calls
mon men everywhere to rally to
the support of their churches with
their time. and their means. and
their presence and their services