Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-12-24

cherished the liberty to worshin in
their own way. One extreme has fol-
lowed another until there is not mere
ly a denial of Christianity's precepts
but denial Of the spirit of God
Only a fortnight ago, President
Roosevelt in his historic speech al
Buenos Aires, before gathering OF
diplomatic representatives of 81 re
publics, said in a worldwide broad
cast:
This faith in the Western
World will not be CONF te if we
fail to affirm our faith in God. In
the whole history of mankind. far
back into the dim past before man
knew how to record thoughts or
events, the human race has been
distinguished from other forms of
life by the existence-the fact-of
religion. Periodic attempts to
deny God have always come and
will always come to naught.
I'm the constitutions and in the
practice of our nations is the right
OF freedom OF religion. But this
ldeal, these words presuppose a
belief and a trust in Cod
NocO 1TACClC0 AS well AS
Preachment
The true patriotism, it has been
wisely said, is the true dictatorship"
of living God in the lives of men
and women in high places and low.
We have heard for a long time
preachments about the need of re-
ligion. Our immediate need, however.
is the practice of religion. This in
wolves no controversy over sectarian
divisions but crusade for the simple
principle of arousing within ourselves
a sense of awareness of a living God,
In some respects this era may be
called the Age of Hate. For men clash
with men in the bitterest kind of in
tolerance. The last campaign revealed
the depth of Americas capacity to
hate. So intense was this spirit that
even the President of the United
States forgot himself in his closing
speech at Madison Square Garden and
defiantly proclaimed with reference
to his opponents, II welcome their
hatred"
The provocation for such a state
ment must have been considerable,
There can be no denying that large
numbers of people opposed to Mr..
Roosevelts philosophy turned on him
the fires of personal hate and passion.
The reaction by victim of such hate
is to exude hate in return. This is not
the way that human progress is fos-
tered. It leads in it's ultimate sense
only to civil war.
Take the clashes between capital
and labor, the warfare between COM
petitors in business, the borderline
between sharp practice and fraud in
the relations Of buyer and seller, and
above all the manner in which poll
ticians exploit their fellow-men to for
ward their own ambitions.
How can these passions and pri-
mitive instincts of selfishness be re-
strained? Today we are prone to look
to legislative chambers to legislate
morals forgetting that no contract is
any better than the moral standards
of those who agree to abide by it.
The Spirit of Sharing Must
Be Stronger
Individualism, rugged or otherwise,
has taken it's toll Of men IN America.
This is not confined alone to captains
of industry. For workmen have not
been unwilling to trample underfoot
the bodies of their fellow-workmen
who dared to enter a plant where a
strike was in progress. The mad pas
sion for gain has provided US with
problems that call for self-restrain as
the only solution. No police force is
big enough to restrain a mob bent on
confiscating the properties of those
who possess wealth or goods which
they refuse to share with others.
Insecurity is the biggest single
cause of world crime. Thu fort of in
dividuals to find securit! rough any
form of government thu Aeds them
when in need, through any form of
government that rations employment
when employment is scarce, through