The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-15
Moral Rearmament Needed
To Help Prevent New Wars


erst makes his life q pattern for
the nation.
Everyone has some MRA--from
to 100 per cent. You can rate
yourself and check yourself up
BY four standards Of Moral Re-
Armament
absolute honesty.
absolute purity.
absolute unselfishness,
absolute love.
Where do you stand?
You may find 1t tough going
trying to change yourself
alone bring a new spirit TO Amer
lea. That's where God comes in
to give you direction and power.
Most Of US pray as last resort
IN crisis. We ask God somehow
to get US out of it-so we can 90
on living as we did before. We
must learn to live so crises don't
happen. We must learn TO listen
and get those inspired thoughts
from God that can change the
thinking and living of the nation
and remake the world.
Practical Evidence
0o,000,0o0 people listening TO
God viii form world opinion that
viii make war unnecessary and
build basis for just and lasting
peace" says DIR. Frank Buchanan.
The immediate program of MIRA
is to train 100 million listeners.
You can help by starting yourself
to listen to God. and then getting
your friends to begin.
Talk to some of those who have
already started MIRA. Their ex-
perience will give practical evil
dence of how 1t works. That is
how Moral Re-Armament Is spread
ing from man to man throughout
the world.
Make this experiment. Get up
Is minutes earlier tomorrow MORN
ing. Sit quietly and listen. and
let God direct your thoughts. Think
about your country - where it
ought to be different. About your
community and your neighbors-
whether there is any way in which
you can help them find new unity.
Are there dishonest or strained
relationships to be set right? Think
about your job-whether you are
demonstrating in 1t in an answer to
the problems that make American
business vulnerable to war, ex-
ternal or internal. Think about
your family-are you who criticize
dictatorship in the world, a die
tator in your home? You may
find the remedy starts with an
honest apology.
Think about your habits. Do
they contribute to the strength or
the weakness of America? Think
about your leisure time and the
way you spend your money
whether you make the most con-
structive use of it. How much are
you doing towards helping solve
our national problems of unem-
ployment, divorce, industrial un-
rest? How much energy are you
giving to build the kind of world
you want your children to grow
up in?
Mobilize for Peace
In England today the average
family has no time and very little
money Of its own. Everyone is
mobilized-either for active serv-
ice or for air raid precautions. Re-
member those Scottish workers
who have had 81 hours sleep in
the last two weeks. We must
mobilize for peace with the same
determination and self-giving. As
Generalissimo Chang Kai Shek
says: IF we perspired more in
time of peace, we would bleed less
in time of war"
And remember this, in these
days when America and every
American must make momentous
decisions-either we sacrifice our
personal selfishness for our coun-
try and the world, or We sacrifice
our country for our personal self
ishness.
THE future of the world de-
pends," as DR.. Buchanan has said.
mot on what few men may de-
eide to do in Europe, but on what
million men like yourself decide
to be in America"
For more information about
MIRA, ask your bookstore, write
this paper.)