Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-12-11
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BY A. l.. Cunningham
ARE WE PROGRESSING

of their stock at stated times SEMI
annually or yearly to find cut
their losses and gains and to
know whether they are progress
ing. This we kknow is quite
necessary in the financial world.
Man is a creature created in the
image and likeness of his Creator.
He has body, mind and spirit.
Spirit is the Invisible part and
invisible forces are the greatest of
all forces.
His body is material and SUBJ
sists in material things. Food raj
ment and shelter are the funda-
mentals that keep the body func-
tioning. The mind is the base up
on which the spirit functions and
must have its nourishment to grow
and develop. Memory, perception
imagination and reason are the
powers of the mind. These in a
sense constitute the man. Mind
rules the man and mind rules the
world.
The fruits of a cultivated mind
is independence, justice, love faith,
courage, perseverance, honesty
and truth, that makes man free.
! The material is but a manifesto
ton of the spiritual. All that we
can see feel and touch are material
things. When mems minds are
! devoted to the acquiring Of mater
ials at the expense of the spiritual
they are on the road to disinte-
grafton.
A tree may from its appearance
on the outside seem sound while
the interior may be decayed. When
men and nations tax their ener-
gies in seeking worldly gains their
national life is in a state Of de-
cay. We are net progressing when
we place chicanery aboychonesty
end truth. Material things got
ten by fraud and corrupt practices
is contrary to real progress. When
q nation pr people boasts of ma
terial success which is obtained
/ hV the sweat and blood of the
starving, they are not progressing
but retrogressing. A nation with
a few multi-millonaires made so
by depriving the poor Of the COM
mon necessities is not progressing.
! A land where few have all the
comforts and millions are without
homes is not progressing. A State
where all must help bear the bur
den Of government and a few en-
Joy all the blessings is not pro-
crossing. A Country where a
few draw handsome salaries and
millions toll from sun up till sun
down for hare existence is not pro
crossing.
A nations progress is measured
by how well the masses are fed,
housed clothed and schooled, 1t Is
measured by the contentment OF
the workers of that nation, by the
homes that shelter them by the
books they read and the smiles on
their faces. Whenever there Is
work to do and men are willing to
work and are kept from work be-
cause of prejudice, there is no
progress. Wherever men meet the
requisites of citizenship and are
denied the right to vote there IS
no progress, Wherever men are
mistreated because they are weak
and poor, there is no progress.
Wherever men are not given equal
rights before the courts, there is
no progress.
True progress must have for its
base the fatherhood Of God and
the brotherhood Of man. 1t must
be willing to follow the Gcldc"
Rule. Our own America, the land
Of the Free and the home Of the
Brave which has beer blessed
above all others must take an in
ventory Of her national life. Look
over the ledger Of her life, Bal
ance her ledger. Count up her
resources and liabilities and make
n balance sheet. She has those
in her borders that have never
failed her. Never faltered and are
now asking for a chance as free
men to help her solve her proh-
lens. They want to help make