The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-08-28
Must Put Our Faith
Into Action = Hyde
Republican Candidate For
Congress Speaks At
Friend Reunion
Saturday

Unless we can put into action
our fundamental political and re-
ligious faith we are going to lose
for our time the war with the
forces Of materialism which we
now call Communism, Dewitt
: Hyde, Republican candidate for
Congress, told the hundreds of
people attending the Friend re-
union at Swallow Falls Sunday.
The question to decide, he pointed
out, was whether we were going
to be ruled by God or by man.
Mr.. Hyde declared that more and
more in statements of public
speakers and writer's we find ref
crencc to mans spiritual welfare,
but that in our fight for freedom
we seem confused and unable to
come to grips with the enemies
of freedom because we don't seem
to realize the basis of our free
dom
Answering the question of why
we were confused and unable to
articulate and live our faith, he
declared he believed it was be
cause we are confronted with the
practical necessity of applying in
a practical way and reducing to
concrete action our professcd be-
lief in God as our supreme ruler"
The Communists Tor the first
time have made the banner of evil
force the political philosophy of
a modern state and he was Ger
tain that eve cannot beat the Com
munists by trying to Guido them
at their own game We cannot
rely on legislation alone to lead
us to the good life. We cannot ride
into Heaven on the coattails of a
statute
lie suggested as "a good idea, go
ing back 100 odd years when the
government was established to Sc
cure life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness" Mr.. Hyde contrastcd
tile teaching of Jesus of Seek We
first the Kingdom of God" with
what the leaders of today arc say
ing.
In the draft covenant on human
rights of the United Nations, to-
days leaders say that work is the
basis of all human endcavor and
therefore it is the duty of all ma
tious to provide work and the right
OF all citizens to be given a job.
Although declaring he does not
bclittle the value of work nor the
Importance Of a steady job and
does not say the Government should
not concern itself with the eco
monte well being Of the people, Mr.
Hyde asserted there was a distinct
difference between saying that the
primary purpose of government is
to create political and social at
mospherc Of freedom and to create
a job. "When concern for material
well being is the primary purpose
of government we are no longer a
free people, and what is worse, it
transfers the sin Of materialism
from the individual to the state.
Under such philosophy the State
no longer recognizes the truth of
Seek We first the Kingdom of
Cod
:" If we are going to remain free,
if we are going to reject the
materialism of the Communists,
we have got to recognize our in
dividual responsibility to our
selves, to our fellow men and to
God. We have got to put into ac
ton our faith. Every individual,
every business leader, every civic
leader has got to recognize that he
is conducting his daily affairs for
something more than his own ma
tcrial gain
Mr.. and Mrs. Hyde spent the
weekend in Garrett county and
met many citizens of both Demo
cratic and Republican parties He
plans to return to the county later