Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
SPIRES or THE SPIRIT
Who Goes There?
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

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way to the top Of the bloody
Soviet pyramid is coming to
the America he has long
eagerly desired to see. He
who despises spires comes to
a Nation whose proudest
boast is that 1t is under
God" and whose uncoerced
pulpits, from sea to sea, as a
famous French visitor put 1t
years ago, ARE ablaze with
righteousness" In his vast
domain the ancient church
is but a Charlie Mccarthy on
the knee Of the Police State.
To this threatening Goliath
who so soon will tread our
soil. the sacred beliefs which
made and preserve America,
and lifted its spires against
the sky Of an expanding de-
mocracy where the people
rule, are but the opiate Of
the people-nothing but a
snare and a delusion.
Who goes there? It is one
whose basic creed rises no
higher than the dust be-
meath his feet. For him,
everything in the universe is
explained by whirling atoms.
There Is no God high over
all. From that creed 1t fol-
lows as the night the day
that for individuals or a ma
ton there is no moral code
to follow: there is no such
thing as honor" The dis
ciples Of Karl Marx have no
rule Of action but expediency.
Morals is anything that will
make any contribution to
the communication of the
world no matter who or
how many are marked for
liquidation in the pursuit Of
that objective. Nikita T.
Khrushchev subscribes fully
to the dictum Of his master,
Lenin, who decreed: ut is
necessary to use any ruse,
cunning. unlawful methods,
even concealment Of the
truth"
In the carrying out Of that
creed without pity or con-
science Khrushchev's record
is stained blood-red by ter
rible ruthlessness, in purges
and per1dy. in executions
and ordered freedom
fighters. which put Nero in
the shade. Upon his hands
is the blood Of our slaugh-
tered sons in Korea. And
upon his lips are the false
hoods charging the United
States with deadly germ war
fare. In very truth all this
must be said as the cry is
raised, who goes there?"
Inasmuch as we are stand
ing under the spires of the
Spirit let US enter church
portals and listen to a
prophet Of the Most High.
beloved these many years by
his nation, Sweden. Bishop
Bengt Jonzon. To any
thought of inviting the boss
to that nation. SO close to
the Red abomination as to
feel its hot breath in their
faces, the good Bishop
warns: ITO invite Khru-
shchev to our country would
be the same as letting an
enemy through the front
lines in q shooting war.
Every word and action of his
serves q definite purpose to
split the free world, to con-
fuse our judgment. to break
down the will to resist, to
encourage defeatism." That's
the answer Of a great
churchman to the question,
who goes there?"
But in this crisis all Amer
leans should vow that Moth
ing be said or done to en-
barrass our President or to
make more difficult his noble
attempt to seek for some ray
of hope as he deals face to
face with the head man Of
the Kremlin. BY personal
contact. amid visible fruits
Of democracy in this prom
Used land flowing with milk
and honey, our peace-loving
chief executive has taken it
upon himself to face this
ebullient, confident exponent
Of the false gods Of material
ism with the truth as it is ex-
emplifled. however imper-
fectly, in the American sys-
tenn. OF course, it is all a
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