The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-07-22

When the debacle comes; when
there suddenly dawns on Ameri-
ca realization that we as a
nation have frittered away our
place of world leadership when
the judgment of God descends on
our land and the reality of our
folly becomes apparent to all
then We will look back in an
agoniZing realization of our folly
and blindness.
From its inception Communism
has declared its intentions and
mapped its course. 1t has pro-
ceeded to carry out its plans
without at any time deviating
one whit from its avoWed pur-
pose and ultimate goal: - The
compile etc domination of the
world.
We cannot claim that what has
taken place in recent years has
occurred in a vacuum of ignOr-
ance. The plans and accomplish
mentS of Communism have never
been hidden under the bushel of
subterfuge- except to those un-
willing to See-and the entire
world has watched as nations
have succumbed one after the
other and maps have been
changed.
We have no one but ourselves
to blame for the present pre-
cariOus state. We have willfully
chosen to ignore facts and to en-
bark on a course which this
writer honestly believes will spell
doom for America. In 1882 our
government took official action,
giving diplomatic recognition to
a nation which officially denies
and defies God. The supposed adj
vantageS of such a step have
been lost in the increasing evil
dence that God has turned this
diplomatic realism" into a with
ering wreath of victory bought
at the frightful cost of a compro-
mise with evil.
Americans have been willfully
ignorant of Communism and its
aims. We have thought we might
win" this embodiment of sa-
tanic cleverness by developing a
spirit of mutual understanding
and good will. We have confused
the natural friendliness of the
Russian people with the implac-
able evil of their rulers. We have
thought that diplomatic relations
would make possible cultural and
social exchanges which would
break down barriers.
Our grave mistake has been in
confusing people with a phi
losophy: of dealing with an evil
system as one would deal with
hayward friends. Most serious of
all, we have ignored Commun-
ism's attack on the Sovereign
God and thought that we could
do business with His enemies
without harm to ourselves.
This is not for one moment to
say that America is a christian
nation" One has but to look
around to see the devastating ef-
feet of sin in our midst. But
America does offer freedom to
Christianity and to the Church,
and she has from the beginning
of her existence given official
recognition Of God and honored
Him as supreme. The Bible in
our court rooms and lin God We
Trust" on our currency bear
mute testimony to this.
Under the good hand of be-
neficent God we have prospered
as a people, enjoyed freedom.
and been raised to a position of
world leadership. But with in
creasing power and prestige we
forgot that God holds nations, as
well as men, accountable for
their actions. For America we
believe the fatal turn was taken
when we recognized Soviet
Russia.
The childish argument that
recognition Of a government
does not carry with approval Of
that government, has no rele-
vance where the things of God
are concerned. In Communism
we have the spirit of Anti-Christ
rampant, and we chose to try
to do business with it.
AS time has passed, the inevi-
table deterioration set in and has
gone on apace. There are those
who now boldly say that "anti-
Communism can be worse than
Communism" Now open attacks
on Communism and our own in
ternational policies are in turn
condemned and ridiculed by a
combination of well meaning but
ignorant individuals. the profess
sional one-worlders and those