The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-05-11
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World Pecce
Moral Re- Armament Could Be The Answer

,0uId Be The Answer
armed, inasmuch as we have been fore
warned. or are we as unbelieving as the
Germans who were warned by Hitler?
The strength of America lies in its
people. Our strength is it's strength, and
our weakness is its weakness.
America in sum total cannot reach
higher thar the character and stamina
of it's people. 1t cannot endure more than
it's people can endure.
Basic integrity and absolute
moral action which stems from a
Christian heritage and belief in God
has long been the m0tivating force
in the lives of hundreds of thousands
of Americans - and if we are to pre-
vail over Communism in the world, it
must become the m0tivating force of
peoples everywhere.
The minds and hearts of men
everywhere must be changed from an
attitude of %selfishness and self-cen-
teredness to one of concern and SYM
pathy for all mankind, in order for
mankind to survive in tOday's Space
Age.
Here in America millions of our
citizens have become concerned over the
increasing evidence of the lowering of
moral standards in our country. It is evil
denced in what we see and hear in the
movies, on the stage and on television,
what we hear on the radio and read in
newspapers, magazines and books; the
stories of corruption and graft in govern
ment from the grassroots level to Wash
ington; price-fixing and rigging by top
business executives and cost-plus gouging
of the government by constituencies con-
tractors who look on Uncle Sam only as
a gravy train: labor extortion rackets and
bribery of college athletes.
Everywhere, it seems, the moral
fences are down.
This was eloquently stated at Easter
by DR.. Frank N. D. Buchanan, founder of
Moral Re-Armament, a movement which
seeks to capture the will of mankind,
change the human heart and bring it
under the direction of God, translated in
conduct based upon absolute moral prin-
ciples or standards at all times.
Too idealistic to be practical?
Perhaps.
But what a revolution would come
if all men everywhere accepted this chal-
lenge and submitted their will to God,
dedicated their lives to conduct based on
absolute moral standards!
What a change would be wrought in
America if only Americans took on this
great challenge
What a change there would be if we
people in Mississippi accepted the chal-
ienge to create a new type of man and
woman citizens who would not only
hold high ideals, but live them and there
bv obtain the power to withstand success
fully the greed, division and bitterness
which we so often encounter!
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If we were bold enough and brave enough
to re-arm ourselves morally = and start
treating others like we ourselves would
like to be treated.
It is possible that Moral Re-Arma-
ment may never be accepted on a wide
enough scale that World Peace will be
guaranteed although many dedicated
people are devoting their lives to it.
There may never be enough Ameri-
cans big enough in mind and heart to
throw off the greed and s~elfishness, the
lust for power and material things that
so typify our American way of life to
take on the shining of Moral Re-
Armament.
But if we are to win this deadly
war for survival with the Communists,
we must find something besides money