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Show Some Very Timely Editorial Thought BELIEF AND UNBELIEF By C. N. Lund "There is no God," the scoffing cynic cries, "The Bible is a mass of myths and lies; Religion is delusion, born of fear; Let science reign and reason rule us here." A yearning youth, with faith and hope aglow, Stands listening in, and wonders if 'tis so; A doubt is planted in his mind, and grows Till on life's way he unbelieving goes. A mother, mourning for a dear one dead, And hearing what the hopeless doubter said, ; May wonder if celestial realms there be 1 Where little children live eternally. A passing man gives heed, then Godless lives, And to his household all his doubting gives.. The social poison spreads and reaches far To many souls, their plodding lives to mar. What seed is sown what dark and deadly seed, Against poor human nature's greatest need! How does it profit thus to kill life's hope And leave the soul in starless night to grope? O youth, there is a living God above Whose reason for your deathless soul is love! O mother, bearing all your pain and grief, God keeps your child, who knows no unbelief! O man, there is a God, a future life, As truly as there's light and mortal life! The sun, the stars, that swing in heaven's blue, The earth, the soul, bear record it is true! DRESSING UP MILADY Editor Progressive Opinion: What six billion dollnrs can buy for milady. What woman wouldn't love an ensemble like tin's? The money spent each year for intoxicants would provide 60 million American women wom-en with a budget of $100 eacli for clothing. The average per son has no conception of what six billion dollars would buy Translated into six different items dear to the nverape woman's heart hen; is wh .t six billion dollars would buy; 500 million new hats at $5 each, 200 million pairs of gloves at $3 a pair. 200 millions pairs of hose at $1 per pair, 325 million boxes of candy at $1 each, 100 millions handbags at $5 each. 250 mil-Ion mil-Ion pairs of shoes at $7 50 a pair. Total $6,000 000,000 These figures are staggering! -C. V. Hansen. Some people complain and criticise. ; Let them know this: They soon will see times that will make the present seem like the seventh heaven. Utahns.put the Red Cross Drive over. Give your dollars to a cause that most nearly squares with the mercy and goodness practised by the great Master; We always have a prayer and a God bless you in our heart for the boys on the cruel war fronts. They are helping to prepare for the world of which we have always dreamed-helping to make life decent enough for the Master to come into. Bless them every one. m- WHAT A RECORD OF DEPRESSIONS IS FOUND IN AMERICAN HISTORY Is it not a sad commentary on so great and good a country as the United States, with boundless wealth and resources, that so much of its history has to be told in terms of depression financial losses, bankruptcies, suffering and even riots? Verily it is. Fourteen depressions in 150 years averages one in every ten years. One of the worst was in 1837, when there was almost universal bankruptcy. Another bad and vicious one was in 1857, when the railroads went bankrupt and all but three or four of the banks closed their doors and when there were bread riots and much suffering. Another exceptionally bad one was in 1896, the year of the famous Coxey Army march on Washington. Hundreds of thousands lost their life's savings. Then came the disastrous depression of 1929 which is too well known to readers. These and many smaller ones make up the fourteen depressions of U. S. history. Why do they happen? Are they not man made for purposes of profit to the few? We believe they are. The money system and the competitive system are responsible. Shall the future be like the past? Must a terrible depression follow this war as it has all others? It is time to do away with the causes that make depressions that cause such upsets and so much suffering. THERE IS SO VERYMUCH GOODNESS IN PRESENT DAY GOVERNMENT SOME OVERLOOK IT Do people ever stop to ponder ana weigh all the goodness that there is in the present day government of their country? All too many look only at the faults. It is like looking on the sun only to see the spots and complain about them. To us the government is the most Christian that has ever been extended over a " nation on this earth. - Never" bef ore was government administered in the interest of that class of people who have been so shamefully neglected in all past history. It has listened to and heeded the cries of the poor and served them. It has been mindful of the widow and the orphan, the lame, the blind, the sick and all the underprivileged. Across the centuries we hear the compassionate voice of One who stood for these people, worked for them, walked with them, and, as we live we believe that He has entered into the spirit of government in these times. WEEDING OUT DEAD THINGS IN INDIA. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? What does the invasion of India by Japan mean? Will it be for the worse or for the better? Do you know that in India one-third of the 400,000,000 people never have enough to eat from the minute they are born until they die? It is true. Two hundred million of the people in that unhappy country go to bed hungry every night. Countless young people borrow a small sum of money when they marry and pay interest all their lives without ever paying off the principal. Such a condition has autocracy, imperialism and free enterprise forced that people to submit to for a long time, and there will be no relief for them until the war levels all ranks, classes and conditions.' The change must come. IF PEOPLE ARE TAUGHT AND LIVE CORRECT PRINCIPLES THEY NEED NO LAW When the majority of mankind come to the conclusion that it is best to live a law of love instead of living laws of hate and strife and competition, they will be living in a state where they will need little if any law. The only reason for law today is that people too many of them, are still living and groveling in the jungle of animalism. There are laws because people do not know how to maintain the proper relation between man and man, in short, how to love one another. Look around you and behold the 'fine and wonderful wonder-ful electric light effects, and then compare- that with a squalid, pioneer log cabin where one little candle fluttered and gave all the light. Mankind, we believe, will come into a condition con-dition where the comparison between it and the jungle life they live, for the most part, will be as great as the comparison com-parison of the two systems of light. They will look back and wonder how and why they were stupid, ignorant and prejudiced enough to continue so long in the conditions that obtained before they reached the New Day. WHAT COUNTS FROM NOW ON At the present stage of conditions the old sectarian and political ideas count for little or nothing. There are now but two forces two issues and mankind must choose one or the other. Either the world will live for many years under barbarism, bar-barism, infamy, injustice; or it will live under a New Order of liberty and justice for all peoples. .These are the two choices. SODOM AND GOMORAH EST HOLLYWOOD From the evidence in the Chaplin trial, and from many other sources, is it unreasonable to assume that such is largely the life in the motion picture world? People have a right to expect something finer and better from those who entertain them and those who lead in so many movements. Character and nobility of soul, whence have you fled? Dear "Neighbor" Lund: We're going to get some good ideas out of this campaign if we keep our eyes and ears open. Candidate Willkie gives us a good one. He says: "The Republican party, since it is out of power, is entitled to make legitimate criticism of and take advantage of errors of the party in power." Fine. We don't object to that, but keep the criticism "legitimate". "But " says Willkie, "it cannot win, or be entitled to win, by presenting nothing but a bill of errors and complaints." And Willkie might have added for good measure England's Minister Min-ister of Information, Brendan Bracken's caution to Church of England newspapers: "Although this is not exactly a function of government, this point has been well put by various American newspapers which have observed that ecclesiastical newspapers ought not to dabble in politics." Geo. E. Manwaring. |