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Show 1 Parson Simpkin Analizes Problems to Follow in Making Victorious Peace Ey THE f.EV. P. A. SIMPKIN. , 1 1 OPE. gives place slowly, but very - surely, to certitude regarding the c'Miii.ig of peace. ; Kecovtry from the sudden cessa- i tii.n F a struggle that, seemed as I thouph it nielii be eaniel on fur a ! .war or Icni-r, has left the ordinary j thinking American at the' pla-'e J ! ulieie tliere is a temptation to try to i ! roach for tlie thread-: that were I brol.en by the war and pick up life i ; again from, there. j It is well to remember that such a proceed i ng would be f' oli-h i events have mnde it impossible. Tiie life of yesterday and the dreams of tomorrow are in the flux of that wonderful now that fe are touching touch-ing today. Hp WPRK is an old word in the Paored Arritings that savs: "L'ft-ter "L'ft-ter is the sight of the eyes; thin the imagination of tiie heart," and that is ju-t tantamount to saying not the dream, but the real it v, is the vital thing. As the thanksgiving of our h parts and the relief of our souls from the strain leave us in a mood of exaltation. exal-tation. It is important that we keep a firm band upon our wills and im-agimi im-agimi tions. We are now in the place 1 where upon tlv foundation of four .wars of s.-f-rifice aud contest for a world id at we are standing with the makings of a new world and its widest wid-est brotherhood. Only tiie foundation founda-tion is laid. The fair dreams of yesterday yes-terday and the visions men have seen in tiie age are to be realized, if at all, as men give themselves to Us coming. Thn t great conference which Is to gathor in Versa ides to detail the fi-1 fi-1 nalitics of the war is only one phase, tremendous and import ant, of a vast question that It in the time for us to sr-Ltle. St" OH a philosophy as the Christ , held for the ul ti ma to r coon si ruc tion and the abiding happiness of tiie world has b- -n ln-hind the ideals that have ca rricd the a Hies t h rough (bis war and is tn the lofty aims that the president has stated as tho goal of the conference. Suroiy this turn-- of pence shall answer an-swer in its willing unselfishness the s t a n d a rd set by l h e h er do men of democracy on the battlefield. It can be so, however, only as we all loam to look with the eyes ami feel with the heart of Christ on the round world ami for i ts lo-ods. 1 'ol i t ica 1 const it ul ions a ml economic econom-ic programs rest on a deeper thing. The spiiitnal visions and realities that make tlie fundamentals of life. N'O COUNTRY may build abiding-Iv abiding-Iv that buil'ls not for hnmanitv. No class ma v LirM for ilsdf t hat builds for less than a whole society. j The calamity of Russia was the exclusion from privib-ge of all but I the burden-boa rors. Ji failed, "Wo must ibink in tonus that shall I Include all life, for the brotherhood 1 of mrin is bacd on inclusion which is to be attained only as the allowance we make for others is balanced by the denials we make for ourselves and for our class. Careful thought is an absolute essential es-sential for every class In society just now. Unselfish minimizing of our interest inter-est and our dream must be the attitude atti-tude of ail. E SHALL, be forever stultified if in the time whoa all we profess pro-fess to Jiave sought of social jus; ice. economic wed!- eiag, int ern.itioral fa h 'n ess and r igh te.Usne - s may be re;t lix.ed by generous dental of self-interest, self-interest, either personal or communal, commu-nal, is permitted to stand in tlie way of the new day. The w hole of life is .changed by these four years. That whicn has changed it is tiie spirit of the'Naza-rene the'Naza-rene That, alone, which can continue con-tinue It is the same spirit, working In the good will of men seeking to realize the family life of the world. |