Show etter ac alitt am the modern crusader spirit to clean Cle up and paint up america Ai it la is thu the spirit of the tha modern crusader that has haa enlisted in the eleun up and paint up campaign during the past twelve years tho the vinny thou thousands sandr of 0 public spirited wait men and women and especially tile the yo jilg people whose zoal zeal and devotion have given this movement the magnitude and power and stability ilmi amaze and often puzzle those whose thoughts are centered upon the ordinary routine of bushi business ws therefore it is fitting that thorf nn should be symbolized tit in tho accompanying hodric figure whose sinead Is embra zoned with the motto ti tho the public service thousands of examples of thlin crusader spirit could be cited broil frou tho the campaign records A typical one Is the rev dr william Mar martens tons famous modern parable on seeking a sign sig originally published in anu christian ventury scabury Sen Scat tury ury which recited con coil dilious in before the I 1 coming canting of tho the prophet told of htiu prophets visit the rebuke lie he administered and tits his ex exhortation horation to clean up and paint up and concludes wit with these words and a tow few weeks there thereafter aft er they sent me a marked copy of their cocat paper anil and they were having a clean up and paint up campaign anil and they wore were discussing the paving of anu streets and they were decorating the house of god and adding a hundred shekels to the stipend of anu minister and their school commit tee was considering how to improve tho the school these crusaders of today like thouc of medieval times are no nam by pamby lot virile vigorous and perhaps more practical than their forebears in lays clays of old when gnei were bold their accepted mis slot invites not neither lier the cynics the shirk ers era nor the he sentimentalists bright en up tip the corner where you are Is their idea of df the individual duty anu example upon pon u each cit citizen izet and each community operation cooperation co lu ili this effort brings an increased civic unity and as the chastian Chr stian science says it may be ba followed tomorrow by a clean up in civic affairs one reason why so many many ciu ades against incompetency or corruption in office fall la is because citizens citizen i have had no preliminary exper ieno n united labor tor for humbler forms of reform tills this campaign has no desire to enter politics though mayor and coil coun oilmen have been elected upon their advocacy of leadership of these loca campaigns dut but the supporters of and workers in this movement often express their satisfaction in tho the fact that it has made and Is constantly a upon lie mind and stirring into social cou con ness and intelligent action for community betterment thousands of 0 hose those who are not reached with more general or supposedly loftier appeals the striking appropriateness oi tho the modern crusader idea as des ened and adopted for the national clean up and paint up campaign Is shown in ili an abstract of the results of the crusaders from the article in the encyclopedia Brit tanica 0 U ernest rnest baker of st johns college oxford as follows the crusades provided a field la in which the laymen could prove that he be too was a priest As chivalry directed tho the layman to defend anu right so the crusader crusade as directed him to attack the wrong tho the crusades were chivalry on the offensive they contributed to the dissolution of feudalism aided in the development of anu towns of vastly increasing tho the volume of trade brought eastern and western minds into contact to the great beu beti mufit of both developed municipal life and clyto civic consciousness brought a living and contact with a new faith and a now civilization tore men loose from outworn customs to walk in now new paths see now things thing hear new thoughts and share a now spirit that com compareta compa and tolerated opinions brought new inspiration support and material tor for thought and poetic imagination A wonderful and perpetually na au toni bonishing shing act in the great drama ot human lite life that touched tile the summits of daring and devotion it would bo be treason to the majesty of mans incessant struggle towards nil all ideal good it were waro to dent dens that in ill und through tho the crusades Crusa doa moll men strove for to extend tile tho kingdom of god upon earth |