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B y W ILLIAM M. ^NDERSON* Dallas. Texas
^ll he year 1933 has ush ered us into a topsy-turvy world. Not many years o f all the annals o f the race have presented such d is tu rb ed , such confused, such uncer tain conditions as are set be fore us in this year. It is a time for all who can to think with all earnest seriousness. There are a great many descriptive words that occur to one who undertakes to de scribe the condition o f this poor world today. They will readily. Perhaps it will be well just to set our minds to thinking
would be bad enough to have such conditions as have been above hinted at, if there were remedies at hand. It is appal ling to have them before us, and to know that no men or groups o f men have any eco nomic, or governmental, or financial plan to suggest that can be received as a hopeful way out. Yet that is just what is true. Changes to other than gold s t a n d a r d have not brought relief. Government loans do not seem to relieve
suggest themselves very to suggest a few o f them along such lines.
the financial stress. Distracted politicians offer all sorts o f suggestions, to have them immediately proved to be harmful by other distracted politicians. So it goes on. We are in a quagmire o f uncertainty, a blind alley of anxiety —stalemated. A H ate -F illed W orld It is a hate-filled world. Look at the papers o f this January: “ Italy Glares at Jugoslavia.” “ Naval Maneuvers o f Japan Watched by America.” “ China Ordered to Stay Out o f Jehol.” “ Revolutions in South American Nations.” “ War Between her States”— and on and on. Many there are o f careful observers o f the world that tremble for its life and civilization. A C hanging W orld It is a changing world. Per
A D istressed W orld
It is a distressed world— distressed in every department o f its life. No such economic distress has ever before con fronted us. It may be supposed that nothing touching the present world depression could ever before have been pos sible. Certainly there are no records o f such a condition. All peoples appear to be involved. In nations that have been accustomed to plenty, want stalks grimly. Twelve million unemployed in these United States are a serious threat to
the safety o f the land— a silent threat so far, but one that has serious possibilities, indeed . What serious mind misses the amazing spectacle o f a Com mission appointed to study the affairs o f the nation, reporting to the President that there are grave possibilities o f revolu tion in this land we have always believed to be so far from any such danger? Na tions that have been accus tomed to being in straitened circumstances are facing dire need and want. Pain and suf fering of the poverty-pressed nations o f parts o f the East have passed the power of words to picture them. Dis tressed, indeed, is our world. A C onfused W orld It is a confused world. It
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haps this is the most nearly descriptive word. It is almost in a state of flux. The writer heard an address by one o f the true leaders o f a great body o f the church, in which he pointed out some of the changes o f the very map o f the world in the last twenty years or less. Since the World War, a new map has been made o f most o f the world. A rapid survey o f the nations today will emphasize the suggestion. Governmentally, the world is equally changing. Almost all the nations o f Europe have made substantial changes in their form o f government. Dictators have come upon the scene here and there. Mon archies have become republics.
iTVOD is our refuge and strength, x i i A very present help in trouble.
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart o f the seas; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city o f God, The holy place o f the tabernacles of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early. The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted. Jehovah o f hosts is with us; The God o f Jacob is our refuge. Come, behold the works o f Jehovah, What desolation he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of. the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Jehovah o f hosts is with us; The God o f Jacob is our refuge. P salm 46.
*Pastor, First Presbyterian Church.
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