6 THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S the address of our President before Congress in announcing the terms of the armistice, that lie entertains no illusions of that sort. He there sug gested, what all really thoughtful men know, that some of the greatest and most critical problems still confront us. Conscienceless autocracy is a dan gerous thing, of this we have had a most striking and impressive illustration in this war; hut anarchy is an even more dangerous thing, and there have been manifestations of anarchy in many lands, so significant and so strong as to cause thoughtful statesmen to do much serious thinking, and prayerful statesmen to do- much praying. What the immediate future will bring, whether it brings wide and universal peace and the spread of intelligence and righteousness and love, or whether it brings a period of widespread anarchy and civil contention, tlie ultimate future is sure. The golden days of this world’s,history lie ahead of us, it is to be hoped not very far ahead of us. Those days will come when our Lord Jesús Christ comes. And even in these days of exultation over the outcome of the war, every wisely instructed Christian heart will not cease to make their most earnest prayer this:. “ Amen: Come, Lord J e s u s . R . A. T. S h a l l W e Sacrifice Our Convictions for tke Sake of “Religious Unity)? Dr. Prank Crane, whose bright writings on so many subjects are appear ing in many secular journals throughout the world, recently said in an edi torial entitled “ Religious Unity” : “ In a le tte r from a gentlem an connected w ith th e welfare work for th e arm y I find th is statem en t: ‘I have seen an amazing th ing happen here. ‘On September 5th th e P residen t issued his le tte r requesting th a t the seven agencies engaged in w ar work un ite th e ir campaigns in th e week of November 11th. On th e very n igh t th a t his le tte r was received, five representatives of each agency— th e Y. M. C. A.,- Y. W. C. A,;. N ational Catholic W ar Council, Jewish W elfare Board, American L ib rary Association, W ar Camp Community Service, and th e Salvation Army—m et in Dr. Mott’s office. He was nom inated for D irector General by Mr. John G. Agar, representing the Catholics, and his nom ination seconded by Mr. Mortimer L. Schiff, representing th e Jews. ‘In th is week I have seen these agencies, which before have regarded them selves somewhat as competitors in good work, absolutely opening up to each other and p u ttin g aside all personal considerations in th e promotion of the united idea. •‘I believe, if th e country can catch th a t sp irit of enthusiasm , th a t th is united drive is going to do more for th e union of th e religious people of all creeds in this country th a n th e la st hund red years of discussion had done.’ Dr. Crane goes on to say: “This indicates one of th e most significant developments in the religious life of America and one of th e most hopeful evolutions of th e tw entieth century. In some way th e scattered and contending organizations th rough which the religious life of th e n ineteenth century expressed itself m u st come together. Moral con viction and th e in stinct of helpfulness are not th e property of any one .denom ina tion. They are th e common h eritag e of hum anity.” Further down he says: “Out of th e scourge of w ar not th e least helpful by-product th a t is appearing is th is draw ing tog eth er of all sects, th is realization on th e p a rt of religious organizations th a t the su rest way to win th e approval of H im who ru les and judges hs all, no m a tte r by w hat name He be called or w ith w hat rite s He be worshipped, is to do our full duty tow ard ‘one of th e least of these, my b reth ren .’ Only by ^¡/¿.
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