being merely vengeful. These anarchists want to make America over to conform to their lawless way of life. It just so happens, however, that the vast majority of Americans are not willing to give up our way of life and substitute for it their reign of terror. They have been well satisfied with the America of the past and even of the America of the present and certainly hopeful of the America of the future when this disruptive element is disposed of so that no longer will it be a threat to life and property in our land. It is high time that we were taking an active part in our communities and exerting our influence in a way that tells. We need publicly to support police departments, letting them know at frequent intervals how much we appreciate their service on our behalf and the risks to their own lives they take to protect the citizens. When election time rolls around, and judges on the various levels of our courts are seeking re-election, we should make a thorough investigation of the decisions they have rendered during their terms of office. We should be informed whether they have been soft on the rioters, left-wingers and criminals of every type. We should find out whether they have upheld the historic laws of our land which they have sworn to defend in their effort to maintain decency and law and order. Those who have been lenient with the left-wing destructive element should be voted out so resoundingly that the noise will be heard throughout the length and breadth of this land. American citizens should serve notice that they will no longer tolerate their maudlin sentimentalism where judicial decisions are involved. What about the left-wing clergyman who constantly orates about civil rights, engages in protest marches, and magnifies the virtues of both the Russian and Chinese brands of Communism while at the same time he downgrades the ideals of America? There is only one way to deal with such treachery to God and country and that is for congregations to inform these men either to quit mouthing their nefarious notions— or get out! Cutting off the support of such false religious leaders would be most effective. Would it not be far better to have lay-leaders giving Bible-centered, Christ-honoring devotional messages than to have a paid clergy which defiles the pulpit and denounces our beloved land which was founded for the sake of re ligious liberty? Politicians who frequently are heard fomenting dis sent among these insurrectionists should be kept out of office alto gether or told in no uncertain terms to mend their ways or suffer defeat at the polls. There ought to be continuing protest against the unfairness of the news media, especially TV commentators, who pour xneir leftist propaganda into our homes at every opportunity (a sub sequent editorial will deal with this particular issue). This has been the trend of radio and press commentators ever since the adminis tration of Franklin D. Roosevelt and has been taken up by the TV broadcasters who followed. Recently nationally-known and able com mentator, Howard K. Smith, himself a liberal, admitted this frankly: “Liberals by definition,” he stated, “have a strong leftward bias. Our tradition since FDR has been leftward.” We are living in desperate days, not unlike those which preceded the flood as described in Genesis 6:11: “The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.” We must alter our complacent attitude and recognize facts as they exist today. If we were merely interested in politics, this editorial would have no place in a magazine like this. But we are not dealing with politics; we are discussing the whole American ideology. The very life of Christianity as we know it is at stake. It could happen that the liber ties we enjoy may be snatched away so suddenly that we will not realize it until it is too late ever to retrieve them. God forbid, but it could happen even here! KB THE KING’S BUSINESS
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