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65, verses 21 and 22. The “producers,” at least, ought to pray for the return of Christ and the establishment of His kingdom. , . . .
One wonders whether Mr. Hoover really enjoyed the afternoon. Also what George Fox and William Penn, both great Quakers, would have done under similar cir cumstances. But this is only the beginning of Mr. Hoover’s troubles. It will be more difficult to please the politicians of Washington than the rulers of Latin America. Cicero’s Opinion of Us T HOSE who like to boast of their Anglo-Saxon superiority should read what Cicero once said, about it. He advised a fellow Roman not to purchase the Anglo- Saxon captives taken from the Isle of Britain, because they had no value even as slaves. If the Anglo-Saxons have any superiority over other peoples, it is because the Gospel of God’s grace has touched them. Henry Ford as a Prophet H ENRY FORD, in a book recently published, predicts a coming world in which there is no drudgery, no prohibition problem and no smoking. As to this last, either Mr. Ford has not read late records of the Internal Revenue Bureau or else he has become even more opti mistic than when he set out in his peace ship to stop the late war. Every minute the smokers of America consume a ciga rette ten miles long. Six times as many are used as just before the World War. And at least a third of these are smoked by women, it is estimated. But Mr. Ford is right after all, in spite of the smoke- filled atmosphere. Some day we shall have a “cigarette less” world. Perhaps Mr. Ford has been reading the Bible. See Matthew, chapter 13, verse 41. (Cigar smokers, reading this, should not feel too vir tuous. That coming world will also be a “cigarless” world.) H Sociology and the Trinity A SOCIOLOGIST rejects the doctrine of the Trinity, declaring it to be an invention of Athanasius in the fourth century. The viewpoint of this sociologist is neither historical nor wise. Athanasius, great church
Agnosticism and Prayer AN agnostic was in troublé and a friend suggested that he pray. “How can I pray,” the agnostic answered, “when I do not know whether there is a God or not?” Said the friend, “If you are lost in thè forest, you do not wait until you find someone before shouting for help. But you shout to find out if some one is there.” It is strange how men seem to abandon ordinary common sense when dealing with questions about God and religion. Babies and Oas Masks M EDICAL authorities of the world, but especially of America, are doing wonders in reducing the high rate of infant mortality. Babies for whom there would have been no hope fifty years ago, are now being saved to lives of health by medical skill. This is worthy of applause. At the same . time, military experts from Europe declare that when the next war arrives it will be necessary for even the babies in the cradle to wear gas masks. And they add that the next war is on the way. Not yet is the world made safe for human life, to say nothing of democracy. The world needs a King, that King who took little children into His arms and blessed them. He will protect the beneficent work of science from the devilish machinations of the war-makers. Read Isaiah, chapter two, verse four. a» Sunday infBrazil O N Sunday, December twenty-third, Herbert Hoover left Brazil for home. In the morning he attended the American Union Church, where the pastor prayed for his safety and happiness. At noon he gave a luncheon to the President of Brazil. In the afternoon he was taken to the famous Hippodrome race track where the feature race was named Hoover in honor of the distinguished guest.
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