The Gavelyte, February 1911

l'tn: 1:\\Ji,LYlh:, lit• mu. ,, , l'h and lw n•:11! Ln lah, ,1rlvant:i rp ol tlwm If th I'll ·i II l:11 in i, .·11Ph ,l pine•, i. nut t.lw pn• "nL lll'h a t.i nw·: I :v •ry 1111t ion ri in·~ tn prnmitwr11't' h \, had it · ·Lrnt •gi(' t.irn . t :,•rm, 11y had h r. wlwn tlw l{om:111 ll'g-i,in. p11. h1·d LhPir w .y l11•ynnrl th, \\ •:-i •rand lht'l't'. HmiU n by lh' rni rh : :1r,n nf If •r:n urn. irlft th •ir hPill':-1 to bl 1 :1 ·h on I ;<,ml.In H ,ii. l·:ngl ind ha l lwr. wh,•n thP. 'p:rni~h \ rma1la. Hnught to m· •rthrow h •r frPP in. titutinn:, wh n tlw r :wl of nat10n '. through th, P)PnwntH, n1Hpir • I with her fnr<' •. t, H nLl1•r th~, \ rmada. call ·d 111\'inl'ihl , aH drnff be for· lh wind , 'rwh ni. t-. ha,·e hrl'n g n in thP hiHtory of tlw world. V\'"h revn tlw f•;a. t and W l' t hw • m • t tlwr> haH hePn u Ii f •-:in 1-rl •a th Htrug-gle for th • ]p·lflPrHhir in civilization It wn.s when• th "i\lountains look on Marathon .\nd Marathon look:,i on th : a", that th \,• gt f:ir-,t saved it elf from Oriental dominion I x·ind~r earried Western influence far into the Ori nt, but the wave sw pt back, and European nations w re again forced to fight for their PX– i ·tencc against \loors, Tartar, , and Turks. The Pllfl of that, truggle is not yet. We tern civilization, now fullv developed and nriched by the ac eumulated wealth anrl wisdom of thE' centurie . tands clad in all th glories of history. The Orient. in great meaqure. still has the same social and political in titution · that existed at the beginning of the Christian era. , he undervalues individual life and degrades womanhood. The question is, which :-ihall prPdominate in the future life of the world? Will the We. tnn spirit conquer, or be conquered? Or, will there be a peaceful union of the two into a still higher civilization? The qu 0 stion concerning the influence of our industrial, political, intellectual, and religiou~ forces on the non-chri tian nations is of the greatest moment If injurious political measures, unjuqt commurcial relations, and unchri tian attitudes bopele sly antagonize these peo– ples, a peaceful union cannot be effected. If, on the other hand, ju t and friendly relations be fo~tered, much of the Western civiliza– tion will imperceptibly creep in and become a part of their life. The more the problem is pondered in the light of history and the present conditions. the more inevitable becomes the conclusion that evangelization, both at home and abroad. is the :rnly solution . Christianity believes in the brotherhood of man and the moral code of the Golden Rule. F'rom a political and social, as well as from a religious point of view, nothing is so important as a prompt and thorough expansion of the forces of pure Christianity through the non-cbristian world. When its principle are given the right of way m all our national and international relations, righteousness and peac hall flouri h. " T ation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither hall they learn war any more .''