Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 16 June 1950 — Page 2

TWO THE POST-DEMOCRAT, MUNCIE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 195#.

THE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the 10th Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper in Delaware County Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the Post Office at Muncie, Indiana, under Act of March 3. 1879. PRICE 5, CENTS— $2.00 A YEAR MRS. GEO. R. DALE, Publisher 916 West Main Street Muncie, Indiana, Friday, June 16, 1950.

SMITH SPEECH AGAINST SMEAR TACTICS WAS STATESMANLIKE The words that Sen. Margaret Chase Smith spoke the other day should have been voiced long ago. Though Mrs. Smith spoke as a Republican and waxed strongly critical of the Democratic administration, her speech on the Senate floor—like her formal statement which six other GOP senators endorsed— was really above partisanship. It was the conscience of the Senate speaking, indeed, the conscience of all fairminded people in the nation. Mrs. Smith was the voice of decency, of calm reason, of honesty and integrity. Too often in recent months, she said, the Senate has been made a “forum of hate and character assassination sheltered by the shield of congressional immunity.” She added: “The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as ‘Communists’ or ‘Fascists’ by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.” She blamed both parties for the fear, suspicion and confusion bred in the Senate and spread through the country. As a good party member, she declared that the United States sorely needs a Republican victory at the polls. But she insisted that the Democrats had made enough mistakes to give the GOP campaign issues without resorting to smears. “I don’t want to see the Republican Party win that way,” she said. “While it might be a fleeting victory for party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people.” This is statesmanship. This is responsible public utterance. It contrasts markedly with the tactics of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Mrs. Smith’s GOP colleague, who obviously was the chief target of her declaration. His endless charges of communism in the State Department have been made in brazen disregard of the reputations of innocent people, have probably done serious harm to U. S. foreign relations, and still stand wholly unproved. McCarthy since has answered Mrs. Smith’s speech obliquely by saying he will go on with his campaign no niatter what any group in the Senate may do. He said he holds himself accountable primarily to the people of his state and nation. Certainly Mrs. Smith has no wish to choke off a thorough and complete inquiry into communism in government, whether led by McCarthy or anyone else. She was appealing against the methods he has used up to now. 4jfn£ ; If McCarthy continues to use his tactics of irresponsible smearing, he is right in asserting that no “declaration of concsience” can stop him. In the end, only the people of his state, Wisconsin, will have that power. They must judge his anti-Red campaign on its achievements—if any—and his behavior in terms of the American standards of decency and fairness that have been so well spoken by Mrs. Smith. RENT CONTROLS NEEDED Extension of federal rent control legislation becomes doubly important to the economic stability of the nation now that* it has become clear that most states would be unable to pass\ emergency legislation to prevent rent gouging if federal protection for tenants in areas of acute housing shortage were ended on June 30. Only a few legislatues are now in session and there is not time to call special sessions and pass state rent control laws by June 30. Only two state now have state rent control: New York and Wisconsin. Governors of many other states have urged the Congress to extend federal rent control. The results of premature ending of rent control are indicated in Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, hundreds of letters from tenant-victims, and newspaper stories and editorials. BLS studies covering 12 decontrolled cities showed that the increases ran from an average of 16 to 40 per cent, hitting low-income tenants hardest. The eagerness with which some landlords await decontrol is vividly illustrated by what happened in Birmingham, Alabama, even before a state decontrol action went into effect. On May 18—:a week before the scheduled decontrol of the state of Alabama on May 25—the Birmingham “News” reported that more than half of the county’s 12,700 relief clients had been notified of rent increases on June 1, the amount of the increase averaging between 60 and 70 per cent. It is important to remember that even in areas where the housing shortage is not acute, the end of federal rent controls would still cause economic difficulty. Those whose rents were raised exorbitantly in shortage areas would have to curtail sharply their expenditures for food and manufactured goods and the resultant drop in purchasing power would cause some reduction in farm income and some increase in unemployment on a national scale.

what McCarthy stands for William T. Evjue, editor of the Madison, Wis., “Capital Times,” has broadcast to the people of Wisconsin, Senators McCarthy’s home state, this editorial from the New York “Post”: “Senator McCarthy has honored this newspaper with a denunciation. He has linked us with the Washington ‘Post/ the St. Louis ‘Post-Dispatch’ and the Madison, Wis., ‘Capital Times’ as enemies of the McCarthy way of life. We are; we appreciate his recognition of our efforts and the distinguished company of independent, anti-Communist newspapers in which he has placed us. “For McCarthyism has come to be synonymous with contempt for the democratic idea, destruction of individual rights, persecution of the weak and defenseless. He has tried to divide and confuse America at a time when free men are uniting to resist Communist totalitarianism. He has injured the cause of freedom throughout the world. He is entirely consistent in attacking newspapers which have spoken out against him. If McCarthyism prevailed, freedom of the press would be lost along with all our other basic liberties. His newest attack is the outcry of a frightened man who knows that truth is his mortal enemy.” VEEP IS HONORED In recognition of Alben W. Barkley’s outstanding public service, Congress with singular unanimity, directed that a gold medal be prepared for the Vice President. The other day the President of the United States presented the medal, and the Vice President’s fellow Kentuckian/Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vinson, declared it was “a sweet recognition of a great man’s work.” The American people applauded for “The Veep” has won their affection and admiration to an extent seldom equaled in the history of this country. Mrs. Barkley is entitled to a share of the credit. When it was first announced that^ the little lady from St. Louis was about to become a bride of the Vice President of the United States, we were all curious. Perhaps a few were disposed to be cynical, but, as. the days passed, we began to feel that in some mysterious way we were in on this romance. Strangely enough, that delightful feeling has persisted to an amazing extent and the end is not in sight. * * * '* However, quite apart from the role Cupid has played in this drama, Americans agree with the Chief Justice that “Barkley of Kentucky” is a great man. He was a poor boy, planting corn and tramping country roads, when William Jennings Bryan and “Old Bob” La Follette were stirring, and disturbing, both old parties with their appeals for progressive programs—a graduated income tax, a direct primary, so the people might name their own candidates; the initiative and referendum, so when the voters wished to pass a law or defeat one they could take action at the polls; stronger anti-trust laws, a fair break for the farmers and the workers. Young Barkley heard the appeals. Before he was old enough to vote he was “following Bryan” and he has never ceased to turn to the “Great Commoner” for inspiration. * * * * In 1926 things didn’t look too bright for the Democratic party in Kentucky There was a senatorial battle coming on and “just any old candidate” wouldn’t do. Party leaders turned to Barkley,who had served 14 years in the House. Labor is proud to say the Standard Railroad Labor Organizations “led the parade” in that contest and Barkley won magnificently. * * * * Ten years later he was made Democratic floor leader in the Senate, beating Senator “Pat” Harrison of Mississippi by, one vote. The Tory press attempted to belittle Barkley, charging he lacked real ability and was picked because he would be a “yes-man” for President Roosevelt. The truth is that Barkley was a much abler man than Harrison and was a progressive, while Harrison was an extreme conservative. He sympathized with Roosevelt’s program and labored to put it over. But he wasn’t a “yes-man.” When Roosevelt released what Barkley believed was an unjust attack on the Senate, he denounced the President’s position and tendered h i s resignation as floor leader. That required plenty of courage. Democrats and Republicans cheered him. The. he must remain as chief. President Roosevelt wrote a letter of “explanation” and sent his chief secretary to deliver it in person at Barkley’s home. After that no one dared suggest Barkley was controlled by any individual, group or interest. * * * * At the Philadelphia Convention in 1948 a lot of Democratic politicians—some noisy progressives, some foolish leaders—did their best to make a Republican victory inevitable. They proclaimed th^y were willing to nominate almost anyone except Truman. It was a fantastic performance. But the majority of the delegates were not stampeded. They nominated Harry S. Truman and then they completed the job by electing Alben W. Barkley as his running mate. It was a great team. Between them, Truman and Barkley won “a miracle election.” ^ They have pulled together ever since. That doesn’t mean they haven’t had some differences, but they trust each other implicity. Today, more than any other pair in politics, they are loved by their friends and desperately feared by their enemies. —Labor

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Tis said that a man who reads leads many lives. For those who seek such adventures, here are some reading highlights which will appear shortly: Life (June 19) will give the news behind one of America's multi-gambling dollar industries gambling. In a revealing word and picture essay Life answers such questions as—How much does gambling cost the American public? How much do racketeers make? How good are systems? What is the case for and against legalized gambling . . . People who work with Bob Hope are amazed at his tireless energy in the cause of veterans, charity and his own shows. But Modern Screen (July) is wondering about his stamina with the article “Is Bob Hope Killing Himself?” . . . Giant Western (August) says that Western omelettes originated with chuckwagon cooks who wanted to camouflage leftovers so the cowboys would eat them. It was just a new way of presenting ye olde stew in a solid form . . . “Choosing Your College” is an informative discussion of the factors a girl should consider in deciding what type of college is best for her (Senior Prom, July). “We Have Four Daughters” comes from the pen of movie star Robert Young (Parents’ Magazine, July). His article describes t h p joys and the “occasional headaches” his lively children give him . . . Franco’s record is examined minutely for those who think that the U. S. should give him a helping hand (The Reporter, June 20). The reader be the judge . . . After a coast-to-coast tour New Republic’s editor Michael Straight writes “Mood of the People”, a report on the state of the mind of the country in the fifth year of the “No War, No Peace Era” . . . Good soil is one reason why some people eat better than others. Noted soil chem-

Delaware County (Continued From Page One) istered voters are expected to vote in the November election. (74% voted in November, 1948). 4. Political history shows there is a great mass of “independent” voters in Indiana who do not hesitate to jump from one party to another or to “scratch” their ballots for personally popular candidates of either party.

ist, Charles Kellogg compares the world’s soil types in Scientific American (July) . . . There’s thrilling fiction about a killer (T heBalc“r,.3 (The Black Bat) who publicizes his crimes but can’t be apprehended in Black Book Detective (Summer issue). Jane Russell is back again in word-picture in Look Magazine (June 20) . . . Camera fans learn what speed to use to stop motion in “Speed Shooting” (The Camera, July) . . . Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, eminent author and minister, tells the way to happiness and peace o'/ mind in “The Art of Living” (Your Life, July) . , Medical men have compiled a half-hour educational motion picture about medicine’s most potent enemy-cancer (Amazing Stories, Aug.) . . . Billboard (June 17) gives advance information on the latest music record releases . . “I’ll Make a Dempsey Out of Maxim” says Jack Kearns, former manager of Jack Dempsey in Police Gazette (July) . . . The National Association of Newspaper Publishers ^ays that the best way to handle sex criminals is to expose them to the white heat of newspaper publicity. The Woman Magazine backs them up with “How to Teach Your Child to Avoid Sex Criminals”. Future homeowners can get a lot of necessary information on how to buy a new house in Sicence Digest (July) . . . Modern Romances (July) helps the planning vacationists with an article on how to have a beautiful vacation . . . error in Washington’ is the story about crime in our capital, appearing in Collier’s (June 24) ... in Baseball Stories (Summer) a pressbox artist takes a look-see at those two super fence-smashers, Lou Gehrig and Joe Di Maggio . . . thos planning to build a boat can get step-by-step instructions, pictures and plans in 23 Boats You Can Build

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Bernarr MaciTadden’s Health Review (July-August) enters the smoking contraversy with How to Sloping Smoking ... sex keeps in the picture with Dr. Clyde Kluckhohn of Harvard reporting on “Manners and Morals: 1950 in New Republic (June 12) ... the final chapter of “A King’s Story” (the Duke of Windsors personal memoirs) appears in this week’s Life. Highlighting this final installment will be David Windsor’s

WEEKLY SERMON By M. W. McKenzie, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois What do we think about most of the time? Thoughts are constantly passing through out minds. Those which are delighted in and dwelt upon become a part of the will and the desires, and eventually bring forth actions, good or bad. A recent newspaper article told of a young girl who for some time harbored in her heart thoughts of hatred toward her sister. Eventually, such thoughts expressed themselves in an outward act, that of her sister’s murder. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” (Prov. 23:7) is no idle statement. • Jesus made this comment, “From within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” /Mark 7:21-23). How can thoughts be made right and pure? Here is the solution from God’s Word, “The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin”. (I John 1:7). When we accept Christ, His finished work at the cross of Calvary is applied to our hearts. There is also the positive aspect of thinking given to us in Philippians 48 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any pi’aise, think on these things.” We also read, “Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.” (Prov. 16:3). When we set our minds upon those things which are good and true, and commit all that we are and do to God, He takes charge, and our thoughts and purposes become what they should be. , “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.” (Ps. 19:14).

description' of his last 10 days as King-Emperor prior to his abdication. In his own words, the Duke tells of the scheme which nearly succeeded in breaking up his intended marriage to Mrs. Simpson; how a “King’s Party” formed among those who supported David; how the historic “woman I love” abdication speech was written ... stories of the old West when shootin’ was just as often as eating are told by eye witness, old timer Chick Oldham in Frontier Stories ... for those who are pondering what lay-out to give their garden, Popular Gardening carries over 200 photos. “How Prepared Are We If Russia Should Attack?” gives an up to date account of our preparedness in (June 20) Look Magazine . . . two interesting true stories about Billy the Kid and Wild Bill Hickok in Giant Western (August) ... woman writer tells how it feels to be interviewed by Dr. Kinsey in Your Life (July) ... “Violence, swift action and suspense” is the way the New York Times described the Mercury Mystery, “The Bulldog Has the Key” (No. 148) ... Specialty Salesman (June) which likes to run success stories on people who sell, picked one of the best: Arthur Godfrey .. “How to be a Good Father” in Parent’s Magazine (June) is a guide to the kind of paternal attention a child needs to grow up happy. It’s bound to stir up intertest among wives. American Home (June) highlights the regal Rhododendron in a beautifully illustrated article... teen-age daughter can find out what kind of wife she’ll be in Senior Prom (June) . . . folks who take to sailing and crusing can get vital information that may save a life in an emergency in the article “A Seagoing Medicine Chest” in Yachting (June) ... intercessions to St. Catherine have been successful for centuries for Parisian “husband Huntresses” according to Catholic Digest (June) ... if you think your “pooch” is worth something in dollars and cents apart from sentimental value, check with Dog World (June). After touring tt.e country by automobile, Don Eddy in American Magazine (June) estimates that more than a million persons will be highway casualties this year, and many of the accidents will result from confusing traffic laws in different states ... Dan Fowler, fictional F. B. I. sleuth, takes a few more lawbreakers out of circulation in G-men Detective (summer issue) ... current Silver Screen quotes Cary Grant as saying that every bachelor should be married; and why . . . Skyways (July) comes out with sleek photos of Navy planes . . . now Hopalong Cassidy has a protege, two-gun Nelson in the book The Man from Bar-20 ( a Graphic Book). What would happen if everybody in the world forgot how to laugh is described in Coo Coo Comics (August) ... actor John Hodiak in Screenland (July) says this about Hedy Lamarr, “She considers herself a simple soul who is, primarily, the busy mother of three children and, secondly the family bread winner”, Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, our only lady Senator adorns the cover of Newsweek (June 12th Issue) . . . “Why Women Go For Godfrey” highlights the August issue of The Woman . . “Franco: Weak in Spain, Strong in Washington”, The Reporter (June 20 gives lowdown . . . QST Magazine (June) features something new: Amateur TV Stations . . . historical articles gives interesting backgrounds of U. S. Stamps in the coming issues of Stamps Magazine . . . how to take flash pictures in a feature in Camera (July).

Rural Dogs Voted "Most Useful" Title

Pennsylvania and Idaho Canines So Outstanding Judges Can’t Decide Between Them

oo Many Jobs on Hand or Silver Jubilee HARDWICK, Mass. — Mr. nd Mrs. Eugen e W. Hanson had •ouble finding time to celebrate leir 25th wedding anniversary. In addition to running four irms, the school bus, mail transortation system and a herd of 10 cows, Hanson serves as a )wn assessor, clerk of the farmrs’ cooperative exchange and scretary of the local milk proucers’ association. His wife serves as town librarin. election official, and Grange fficer and still does ill her own ousework.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES “Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?” is the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, June 18. The Golden Text is: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. . . . All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:1,3). Among the citations which comprise the Lesson-Sermon is the following from the Bible: “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? ^ who hath stretched the line upon iff Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof?” (Job 38:1,

4-6).

The Lesson-Sermon also includes the following passage from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “The finite must yield to the infinite. Advancing to a higher plane of action, thought rises from the material I sense to the spiritual, from the schoi lastic to the inspirational, and from I the mortal to the immortal. All things are created spiritually. Mind, act matter, is the creator” (p. 256).

A committee of judges, weighing the merits of candidates in “America’s Most Useful Dog of 1947” contest, finally decided to award the title to two dogs, it has been announced. The winning dogs are “Tubby;” a Collie-St. Bernard owned by Karl B. Loud, R.F.D. 1, Wellsboro, Penna., and “Spike,” of German Shepherd and mixed ancestry, owned by Mrs. Ed. Schlagel, Route 1, Cataldo, Idaho. Each dog had so^ many qualifications that the judges simply could not decide between them. The contest to find the “Most Useful Dog” was undertaken by the Gaines Dog Research Center, New York City, as part of the observance of the 1947 .National Dog Week. Judges in the contest were Sydney H. Coleman, executive vice president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Ted Malone, prominent radio personality; and Harry Miller, director of the Gaines Dog Research Center. The two dogs have been presented by the Research Center with handsorrte red and blue collars bearing sterling silver engraved plates attesting to their honors in this contest. “Tubby,” only a year and a half old, is not only an excellent allround watch dog, but a real herd dog who takes out and brings in the cows each day in the best farm tradition. For this purpose he carries a stick in his mouth which he wields with great dexterity. In addition, he brings in the mail, carries firewood into the house, carries pails to and from the house and barn, bears notes to and from Jps master in the field, saves his mistress endless steps by fetching* from upstairs rooms hat, shoes, wallet or other desired articles, and performs a variety of similar chores. He can also do about 50 tricks, count up to ten, and, according to reliable witnesses, can speak a few words— although the judges did not take these last into consideration in selecting him for the award. “Spike,” on the other hand, serves as right-hand-man to Mrs. Schlagel, who, with an invalid husband, has the responsibility of running a 190-acre ranch. He, too, is an expert herd’ dog with cattle. Among his other accomplishments is acting as chaperone to his owner’s flock of chickens, pulling a wagon and skidding small trees. He is an exceptional hunting dog and has cleared his owner’s property of coyotes, badgers and other vermin. A vigilant watch dog, “Spike” keeps his home place free of all trespassers. He watches over the Schlagel children, whether at home or in the woods, as anxiously as a mothe.".

Mrs. N. Demidoff, Fitzwilliam, N, H., and her winning sled-dog team. the name is applied properly only to the Siberian breed. While all four breeds do the same work, they vary considerably in abilities and characteristics. There probably is no more dramatic story of the North than that of the heroic serum dash from Nenana to Nome, Alaska. A severe epidemic of diphtheria broke out in Nome in the winter of 1925, and the entire supply of antitoxin was completely exhausted. An appeal was sent out by radio for serum to be sent to the stricken city, but because of raging blizzards no aircraft could make the trip. A sled dog driver named Gunnar Kasson volunteered to make the over six hundred-mile dash With the serum. His lead dog, a Siberian Husky named Balto, wag hitched with a team of twelve other dogs and the dogs and their driver set out in a raging blizzard. Under the most adverse weather conditions, a distance of 665 miles was covered in dVz days, a record for speed which still stands. Today Balto is immortalized by a larger than lifesized bronze statue in New York City’s Central Park.

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The revered Liberty Bell, symbolic of national independence* will ring again this year through 52 exact duplicate bells which will be toured in every State during the U. S. Savings Bonds Independence Drive, May 15-July 4. My nephews and nieces will see and hear the actual tone of the original Beil. Americans still are agreed that the best way to take care of tomorrow’s needs and emergencies is to plan for them today. Make your own dreams come true by the regular, automatic purchase of U. S. Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Tl^h. S, Treasury Department

SCRIPTURE: Malachi. DEVOTIONAL READING: Malachi 4: 1-6.

Help tor Our Times Lesson for June 18, 1950

FOR TIMES that are dull, times A without hope, Malachi is the prophet. When he lived the exile was over; but it was no golden age. In the dingy little city of Jerusalem, rich and beautiful no longer, lived only a comparative handful of rather poor people, dragging out a monotonous existence. To these people, living in discouraging times, Malachi had, and has, a message from God. Dr. Foreman His prophecies do not have the bitter tang of Amos nor the melancholy of Hosea, the grandeur of Isaiah, the dramatic power of Jeremiah or the eerie visions of Ezekiel. But with inspired common-sense, he offers in the name of God a simple remedy with four ingredients.

Better Leaders qPEAKING DIRECTLY to the ^ leaders of the people, namely the priests, Malachi condemns them for not really taking stock in tlie thing they were doing. How we need that today! If the church today In any place is dead, you may be sure there are some dead leaders. Dead from the neck up, that is. And not necessarily the preachers. Many a good preacher breaks his heart for lack of support. How many men and women, in your church, can the minister count on to fill in where they are needed, without making up a dozen reasons why they “can’t” do it? Why do Christians talk and pray as if their religion were all-impor-tant, but act as if everything els# came first? * * • Law Observance WNOTHER THING for which Malachi pleads is law observance. (E.g. 2:8; 3:5) They did not need new laws, for they had good ones. What they needed was to obey,the laws they had. This again !s what our times need. We have so many laws now that only an expert cah keep up with them. No livilized nation could live, to be sure, under the unchanged statutes of a generation ago. Nevertheless, if all the legislatures in America were to resolve !o pass no more laws for five years, and if for five years the energy, time and money spent ordinarily an getting up new laws were put h on educating the people in the laws now in existence, and in fostering law observance and in presenting and punishing crimes, ours would be a better country. * • * The Unbroken Home K GAIN, Malachi stands for the unbroken home. He knows that no country can be strong when its homes are weak. (2:1017.) In the year 1948 there were about 420,000 divorces in the United States, and 1.80 million marriages. That' is a divorce rate of about 23 per cent. In some states the percentage of divorce is even higher. Indeed, in one large midwestern city it was announced in the papers about two years ago that the marriages had “caught up with” the divorces, i.e., they were at last having more marriages than divorces! This was an extreme case. To say nothing else about it, 420,000 divorces and 12,000 desertions means that in the United States alone there are at least 432,300 persons who have no regard for the most solemn promises. • • * /' Support The Church piRST AND LAST, Malachi asks ■■ better support of the church. STou need the church, of course; but then the church needs you. There is need for better leadership tn the first place, and better support from the common man. Few persons want to live in a commuv nity without churches; yet a mere shurch building will not effect :ommunity life in the least. A beautiful building and a tall white spire are not a church. The only church which will help a neighborhood is one in which the neighborhood takes an active part, a church where neighbors together worship God and where they are inspired to plans and acts of service for their fellow-men. The main object of the church is lot to shore up the country; still !f you want a better country, one of the best ways to support it is to support the Christian church. For of all the institutions in the nation, the church is the only one devoted to the purpose of transforming human lives.

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