Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1914 — TO SOLVE TODAY’S GREAT PROB. LEMS. [ARTICLE]

TO SOLVE TODAY’S GREAT PROB. LEMS.

(By THEODORE KEMP, LL. D., President of Illinois Wesleyan University.) "I hold to the Bible, which I constantly read. In it one, finds the solation of every difficulty and of every problem" even of a political description.”—Emperor William of Germany. —■ • - It is surprising how many of the great questions of the day have to do with moral issues. The liquor question, child labor, white slavery, the race question, sweat shops, conflicts between capital and labor, international quarrels, poverty and crime, not to mention other questions, all must find their solution through moral means. Christ preached the brotherhood of the race. His most fearful invectives were hurled at those who oppressed the laborer, who defrauded the poor and who exploited men for gain. He tempered justice with mercy. He taught and exhibited in his own great life the duty of unselfish service. He understood the privations of the poor, he exalted womanhood and blessed childhood for all the ages. He made man a child of God and made God understandable. If we had his regard for the sacredness of human life and the value of every soul, and his unselfish, purpbie" for the good of all, the liquor traffic would soon die, child labor would cease, employer and employe would become friends and brothers; womanhood would be honored and righteousness would exalt the nation. Yes, laws may do much to check crime, but the law of love and kindness in the hearts of men would do vastly more. The sermon on the mount sets new ideals before men: "The 'meek shall inherit the earth;” “the pure in heart shall see God;" “the peacemakers shall be called the children of God;” “those who mourn shall be comforted.” Love will displace hate, and the man of Nazareth by his sympathy, by his spirit of sacrifice, will show men how to live with each other and will show the way to solve the problems which disturb our peace, threaten virtue, despoil homes, and endanger the republic.