Christian Century . nest and largesttract of virgin soil that democracy andfree institutions ever had from whichto develop. Luchowfu, China. illlltlllllltllllllllllllllllllllllMtlllllllllllMlltllMIIUUlI IIMIinillllltllMtHHIIItlHIIllillUIIIIIIMIItllllilllMlilllllUlllllllllUUtlllllHIIIIIIIltlllMlllllMIHIIIIIIIIillllll iiiiiiiHiiiiiiiHiiiniiiMMiinniiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinui^ COMRADES It is my joy in life to find At every turning of the roadThe strong arms of a comrade kind To help me onward with my load;And since I have no gold to give, And love alone must make amends,My only pra
Christian Century . nest and largesttract of virgin soil that democracy andfree institutions ever had from whichto develop. Luchowfu, China. illlltlllllltllllllllllllllllllllllMtlllllllllllMlltllMIIUUlI IIMIinillllltllMtHHIIItlHIIllillUIIIIIIMIItllllilllMlilllllUlllllllllUUtlllllHIIIIIIIltlllMlllllMIHIIIIIIIIillllll iiiiiiiHiiiiiiiHiiiniiiMMiinniiiiiuiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinui^ COMRADES It is my joy in life to find At every turning of the roadThe strong arms of a comrade kind To help me onward with my load;And since I have no gold to give, And love alone must make amends,My only prayer is, while I live— God make me worthy of my friends. —Frank Dempster Sherman. linn iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiMtiiMiiiiiMiiiitiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiuitiuiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiuiii Social Interpretations By ALVA W. TAYLOR The By-Products ofthe War Minium w HEX we read of the incon-ceivable sums being spentin the great war and of thealmost incon-ceivable num-bers of m e nwho are beingkilledwoundedhave only. beginningthe warstold. Theproduct ofdestruction andwetheoftollby-itsi s even greaterthan the direct product. Interna-tional law is supposed to make warcivilized, though the use of the termcivilization in relation to war issomewhat ironical. The world iswaking up to the fact that war isnot a normal necessity of humanlife but like other atavistic returnsof nature to primitive forms is aslipping back of civilization into sav-agery. The abject destitution whichafflicts no less than 24,000,000around the battle lines is the mainby-product of this war. In Belgium3,000,000 are suffering. In northernFrance 2,000,000 are practically bare-foot and shivering. In Serbia an en-tire people of 5,000,000 are Poland, most pitiable perhaps ofall these, there are 11,000,000 amongwhom few children under five yearscan be found because poverty andsuffering and the inhumanity ofmankind to man have made a nationdestitute. In eastern Prussia, wherethe armies have trampled back
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