IA member of a society begins To build his Philosophy of Life early! By observing and duplicating the sins And virtues exemplified around him, he merely Becomes a promoter of the Style of Life Into which he is born. Indeed, this powerful Truth Cuts deep into Character! So waste and strife, Pride and abuse of privilege for gain, and use Of Situation to further Selfish Goals- Long is the List of Fatal Evils which Modern society in error never should hold As right or worthy even to long exist! Shall we now examine our Philosophy? Is it Late, America'-For our Policy? IIIt ought to be remembered by those who teach Philosophy that Ethics is No Substitute for the Christian Faith, though The noblest Conduct and Beauty one can reach Are found in the Christian Life. We therefore beseech All people, learned and unlearned, high and low, Rich or poor in every clime, however so Great one's state may seem to be: Reach Out for God in Jesus Christ our Lord! In Him we find fulfilling of the Law With Love that heals all Limitations! Within the bounds of God's unfailing Word Conduct is continuously guarded, and flaw In Human Life Erased-O Blessed Vindication! IIIHistory, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, And Science are important in Education. These Courses, if taught by those who follow a Policy Of Honesty in Procedure, with Approximation And Speculation regarded as Useful Tools But not determinants unless there's proof, Are of great value in making progress and rules In further enlarged development! But their Use, However, Must Not Deny the Supernatural, Nor assume an Ascendancy over Creation, Thus denying the Word of God! The Actuality Of Creation and Creator, our Confirmation Of Origin and Being, Must Be Held Inviolate! Oh, Mankind, accept This Holy Blessed State! IVThe different and far-reaching facts in the Courses named Above are not to be neglected or shunned In School at any level of Study. Claimed Theories, however, are not to be tuned In for observation and consideration By Children! The Child naturally yields, accepts Instruction! Therefore Care, Wisdom, Moderation, And Prudence must Triumph Here! Study in depth Of the Problems these Courses contain must be reserved For maturer minds and broader Information. Our indulgent People have not observed This Truth! This fault ranks High in our Nation! The Home, the School, Business, and Recreation Have Corrupted their Office-the Churches, in Fragmentation! VThis Reference may seem to some quite Repetitious and fraught With Exaggeration. "Since such Ills have frequented Nations of the Past, why think," they ask, "we ought To Fear, or show Concern? We've invented Machines, discovered ways to deal with Distance, Enhancing Communication and Travel. Pleasures And Profits abound with Shameless Insistence On Sumptuous Living, World-Wide Attractions Without Measurel'' So On and On the argument goes, and Many appear Oblivious to the rapidly Worsening Condition! As Amos warned his people when Fate was Near, How they put "far away'' the Calamatous Omission Of Heeding God's Word! There was, indeed, no "Fear Of God in their eyes"! As Now, Calamity was Near! VIThe present Condition and Urgency in World Affairs Are Unprecedented; and, while important, The Past has little in Comparison that shares Sufficient Human Action to be Concordant With the Solution Needed for Present Problems! Two Generations removed from the Inception Of the Present Growing Dilemma, our Leaders who Now Hold Office are at a loss for safe Direction- No Adequate Precedent to point the Way-a True And telling Picture of Fallen Man! New Horizons Lift with Chance to take God's Love So freely offered! Let All look Up, Above The Failing Philosophies of Man, to Christ Our Lord, The Answer, recorded in God's Holy Word! VIIThe casual reader might ask, "What does This have to do with ethics or with any phase Of Aesthetics''? Much is made today of Art that lulls The Human mind into Ecstasies of Error-a craze That vainly claims Warmth and Love in Art! But Art, After all, can be as cold as Keats's Grecian Urn! it's also as Stationary ! Therefore its Part In Beauty's Stillness Belies Beauty's Turn In Action, in Conduct, and in Character! So Beauty at Its Best is Seen in Duty Well Performed! Beauty is Not All Of Love-only a Part! Therefore Beauty Is not All of Truth. Nor All we "need To know on Earth'' ! Ours is God's Word to Heed! VIIIAll Powers of Good in Man are Gifts from God! Both Keats and Shelley rank High in Noble Gifts Of Poetic skill and composition. They trod Through devious Paths of Lore that's Great, but Lifts No burden from the Heart, Nor Comforts any Soul Bound down in Sin and Sorrow! There is No substitute For the Glorious Grace of God! Such Geniuses, we hold In Heart, and Pray that they-though almost mute On Faith in Christ-may have found His Love and Grace! No Combination of Platonic Thought, holding That the Performance, adherence, or Pace Of Duty and the Full Reflection of Beauty unfolding, Can to Lost and Fallen Man Redemption Bring! But Jesus Can! He's God The Father's Offering! IXThe ontological phase of philosophy contains, In a way, all other problems relating to Man's Existance. Man's environment remains The Answer to God's Dicta and Eternal Plans For all the Universe! So, "Let there Be'' "And it was so'' and "God saw that it was Good'' Are the unfailing Foundation on which we Christians rest! The one great Brotherhood Of Man must come through God's Redemptive Love Contained and Given in Jesus Christ our Lord! Oh, Mortals of this world, Rejoice! Above All Human Error, we have our Saviour's Word! Duty says, ''Believe'' Christ's Holy Admonition, And Beauty and Truth, He gives in our Salvation! |
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