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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 3
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along without God. °
Wich the cessation of war 6 thoumad
lems have loomed around the glihe—preeee
thar have suddenly become migeted = a,
globe in proportion has shruak Ya prep
the greatest problem ia the force af s grew @
sar anded soereber 0 diminscr Cod trum
the ark Aad pata to
GFestest owetacic in facing tet, oo Ge ote
problems, is the apathy that comm frm ow
lack of understanding—chat we feleews @
Christ have the salvation of the werd @ oo
hands.
@ur ebitgation and prtviage
Imagine, for the moment, that ths emp
Christians disappeared overnight. Our aque
that these thousand perplezing probes awe
ested. We should mill hove our dury baton
we—to “go” to “all men,” 00 “al sete” —
from the person next door to the lew bes anh
vidual at the other end of the anh Wow
conditions today have emphasized, met commnd,
the need for world Chrinisnity. Bet ae o te
thet our neglect has brough: about thaw evtby
Can it be becevse we have gem in um fre
mumbers?
In avy event the obligation resting os Ge
followers of Christ at this bow is probchie
greater than ot any time in the pat omnem
Irandred years, It is far more thas om chign
sectorative power—love. All we bere w de ©
to bring it vo mankind. There is no eubncemn,
there is a0 chose c=
“The great truth of the tienen,” wren Deve
Boone recently in the New York Som. “ew --
of the sueanx band ©
ee
fo see dearer Civilization overai
ew gab challenge is that “the buman race
“cae trang shoot waiversal peace or die.”
Teer apreed have
Ce te marth ever the world todey, spread-
ae tte cert oproaie of brotberhood-—hste,
oe S&S Se Css movremenu. Ever on
Ge oft bey wee every possible: medium—gov-
ome orgs. muputives, books, and countlen
eter Asserts to further their purposes. They
om oe ree, 6 race for man’s sul. Ther
pare 0 well organized, cnusuilly efficient,
wemetshls eggreeve. They mingle with the
ewer, thoy epeah their Language; they out-
ewes oh hers with ther well choughr-out
ewtengee and formalss of approach. It is
Ota wh be mnaay to resist their beguiling invi-
oem: ond the hoacyed promises they offer but
onan 6 eve fell
Veo on of the followers of Christ, good
pret themartres, mem to live in » world apart
fimaw de Ingherming resiitics thst move sround
Gem Mart and more do they seem to with-
Ove cate on imalsted position instesd of taking
0 Beey eetorent im bringing Christ to those who
fond Nhe eneet. Although deeply imbued with
Qev exprsbity we “love God above al]
Gag” they ore wee litle concerned with
Wrens ther mnichboe on themalven” except
Gree @ ure of alee-giving. Too few
teed of pleyeg an octive role ia winning the
wll fer the come of Christ by helping to
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