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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 4
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OCRPOSE OF THE CERISTOrNERS
A Crsristopher ian bearer of Chris. Individually
ead personally be carries Chris ine che “marker
place” By prayer and work be mrives @ brig
Chrisian prisciples especially foro the Gelds of
(2) gorerament, (2) labor-management, (3) cx
gemnication of ideas (newspapers, motion picrarm,
mdio, magazines, books), and (4) edacation.
Mach ef the oregeds of cor siasas it dus s0 the
hay positions im avery field of bumes endesvor.
‘These onsi-Chris crusaders are canting beudrads of
anillions over the oorth 19 have @ jalte onslook on
Bife, 90 ignore sboir ceormal destiny.
aloof in cheit own goal worlds, lesving the running
ad the big world w thore who bave Chris or keow
Him ect, There is much scuth is the mying thet
“while the good people buve been thing owe of
themetves, the bad people heve been wking care of
Christ tata every sphere of hile, can thereby beieg
Jove where there & hate, the ight of Ciristion prie-
siples hers there bas boon the dorksss of over.
They can belp rouew the fara of the oorth.
To be 2 Chrisopher ons seed mot “join™ any sddi-
‘There are no mactings, so dues. ... (Brpenses of ap-
proximately $10,000 « monch for = small suff, print-
« dag end dinzibusion, witbout chesge, of our News
Wows and oder Chtinopher litererare biwmoothly,
wo 310,000 persons in key positions, is entirely de
pendent oa the voluotury oferings of those who we
S w comcribow w this movement)
WBAT ABOUT THE #UNDEER
MILLION?
A new order ix be the meking. it woald be
«1.6 plain weglect of duty wot to attempt fo
reed the sigas of the times and caticipate @
intelligently as we can the situation thet will
confrout ws. The principal problems alresdy
appearing op the havizon ore intellectual shepti-
cinw end worel indiferrace. They do wot attack
Christianity, they ignore it, How then sball we
seri them? ... By going after souls, with the
salfiess perserverence of the Good Shepherd.”
Archbishop Cusbing
ene
UT of the 140,000,000 persons in the
United States it is extinoased that not
moore than 40,000,000 a¢ most practice any
formal religion. ‘This lesves a wast masa of
imately 100,000,000 individuals in our
country living off che benefits of Christianity,
and yet becoming less and fem conscious of the
great Christian fundamentals that moske poe-
sible their present way of life, Ye ie quite obvi-
gas on all sides chat millions are gradually
losing sight of ube great Christian ideais that
have bolstered our civilization for centuries,
for example, the concept of personal God,
tof Jesus Christ, as true God and true man,
the Ten Commandments, tbe sacredness of the
individual, and the sanctity of marriage and
the home. If this trend goes far enowgh, many
believe that it will open che way for the speedy
tise of a new peganism that would eventually
remove the United States from the society of
Bot, thank God, there is s very hopeful side
to this picture. ‘This trend has sot developed
to the degree that it ie incapable of remedy.
The rasjoriry of these 100,000,000 Americans
Condensed from The American Ecslesiassical
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