Article July 30, 1938 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from F. J. Seaman, Egbert Winter, William T. Manning

Topic: Civilization—and Christ [From the Democrat, Davenport, Iowa]

Writing under the striking headline, "The World Crisis—and Christ," Francis B. Sayre gives in April Good Housekeeping his views of the world's need in this crucial period when "we seem to be slipping backward in the long march of progress."

As long as the world continues, he holds, "humanity will require of life certain fundamentals. No civilization which denies them will endure. Among other essentials mankind must have, first, a profound faith in the essential goodness of life, and a confidence that goodness will ultimately triumph. Second, it must have happiness; it cannot be starved of the goodness of life. Third, mankind craves power; and it will never be satisfied unless it finds the pathway to power, with the road lying open before it."

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