Editorial June 26, 1943 Issue

Man's Humanity to Man

Peter V. Ross

Close and constant are the opportunities to practice Christian graces. At least they are as near and as frequent as are one's contacts with neighbors. There is little remoteness from neighbors any more in this rapidly shrinking world. There never has been any remoteness in the mental realm. No one can cast a thought into the mental sea without starting ripples which may reach dwellers on distant shores.

One cannot, then, avoid responsibility for his words or thoughts. Life is a glorious and yet a serious adventure. If what one says or thinks were confined to his own premises, he might insist upon the right to inconsequential thinking and talking. But there is no such isolation. No person is detached from his fellows. Hence nobody has a right to be reckless these days, no, not even of his mood. What you say and what you think can have something to do with determining the outcome of the World War now on.

Not infrequently is the laudable desire expressed, "I want to know more about God." We glimpse God when we see goodness, intelligence, and spirituality in our neighbor. He is, if seen aright, God's representative. Through this man do the divine qualities body forth, qualities that can be found there by anyone who honestly looks for them. They cannot be perceived as abstractions. They are recognizable only in living witnesses, the highest of whom are the sons and daughters of God.

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