Article June 2, 1945 Issue

Signs of the Times

"That they all may be one"

with contributions from Dana McLean Greeley, Rollin H. Walker, M. Ashby Jones, J. D. McCrae

"F. S." Express and Echo, Exeter, England

Philosophers tell us that the birth of a great idea is the birth of a revolution. That being true, how much more is it true when the new idea springs not from mere human philosophy but from a new conception of God and becomes a holy, dynamic passion of faith and love. When that happens a battle royal begins with the entrenched enemies of universal brotherhood, and the armed warriors of righteousness march forth to save the world. Yes, the world.

In ancient Athens the word "church" denoted a company of conscious freemen, and their vision was a free world. Our Saviour used the word without defining it, but the New Testament shows us a city with twelve gates, and those entering come from north, south, east, and west. Men, women, children, of every nation, color, creed, are welcome. The invitation is to all. The key word is "whosoever"; no one is excluded. That is the glowing breadth and length and height and depth of the church as our Lord and the apostles proclaimed it. That is the imperialism of the Spirit, the universality of divine Love.

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