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From The Depths, BrotherhoodIs RisingacnsaxPihiOn Sept. 1. 1939, Adolf Hitler unleashed tremendous forces in the world. ! ecHis own forces he knew—the terror of fire ^ and sword. The other forces he knew not— u;the spirit of brotherhood which is being born in the ashes of adversity in a dozen countries, among a score of peoples; the spirit which may change the world aa no destructive fury',, of the Nazis can ever change it. Aggression ^ and oppression have never failed to unite their , r victims in bonds of strength which eventually j * grew into mighty power overwhelming the ®persecutor. 1China was disunited, a formless mass of 0opposing factions. Then came the Japanese t invasion, and today—China united, her di- J verse jieoples fused into a brotherhood of suf- a fering whose strength is only beginning to be *seen. 1Britain was disunited, a people torn by J class distinctions and diverse views. The Nazi ’ bombers came, and today —- a tight little ( island fortress whose people are one in the 3 brotherhood of their groat effort, a spiritual ' power yet to be reckoned with. |Thus with the Jewish captivity in Egypt J and Babylon—captives and slaves, the Jews became brothers in their persecution. Today j: they live and thrive—but where are Babylon l and Egypt? jTlius with the persecuted Christians of ( Rome. St. Paul was in prison, but he con- ■: verted his guards. The Christians were a1 ] nersocutod minority in Rome. Yet Christianity covers the globe today, and where are the ( Romans?Assistant Secretary of State Berleji brought these examples down to modern times in a recent conference on science, phil- j osophy and religion at Columbia university.! In most of Europe today, he noted, the Nazis compel the Jews to wear the yellow Star of David. They intend it as i badge of dishonor. But it is a signal of brotherhood: an outward sign to distinguish brothers, symbol of an inward and unconquerable strength. Polish Catholics are also compelled to wear a distinguishing badge. Shall they not greet one another ns brothers, just ns the early Chris-: tians did in Rome?The greater the persecution, the stronger the brotherhood that rises from it. It is this spirit, rising from this horrible but inescapa-1 ble way of driving in tiixn men their essentia! brotherhood, that will not only beat Hitler in the end. but guide the world toward better, e’eaner wavs of living together in a common world. — NEA for The Sheboygan Press.
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Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Sep 24, 1941
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