Strange things are done on the field of human life in His name of what is falsely called greatness, writes Dr. Sidney 31. Berry, secretary of the English Congregational Union.
Power is used relentlessly to crush opposition, and terror is invoked to daunt any possible revolt. The doctrines of power politics and the overweening assumption of rulers reduce men to the level of echoes in thought and automata in act.
To decorate this fantastic structure of the "new. order" there is a new philosophy, or rather a very old philosophy dressed up to look like new.
In brief, it is the doctrine that the only value which attaches to the life of the individual is the sinking of his own personality in the life of the State.
That absorption must be complete, ruling out not merely desires based upon personal taste, but also the deeper thoughts and convictions which do not harmonise with the interests of the State.
lt is this horrible system in all its ramifications against which the soul of the world is struggling to break free.