Churchmen have been saying it for years. But when General Douglas MacArthur said it last week in his speech at the Japanese surrender, the words had new meaning and authority:
"Military alliance, balances of power, League of Nations all in turn failed. . . . We have had our last chance. If we do not now devise some greater and more equitable system Armageddon will be at our door. The problem basically is theological and involves a spiritual recrudescence and improvement of human character that will synchronize with our almost matchless advance in science, art, literature and all material and cultural...
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