CHAPTER II 



THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW DAY 



THE Hebrews of Isaiah's time looked forward to a 

 golden age with a new heaven and a new earth, when 

 ' Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall in- 

 herit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the 

 work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little 

 one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong 

 nation." Centuries later, with faith still high and gaze 

 still eager, the seer beheld the holy city let down from 

 heaven, and heard the promise that God would dwell 

 with his people and would wipe away all tears from 

 their eyes. 



All through history the human mind has held to the 

 ideal of a better day for mankind. The tragedy of the 

 ages has been its postponement. But the hope never 

 dies. It springs afresh with new opportunities and 

 there is in each new effort some gain. The war stirred 

 to its depths this spirit of a progress to be made in 

 terms of human welfare and happiness. The Allies 

 were forced to meet a huge and conscienceless effort on 

 the part of an exceedingly strong people to achieve 

 world power by force. But among the Allies them- 

 selves there were at the outset mixed motives. Ideas 

 of imperialism unquestionably were ingrained in the 

 minds of their statesmen until the United States en- 

 tered the war. At that time came the great interpreta- 

 tion of the deep possibilities of the war to " make 



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