HESE are not only days of strenu-
ous struggle for victory, but of
hopeful planning for a better,
postwar world. Thoughtful men and
women in all free countries are looking
forward to happier times to come.
Manufacturers promise, in many attrac-
tive advertisements, that they will have
new and highly improved products to
offer when the war effort is over.
There are to be finer, better, more
luxurious homes, even for those of
moderate means. Such dwellings as have
never before been seen, for superb com-
fort and convenience, are announced.
The parlor and living rooms will be auto-
matically air-conditioned from floors
without stoves or radiators. Lighting will
be by shadowless, man-made sunshine;
for the promotion of health at all seasons
of the year. The entire family is offered
front seats, by means of television, to all
the world’s best, in entertainment, and
to the most important of current events.
Outside the home, travel is certain to
undergo revolutionary changes. The
family car will surpass the fondest wishes
of the pre-war owner. A network of
super-highways will join all important
points throughout the land, and in fact,
may reach from Alaska to Cape Horn.
Railways and bus lines will vie with each
other to provide transportation with a
maximum of comfort and speed, at
minimum rates. Passenger and freight
airlines promise to cover distances be-
tween all world capitals and chief cities
on almost unbelievably short routes and
schedules. The number of airports is to
be doubled. A new concept of world
geography has already become necessary. -
By these means the potential develop-
ment of the more backward nations will
be almost exhaustless.
Rapid changes are also being made in
the practice of medicine and surgery, in
methods of education and the application
of practical psychology. International
law and political science must of neces-
sity be developed to meet a very much
more complicated situation than the
world of nations has ever known before.
It is fondly hoped that peace will find,
at length, a secure basis upon which to
rest. Experts in economics are quietly
preparing systems of currency and
finance which include the whole world.
New sources of oil, rubber, and essential
minerals ;are being found, the flow of
which is to be directed to meet certain
anticipated needs. Such, briefly, are the
plans. Every activity of life, every phase
of existence is to be affected. The mind
staggers at the attempt to grasp the
whole of what is planned for the glorious
dawn of the postwar era.
We shall not here attempt to discuss
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the possibility or the impossibility of each
of these plans to materialize. The prac-
ticability or feasibility of many of these
projects must be left with experts. Par-
ticularly in the realm of international
agreement and co-operation the situation
is most complicated and perplexing, and
seems to be growing more so daily as war
continues. It is, nevertheless, the part of
wisdom to exercise foresight as far as
possible to do so. While not failing in
today’s urgent duties, those who are wise
do plan for the morrow. Only fools fail
in learning the lessons of history, and
suppose that nothing can be done about
the future. All that has been worth while
has been accomplished with the aid of
planms, purposes, programs.
What we do wish here to point out is
that any plan whatsoever, for substantial
postwar betterment which leaves God
out is doomed to failure. That there is a
Supreme Being, and that He has com-
municated His will to man through the
medium of the Holy Bible, has been
proved repeatedly to the satisfaction of
GOD'S POS’
MAN PROPOSES;
By Alonzc
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The view of the head table at the opening of the Postwa
D. C,, in the month of August, shows Secretary of Stat
British ambassador, and at his left the Russian ambassad
tion caused by World War II on one of the islands
tion of a war-torn world is the tremendou
many thousands of the highest intellects.
Generation following generation of the
lowly and the great have witnessed to the
power of the Divine Word. At this
moment multitudes the world over wor-
ship at Heaven’s altar, impelled by the
love of God. Therefore let it be known,
and well understood that God also has His
postwar plans for the planet called Earth.
It is not more luxury that we need,
is more and closer co-operation with ti
will of the Creator and Sustainer of our
world. It is not more conveniences that
we must have, but a secure and certain
bedrock foundation for the hope that
peace shall be eternal. Itis not more laws
on the statute books, but a simple and
unqualified guaranty that the four free-
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