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L4s* Akay Day. toms of thowsands of Amaricans marched down Fifth Avewne ia 2 loyalty pelne! oa which our coenir: wai fownded. This demontrration wai iperbad Leading aditorials sm several New York City sewipapert were devo The New York Times editorial Day.” she Mirror: “Two Kinds of May Day:* dell @ siguifcant sory. suring May May Day may well serve as an occasion for nation-wide public demonstrations of loyalty to the spiritual foundation of our country. Without this fundamental, our aation cannot endure: namely, thar each buman being counts because God. his Creator, hat endowed him with personal Fights which it is the business of the State to protect. When our Founding Fathers, 171 years ago, drew up and adopted a charter, now recognized as one of the noblest docu- ments of all time, they based its authority on Almighty God. In so brief s docu- ment, thee men might have made but ame reference to the Creator. But they wanted to hammer home truths which they feared others might discard, truths which they knew were fundamental to democracy. Woven, therefore, into the texture of the Declaration of Independ- ence are four significant sentences, two at the beginning and two at the end--for the Founding Fathers were well aware of the human tendency 09 remember bes the beginning and the conclusion of asy discourse. ender this beading: “New Menni: May Day — Loyalty Day Toe many often feel inadequate to the task of defending this concept of God- given rights. The encouragement afforded by public demonstrations of boyalty to God and country may weil serve to in- spire many to do everything within their power to uphold the basic truths upon which chis country was founded. Persuade every patriotic organization ot fl r t four Significant Sentences 1. Note che wording of the first: ote f “Whew ia the course of bumaen events, it becomes neces: for ome people fo dis- solve the political bands, which beve com- wected them with anotber, and fo atrwwe among the gowers of the earth, the seperate end equal station to which the Laws of Neture end of Nature's God eatitle them, a decent reipect to the opinions of menkind requires thet they id declare the conses which impel them io the reparation... Out fore- fathers might have established their claims on the “Laws of Nefure” alone. Instaad, they emphasized the fact thar the natural law iuelf depends on God. 2. The second sentence is equally posi- tive: “We bold these traths te be aif- San: “End of May Day Monopoly,” and ti pervade t0 stress, publicl; end concretely, the Céristian ‘a mall gromp of veterans and trade wnionist: with Cériite- ad to the new trend distingnishoug May Day. The captions of May Day,” she Herald Tribune: ~ World-Telegram: "New Kind of Msy Day,” group to hold x public gathering or pa- rade, not to demonstrate agains! anybody or anything, but, rather, for this basic truth on which American democracy reets. As President Truman said. in his Inaugural Address, January 20th, “We believe that all men ave created equal because they ave created in the image of God. From this faith we will not be wore.” evident, that all wen are created equal, that they are eadowed by their Creator with certain wmahenabie Rights, that among these ave Life, Liberty, and the periait of Happiness... .” 3, Toward the end of che document, the Founding Fathers appeal, in their own words, "to the Supreme Judge of the world” for the rectitude of ther inten- thons. 4. The Declaration closes with the fol- lowing statement: "And for the rapport of ibis Declaration, wild « fire reliance on the protection of divime Providenre. we mutually pledge to each ofber owr Live, our Fortuscs, and our sacred Hover.” Christopher Prayer for Our Country “Inspire ua, O God, with such a deep love of our country that we will be actively coucermed in its welfare as well as in thar of ail our fellow countrymen fer time snd for everniry. Teach us te show by word and deed the ame realous interest in protecting and furthering the Cheician priaciples upon which our nation is founded that others dimlzy im belirciws of eligminating them. of Congress, the delegates to the United Nations, the Governor of Mind Obstet: Jobe M. 4A. Feares, 5.7D.. Crane Lidreren. teprimater: our State, che offcisls of our community, and al} others, in high position ot low, who are entrusted with the task of provecting for all citizens those rights which come from Ther and from Thee “Teach us likewise wo be worthy mstruments im extending to sil aman of all nations, Thy children end our brothers, the same peace, freedom and security with which Thou hast s abundantly blessed our land, Through Christ Our Lard. Amen.” Wi Feveris Carding! Spritanea. Archbishop of New Verb Movember ¢, 17. Additional copies of tris mez be hed as cass, 100 for $1.00 poupaid. by writing so ‘ The Christophers, Fat East 3506 Street, New Yerd 36, N.Y.