Ambassador College - Envoy Yearbook (Big Sandy, TX)

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Governments Now we view the governments over the peoples of today ' s modern world. M nd again, we meet with disillusion- M ment. Today, as of old, too many m who run tlie governments still promise great benefits, still pose as public benefactors, while fulfilling their own ambitions in their lust for aggran- dizement and power. The modern world has produced three more or less new forms of govern- ment. Each promises peace, happiness, and prosperity for its people. In our lightning-quick tour, we view in brief the essential factors of each thus: United States and British-type De- mocracy ; Swedish and French-type Modern Socialism ; and atheistic Communism. All three are predicated on the theory that every individual has the right to share in the results of Science, Indus- try, and the modern life. All three are based on a system of Industry, and dif- fusion of Education. But what do we actually find? We find some heads of state sincerely seeking peace, and the betterment of their peoples. But none is bringing peace because none knows the WAY to peace. But all too often we find also the opposite. We find selfish, greedy men of excessive vanity, am- bitious in their lust for RULE, scheming to get their hands on the throttle of POWER for personal aggrandizement and monetary gain. We find graft, im- morality, deception, dishonesty, run- ning rampant in high places. Governments promise PEACE— but bring WARS! They promise benefits, while extracting from the people the PRICE of the benefits plus excessive costs of government. Government promises are EMPTY, while govern- ment treasuries are FULL. We fail to find, here, any knowledge of life ' s PUR- POSE, or dissemination of the TRUE VALUES. r-- mi