Hungarian Church Press, 1968 (20. évfolyam, 2. szám)
1968-06-01 / 2. szám
HCP Vol XX Special Number 1968 No 2 (07904)- 125 -for service to the outside world, Also in relation to the racial problem, the people of Jesus Christ is to he the salt of the earth and the light of the world, The meaning of our Christian existence is to lose ourselves in serving others, And this calls for action and for sacrifice. We must unite ourselves with all men of good will, irrespective of their ideology., thinking and religion, when they strive to solve the problem of the races^ We ar*e not entitled to belittle any of these efforts on the ground that they are not initiated or led by Christians^ Our task is not to rule but to serve, We should not be discouraged by the consideration either that, according to our conviction, the final solution of the racial problem is only possible in faith in Jesus Christo We should not therefore belittle the partial results, and should welcome all steps suitable to resolve conflicts, bridgp over gulfs and to prepare the way in the wayless desert. All such efforts call for our wholehearted support. It is a false excuse to say that, after all, earthly peace is not everything. No disciple of Jesus can say this« To neglect our family duties under the pretext that we are to serve the large family of the nations; to overlook our everyday tasks with the excuse that we have some "sacred" duties to dot is to disobey Jesus Christ and what He taught us in his Parable of the Good Samaritan against those religious people who played off their "sacred" duties against what was but' the profane, apparently insignificant and simple obligation cf lifec It is the duty of the steward to be faithful over small things, --If somebody would argue that the racial problem is but a small issue in comparison with the cause of the Kingdom cf God than our answer is that 0’ir Lord wants our faithfulness even in this "small matter". We must add that the cause of peace cannot be served either without trying to work for the solution of the racial, problem. Peace is not possible if races are in conflict. But the r verse is also trues the lack cf peace necessarily results in the polarisation of racial antagonism. It is quite clear to everybody that the war of escalation in Viet ram is aggravating the problem because it intensifies the tension between the races; Asians are facing there non-Asians, yellow men ore in conflict there with white men t The conflict of the Middle East has similar features. The problem of the races has its bearing on the problem of the family also. The family life of racial-ly mixed partners is often exposed to contempt, and the wedded partners are probably ostracized by both of their racial groups. The Christian who considers himself to be a defensor famij.iae_ is obliged to serve in this matter with the pure Gospel message and the example cf Christian conduct. As to the problem of labour relations, there are places in the world today where it is taken for granted that the white man is paid mere wages for the sann work than his coloured companion« This is utterly wrong' "Worthy is the workman of hi3 meat". We would says every ’worker is worthy cf his wage, and we would include in the word "every" all the races of the world« But we must generalize this principle in agreement with the statement of Section III of the World Conference on Church aid Society: "At this time, racial discrimination appears of greatest immediate danger to humanity. It is often
