| Description | Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's address begins with the full quotation from Isaiah 60:18-19 from which the title of her paper is taken. She refers to attempts by nations to build walls of defence, stating that walls 'to secure separation and isolation' were not 'the Walls of Salvation'. Much of Taylor Cadbury's address is concerned with the ways by which nations could build 'Walls of Salvation'.
Taylor Cadbury suggests that 'Christian judgment, mutual toleration, and goodwill between nations' was required amidst 'the problems of the times'. She explores the role of the Churches and the 'Social Gospel' taught by Christ in building these 'Walls of Salvation', emphasising the importance of loving our enemies and believing in 'the Kingdom of God and His righteousness'. Taylor Cadbury advocates applying these beliefs to national affairs 'to solve the problems of poverty, of unemployment, of the terrible shortage of houses, of remediable inequalities.'
Taylor Cadbury argues that 'practically all efforts' to ameliorate poverty, sickness and suffering and to improve social conditions 'have had their origin in religious faith'. She emphasises the importance of the churches in work towards peace on earth before considering the issues of arbitration, disarmament and security. She also explores changing international relations with Eastern countries. Taylor Cadbury concludes her address by stating that the Churches must take part in 'the stupendous and important work of uniting the peoples of the many Nations and the varied races of the earth, in a bond of mutual understanding and trust, fellowship and love'. |