New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-23
THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH.
CAN PREVENT WAR, DIR.
PARKHURsT SAYS.
lie pENoUNCEs THE IDEA OF THE TWO LEADING
CHRISTIAN NATIONS ENTERING INTO
pIOODY CONFLICT

I'VE DFNOI-NCES THE IDEA HE wv '''>E'H'-'N
CHRISTIAN NATIONS ENTERING INTO
BLOODY CONFLICT.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Fl. Parkhurst in his sermon
Yesterday at the Madison Square fresDy'eriai,
church touched on the Venezuelan question ana
denounced the idea of a war between the ohteu
States and Great Britain. DIR. Parkhurst look LOT
his text the words GLORY to God in the highes''
and on earth peace and good will to men,
He said in part: ,,o
1t always as though there was vnchro
I'm the way in which those Christmas Gays Min,
,jze This wear with events that are just no" MINIS
oomrfnriaGle shadow around the track of the near
future Now do not care 10 peat dooul ~ ,nark
IN ' sayins that If Chrstendem make the
religion of Jesus with it's Bethlehem; 's aHrbine
cho,r a nd its anthem of peace on eartn Ia usliS
stock tosthe ungody and contempt 70 the heatnen'
the best thing it can DO WI the ee earth to work blow
ing UP one anothers ciues anu pio"'"s Wv
Iyn,rss we utterly misconceive the sentiment Oh
the Christianzed masses, both here ana on te oo
ceiye f,iat sentiment as IT seems to be asserting IN
self IN eoberer second thought sucn al, net now
moveSto the front There will be no confct tha'
nn, 80 on either side if the Church of the Bethe-
hem Christ comes and records It's oe'1 1boronrhIy
part Of the national life for armies ana ihst the
Clash In warfare at the same ino ahndernr for
churches of the two countfies are '"u''s
We are not here to discuss the nternato na tech
nicates OF the case This is not the place 70 en-
ter into philanthropical or hisorc ht MS
Nation Is not going be drawn into an international
conflict the dshonor OF ChrlsanS 'n ns
life and and the OF , Sat
rdbshy 20 per cent Of congregation well in
formed as this would not be able to state
inteihg,teS aiSsaerreeing among themselves TO
whether the doctrine is applicable 10 the present
Ne Are not speaking in disparagement of LOYALTY
TO country OF patriotic regard Tor cur snd cs5
easily be fired TO the point where righteousness Is
ignored ana tSat is a the mischief Of nammaoy
sheets that make a paying newspaper Dusiness Dy
wish for two weeks that It could be state prison
offence to print newspaper headlines with anything
LARGE n sr the business that belongs them and if
and the United States JON hamqs m 1s
and outraged Armenia from the dirty. bloody grip
q The TURK ssess ro %S
probsbly to settle that little question of civil eng-
boss SSres not only their pride their heads
but m Christian repSte on Two nober heaas
and Wearing another's eyes with no clearer ldea
nav. n pnn nto war ars
boundary, unless with better understand:ng Oh inc
h,s,ment. we should cali it an ignominious row. a
disgrace both to intellect and decency e, alone pro
cussed the international merits of the question. but
h n' psope that fact w passion
ruled out, determine the quality of handling that
the pri nj I'm disagreement to be so small as not 10
be worth. fghting about or so two-sided as to az
nit vf<s settlement that will be reasonably salts
factoryTto both parties. May then these Christian
DAYS and all their holy memories and suggestions be
blesse to the President Of the United States and
those associated with him in authority. and 10 the
Premier OF Great Britain and those associated with
him in authority. and may the solid sense and Chris
tan consideration OF the two peoples respectively
that are back Of them. rise to the dignity OF the
occasion, shape themselves to the worldwide situa,
ton and may the eternal spirit OF earth and
good will toward men achieve its own sweet and
bloodiess victory TO the promotion of national pros
perity to the strengthening OF international bonds
OF arnity and the honor and glory Of Christ, who
born once In bethlehem that He might make
the whole earth His own forever