The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-23

.ths't had besfT iniglsed IN hy the nscon
during thsD last few days Non nE couli
he in more direct conflict with CNFists
teachings than~5hat~fwo ChrsStlsa nations
should ny al s8ch 0ther's thsoats fqr a
triTfe. The members OF the y. Nj g. A.
vttre nuBerOps across The seA. and Z
VSUli be an cyil spirit truly mat wQa.1
put than ot ThN thNCats osJ t1eir aroth-
rRq here ItCwould he frstrseidaL There
~CCuh be no war II the Cbr.stian peogeie
IT 18th nations had anything % SAY
9ts5ui it. and he believt5 tAe Christian
spirit wpEAdC Triumph. Is
Balt.mGre. Dec s9-Rev L. NJ thinner
man. In his sermon ton.eht al Christ
~ Il sh lutheran Church. 9SRti In part1
- St-Hs OvSTT easy 20 tax about war ard
70 blow Oetrumpet that woula cal forth
soldiers 70 battle. bit when cnce those
very same persons are themselves caAed
upon toDtaks up arms ami night they
are oftep0 among the nrst . WanF sub
stitute and cry for peace when thefs j.
no peace. Men tvho write and speak for
war are got usually the men who have
been0in Aattle. OThe latter knoN better
from experience 3han 10 encourage p4oof~
she'd" |
OF 1Al The af5ffewar sermons preached
in this ckGy today the fiercesS was that
preached in the Metropolitan church cy
the KfV.gS. n. Cadman Dr.. Cadmaa is
an AnerIcanized Englishman. and his
language was directed VIII equal vene-
menCe} against The war advocates Of both
couulees. Beneath the thin veneer of
religion. he said. there -wSs much of
the barbarian IN al OF Us. when the bowl
ings Of the war dogs cOu1 bring TX 50
near the fhroats e{ our neighbors. n war
was averte&D il wQuld only he oecauSs %
the intervention OF the reltgio orRaniEa-
tions Or. Cadman~ then denounced the
, chaplain Of the house OF representatives
because of-the prayer which he recently
offered. Continuing. he said
The English people and newspapers
! am sorry.to ay.~are no better than those
on this side. The whole thing is charaC-
teTizedAly a species OF Aydtuphohia. Al
the treaty Of Berlin. England offered -
take care. Of the Christians within the ter
ritories OF the sultan. Hew she has done
SO. the slaughter OF i.e0c.ep9 Christians In
the time that has elapsed sufficiently les
tibes. Her preteRsions were the bloodlcst
Mind Of a farce, Tho slaughter now going
on in Armenia is the aftermath of Rrit-
ish jingoIsn
~9Lord Salisbury iuheritS some of the
qualities of his great ancestor. the war
like Cecil. that scattered file spanish ar
mada. He-is the greatest foreign minis
ter since the days of Lord Paifuerston lie
VIII night. II the great Gladstone was at
Downing street. there would De no danger
OF war. but the grand old man whose mag
Ranimiiy was responsible for the with
oEawal Of British troops from Boeriand IN
spite OF the protestations 81 his country
men, ia now ever S0~years of age. Yes.
the grim Lord Salisbury Is hard 10 move.
bur when once moved, immovable. and he
will not back down unless the Christian
sentiment OF both nations steps in and
says When it comes 10 lighting Tor our
homes..eur country. our God, We Will hght.
but not tin then "
Brooklyn. Dec - plymouth church to-
night was packed 10 the doors 20 hear Dr.
{ Lyman Abbotr's sermon on The Nene-
zuelan Question. Shall IL BE Peace OF
War" DR. Abbott said In part.
There = Is reason for our urejuiiess
against Great Britain. Wherever she has
gone she has gone brusque and bold and
defiant. But wherever she has gone she
has carried Il higher life with her No aa-
ton has been the worse for her prescIlce
A war with England is like a civil war
We are OF the same blood AMI kin We
have the same history. IL We must imperl
our trade and commerce, II ~c must sac
riflee our manufactures. II we must cali
our farmers from the plow. we have cone
il twice before and We would DO II again
in a good cause, when IL is .he hzt re-
course Of a people who have exhausted
every effort at peace II We are TO follow
Abraham lincoln we shall FIRE no shot
xntil the first shot is fired az us. Let Is
have peace"