Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-12-26
OPPOSED TO WAR.
Ministcrs In All Parts of the Country
Vehemcntly Denounce the Present
Attitude of England and

made references In their sermons to-
day to the Venezuela boundary dispute
and the possibility of war between the
United States and England.
OF nll the ant-war sermons preached,
the fiercest was that preached In the
Central Metropolitan church by the
Rev. 8. P. -Cadman. DIR. Cadman Is an
Americanized Englishman, and his lam
guage was directed with equal vehe-
menco again the war advocates of both
countries.
Beneath the thin veneer of religion, he
said there was much of the barbarian
In all Of us, when the howlings of the
war dogs could bring US SO near the
throats Of our neighbors. If war was
averted, he said, 1t would only be be-
cause of the Intervention of the relig-
ious organizations. DR.. 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
say, are no better than those on this
side. The whole thing is characterized
by a species of hydrophobia."
DR.. Parkhurst, in the course of his
sermon, said: at almost seems as
though there was a providence in
way in which these Christmas days
synchronizc the year with events that
are just now filling our hearts with dis
turbance, and throwing an uncomfort-
able shadow across the track of the
near future. Now we do not care to
beat about the bush in this matter.
but prefer to go straight to the mark
by saying that If Christendom wants
to make the religion Of Jesus, with Its
Bethlehem, its angelic choir and its
anthem of Peace on Earth laughing
stock to the ungodly and contempt to
the heathcn, the best thing it can do
will be to set the foremost Christian
nations of the earth to work blowing
up one another's cities and blowing
out one another's brains"
DR.. Lyman Abbott at Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, said:
"There is reason for our prejudices
against Great Britain. Wherever She
has gone she has gone brusque and
bold and defiant. But wherever she
has gone she has carried higher life
with her No nation has ever been
worse for her presence. A war with
England is like civil war. We are
of the same blood and kin. We have
the same history. If we must imperil
our trade and commerce, IL we must
sacrifice our manufactures, If we must
call our farmers from the plow, we
have done it twice before and we
would do it again in good cause.
War is just as shameful when aggres-
sivc and unnecessary as 1t Is glorious
when it Is the last resource Of n people
who have exhausted every effort at
peace. If we are to follow Abraham
Lincoln we shall fire no shot until the
first shot Is fired at us. Let us have
peace"
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 22.-Rev.
Washington GLADDEN. in sermon to-
day strongly deprecated the talk of
war following the presidents message
ON the Venezuela matter. He said lie
did not thank President Cleveland for
intimating that such a thing was pos
.sible. He shamed the British minis
try for refusing to arbitrate the Vene-
zuela boundary dispute, and said:
"Where Is that petition signed by n
majority of the members of Parlfa-
ment and addressed to our govern
ment asking them to join in n perpet-
ual treaty of peace by which all dis
putes shall be submitted to arbitra-
ton"
Resolutions were adopted by DR..
Gladden's congregation declaring for
arbitration and copies of the same and
DR.. Gladdens sermon will be sent to
President Cleveland, the British am
bassador and Olio's senators and con-
gressmen.
Washington, Dec. 22.-In n number
of pulpits of Washington to-day allu-
sions were made to the possibility of n
war with Great Britain. The minis
ters in their prayers invoked the divine
aid that such calamity might be
averted.
London, Dec. 22.-At st. Paufs ca
thetlral, at Westminster Abbey and at
numerous churches in London and the
provinces the sermons to-day referred
to the Venezuelan crisis. At Wolver-
hampton, the Congregational church,
where Dr. Charles Berry is pastor, re-
solved to cable to the Brooklyn Con-
grcgational church a message of sym
pathy with it's efforts to preserve the
peace. ,..cs W..