The herald., 1895-12-23

in behalf of doctrine such that probably
30 per cent of a congregation informed as
is this would not be able to state the doc
trine intelligibly, and the other 10 per cent
VINO can state it, disagreeing among them
selves as to whether the doctrine is applic-
able to the present situation.
I'VE are not speaking disparagingly of
loyalty to country or patriotic regard for
our country's rights, but patriotic passions
are incensed and can be easily fired to the
point where righteousness is ignored and
reason and balanced consideration ta.
bOoed and that is the mischief of in
fiammatory sheets that make the paying
newspaper business of tanning the flames
of international animosity. wish that for
two weeks it could be state prison offense
to print newspaper headlines with any
thing larger than small caps. If the ma
tion would take up the business that be-
longs to them first and if England and the
United States would join hands in the
rather more gospel enterprise of rescuing
piilaged and outraged Armenans from the
dirty. bloody grip of the Turk. these two
brothered nations would soon find them
selves in good Christian condition of spirit,
probably, to settle that little question of
civil engineering down in Venezuela in a
way that would save both parties not only
their pride and their heads, but their
Christian repute."
REV. CHARLES EATON
Rev. Charles H. Eaton, pastor of the
Church of the Divine Paternity, preached a
sermon on the wckodness of war. 1t will
be deplorable, he said, that the day on
which Christians were to celebrate the
birth of Christ and to proclaim from every
pulpit the doctrines of peace, the nation
should be eagerly waiting the ultimatum
of statesmen and memories of war should
I'LL the land 1t was more deplorable still
that the two most.advanced of Christian
nations, the two which had most to do
away with the possibility of war, would
now apparently be ready to throw away
arbitration and substitute conflict.
without going into the merits of the dis
pute, he would say the principle involved
IN the Monroe doctrine was such that even
statesman had but an obscure Knowledge
of it, and without proposing TO usurp any of
the functions of the statesmen now consi-
dering the dispute he would say that there
necessities of others than religion. If reli-
gion was useful in time of peace only, he
said, 1t could be of no use at all, and he as
q minister of the gospel raised his voice
IN emphatic protest against war as
means of settling a dispute until all other
means had been exhausted for bringing
about an amicable settlement. He believed
the people would visit upon the head of any
statesman or leader who dared to bring
about war without first trying to arbitrate,
swift and terrible vengeance. "God for
bid" he said. ''that the nation should
shrink from war for fear of depreciating
the value of stocks and securities, but God
forbid, on the other hand, that the nation
should plunge into war unnecessarily with
out first having tried every other means to
bring about a settlement"
DIR. MADISON PETERS
In the course of his sermon on Civiliza-
tons Debt to Christianity Rev. DR.. Madi-
son G. Peters of the Bloomingdale Re-
formed church said:
"War is cruel. hateful, wrong. War is
hell. The political demagogues who at this
Christmas time are shouting for war would
be branded by the second, sober thought of
American people as the criminals of the
nineteenth century. When these men had
an opportunity TO fight for their lands,
when the Stars and Stripes were trampled
in the dust. they sent substitutes. war
between England and America could never
be determined until one or the other went
into bankruptcy or had no more men to
fill the ranks. AS preacher of the gospel
of peace and universal brotherhood, call
for arbitration. pray that England and
America may look across the centuries and
hear the angels proclamation, Peace on
earth, good will to men,"
DIR. SILvERMAN.
DR.. Silverman of the Temple Emanuel
preached a sermon on On What Lines Can
Christians and Jews Unite?
He said that since he had announced his
suoject the nations were plunged into what
might become a deadly dispute over
boundary line. The subject underlay all
legislation at Washington; it was the chief
topic of discussion on the streets; its influ-
ence was felt in the business world, and
altogether had absorbed attention to the
exclusion of everything else. There were,
he said, some things on which Jews and
Christians could unite and work in har-
mony. That was by working on parallel
lines, to inculcate respect for each others
convictions and strive to do the most good
without hindering or interfering with the
works of each other. They also could, by
uniting against necessary wars, be most
potent means of preserving the peace of
the world when that peace was threatened.
THE CHURCH MILITANT.
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-The Militant church
of Chicago, of which Rev. DR.. Rush is pas
tor, is prepared for war with Great Britain.
Today when divine services were con-
cluded attention was turned to affairs
military, and the National Torpedo De-
fense association was formed. Major +.
H. Lynn, who in 1888 was identified with
the torpedo service of Great Britain, is at
the head of the movement. 1t is intended
soon to call national convention of repre-
sentatives of the cities exposed to coast at
tack, and arrangements will be made for
the instruction of recrdits in the torpedo
work.
DEPRECATEs WAR TALK.
COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 22.-Rev. WASH
ington GLADDEN., in a sermon today strong
ly deprecated the talk of war following the
presidents message on the Venezuelan
matter He said he did not thank President
Cleveland for intimating that such thing
was possible. He shamed the British
minister for refusing to arbitrate the Ven.
ezuelan boundary dispute, and said:
''Where is that petition signed by ma
jority of the members of parliament and
addressed to our government and asking
them to join in a perpetual treaty of peace
by which all disputes shall be submitted to
Resolutions were adopted by DR.. Glad
denis congregation declaring for arbitra-
ton, and copies of the same and DR.. Glad
denis sermon will be sent to the president,
the British ambassador and Ohio's sena-
tors and congressman.
DIR. TALMAGE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-In a number of
Washington pulpits today illusions were
made to the possibility of the war with
Great Britain. The ministers in their
prayers invoked the divine aid that such a
might be averted. Rev. Il. De-
witt Taimage in his discourse at the First
church today said:
"And now, SO near the Christmas day,
hear unrOlling from the sky the peace an