Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-30
IHE PULPIT ON WAR.
f,Int, Preachers DlSCnsS The Yen
Gu Ian Question.
.aortp CHRISTIANS go 10 WAR
n, should Interfere in Behalf o.
weaker Nations aud See That
Justice is Done.

CucAao, Dec. aO.-The Nen'Ale'Hh
-.,,on again furnished a tex. for
- discussion IN the Sunday
fu' LIN. Rev. Myron w. Haynes OF
,'ss"Fa,lewood Baptist church; Rev.
, rs Jshonnol. oi the Oak PARK Unity
.Sn,,b. and Rev. John Rush Of the
vIn.n, church, spoke ON tho subject
murmur OF applause ran through
A.. U.yprs,s congregation when no
iaiji ,--.,
-. hsve n right to resent Il, and l
ssli,yo by force Of ntms.'
MI. Haynes said among other
lhingG ,-,.,.. ,,ho r,,.,ahc
,,..rpe,s Tor ploly, say that war can
,'svgf 10 lusiihable among civilized
,..i,opsg 10 say n Christian should
,-vrf engage In warfare except tue
a,,r,l wsfiNro which Ia wsgei In his
~ ho.ou, IL to ssy that u man whom
ii,d has equipped with muscle,
S,,ip. AMI aud prophetic
,-,e1 Of consequences should
rg.t In tuplno quienoonoo and allow
vr,ng 10 irample upon right; atheism
ana uaganism TO supplant Christainlty'
Ifis inc most puslllsnimoua twaddlo
.,J "A unworthy tho uttufnnoe Of an
i,telliront man. Men do not light To-
day fof the sake OF fighiing,i but for the
,,se OF some gront principle. Rome
taught for ACCOMPLISHMENT. Barbarous
r,iians fought merely for psstime.
Ambitious monatcha have fought Tor
fsffltDry. A low nave wagvd wars
merely for commercial feasons. We
mo fnnldly passing beyond tue b9ua'
dafy line VI such unworthy suuiin'uis.
THerpiote, say the dawn 10 brosatug.
we afe approaching the glorious peace
which fhalI some time onvolop the world
In it. apotlesa mnntlOs No In the silent
thadts Of night the frost King ninga
HE hnblllmunti Of purity over iofest
and meadow aud stream,
al cannot be forced into the beliui
that God txuuols no Christian 10 take
rnft 10 war. When personal insult
L offered II II Christian 10 be pacihc,
tranquil, iorglving; when weak, heip-
lgsa humanity 10 wrUnged We nave a
right 10 tcuut it, anu | believe with
i1lcu Of arms. Only by this course
shall evil doors DO made 10 shrink aud
bs.tlal natures be- conquered. How
Afdently We all desire peact--not Q
thameful peace, but glorious peace.'
Rev. II. b. Johonnot taiu: Like Q
Thunderstorm out OF a clear sky, Pfesi'
Gent Cluyuland's recent message aul
tue publication Of Secretary Olney'
note on the Venezuelan matter hal
brought tho nation 10 the most seriou
wafcfiais II hsa mot since the Mason
s.ldell episode. This matter demand
the serious attention Of the pulpit. |
!, not Of main importance what Tia
Monroe doctrine n, nor whether IL 4
iuyJlved here Ia this issue. We NJ,
mo-, bound 20 follow precedent entirolI
10 establishing our national policy W,
Lavrus much Tight % make pfegg
dent now ns did Monroe 10 his time
Neither IL IL Of muln Importance
whether the Monroe docttino Is q par
Oh International laws. Each natiOI
has fignt b iualet on what IL Tor 10
own best Interest. The main question
is. what IA necessary 10 preserve on
NATIONAL Interest and safety, anu OF
The other, Whist policy IL In accor,
With tho laws Of humanity and Juetict
llls timu 10 iusort d now principle II
International law that tue siT0ni
nations snail guard the weak one
against aggtetlion, rhiespirit breathe
iu Olney's note ami II Is this eihlca
tone which rouses tue nation to Ia
support Of its p0silion. am proud q
my country Il she mas inIeriorou o.
the ground Of simple Justice to wtaI
nation aud established this pfecrden
10 International relations. How 10
tueh Interference shall 20, whether
involve ~ In war, Is another matter
Dot the principle 10 sound anu shout
Do alopiet IN International matters.
"Haying rlghta let us dare 20 main
hlD lnom, no matter at what cost, lac
uitiand. Tor Justice"
Mt. Rlsl spoke In a similar strain.