The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-06

the Englewood
Baptist congregation stirred his au-
iitors to applause when he said: when
weak humanity Is wronged we have a
right TO resent Il. and I believe with
the force Of arms" Much applause fol-
lowed.
Mr. Haynes preached from the text:
Think not ! am come 10 send peace
IN earth: come not TO send peace,
but a sword" Luke. II, l-32. lie said
among other things:
why do ministers who mistake
weakness for piety. say that war can
never be justihable among civilized
nationsg To say that a Christian
should never engage In warfare. ex-
eept that moral warfare which Is waged
In his own bosom. Is TO say that a man
whom God has equipped with muscle.
brain. skill and a prophetic vision OF
consequences should rest In supine quiz
essence and allow wrong to trample
upon right atheism and paganlsm 10
supplant Christianity II Is the most
pusillanimOus twaddle. and Is unwor-
thy the utterance OF an intelligent man
Il assume that wars are sometimes
iustihable. and that a Christian may
bear arms and do no violence TO the
Christian character. We are now In
the midst OF wars and rumors Of wars
The crash Of cannon breaks Ia upon
! Christmas cantatas. The echo OF
Christmas bells Is drowned by the
bugle's war clarion. The cries Of the
dying and outraged come leaping over
the sea and choke our Christmas mel
ody. In the midst OF our peace an
thems we are forced to face the awful
realities OF war Thousands OF hunted,
trembling Armenians send up piteous
appeals for protection The white
faces Of the outraged dead look re-
proachiuliy from the shallow graves
which scarcely cover their shame, and
trouble the conscience OF every decent
man. Hunted. oppressed outraged.
butchered at the very altar Of their
God. they turn their blood-stained faces
toward Chrisfendom and ask Is Il
Christian 10 allow Ms thus TO be mur-
dered like 30 many beasts in a pen 2
As the waves OF the sea ripple from
the reefs az Key West they bring the
echo OF the strife In Cuba. where a band
Of patriots are striving to throw on the
yoke OF nation whose whole history
has been one OF oppression. bigotry and
shame. whose annals are stained by the
names Of such monsters as PiEarro
Cortez. Phillip H.. and the Infamous
Duke Of Alya What inherent right,
what divine right. Spain has TO demand
revenue from Cuba to support her IN
dolence and prosigacy. am unable to
tell Is Il wrong for men 10 hght IN
der these clrcumstances3
Il read In the daily papers that the
pastors OF New York last Sunday in
dulged In wholesale denunciatlon Of the
presidents war message. They de-
clare Il would be a crime for two Chris
tian nations like England and America
TO 20 to war. Perhaps these gentle
men think the war OF l7I6 was a crime
! Perhaps they think our French friends
aided ana abetted a crime when they
extended 10 the distracted colonies q
helping hand. II all this be true ",
ought to tear down the stately pile al
Bunker Hill for Il stands only to per
petuate the memory OF infamy. vii
the Gotham preachers tell me whether
our ancestors did right or wrong al
Concord. Lexington and Yorktown
They may assume that We were fight
ing for liberty while the present Vene
Euelan dispute Is over a boundary line
That makes no difference. Human
rights are Involved In the Venezuelan
dispute. and whenever human right
are ignored liberty Is assaulted. Hu
man rights are human rights whether
In America. Armenia. Cuba or Vene
Euela. ! want no war with any nation
but believe we might do meaner
baser. more unchristian things than &,
TO war What9 DO a more unchris
tian thing than XIII a man? VIVA
can Il be- To stand by. as the Chris
tlan world Is to-day. and let the bar
barous Turk murder men and outragi
women by the thousands. Il Is a bio
on Christian civilization that we ALLOW
such atrocities 10 continue. BELIEVE
Almighty God Is on the side OF right
do not care a fig for the Monroe doc
trine only as Il becomes the expression
Of a great principle what ought to pre-
vail. II the Monroe doctrine says tina
England shall not be allowed 10 tram
pie upon the rights Of the Venezuelan
republic. then say hurrah for th'
Monroe doctrine. H. on the othc
hand. Il says We must not interfere II
Cuban matters. but permit the Span
iards TO trample upon Cuban rights
then say avaunt, Monroe doctrine
let Us enunclate a doctrine that vii
support the rights OF the children o
men everywhere on the face OF God
earth. have no undue lOngings for
fight with England. She IL a gOo'
) fighter. Her people have many sterlinI
qualities for which | have profouni
respect; but there are some reelection
which arise before me as We stan