Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-01-10
pr. parkhurst says the Two Nations
Would Better Look AFTER the
Dirty, Bloody Turks.

Dirty, Bloody Turks.
New York, Dec. administers in near
Nv all churches of this city made refer
sence today to the Venezuelan boundary
dispute and possibility Of war between
The United States and England.
DR.. Parkhurst In the course of his
'hermon said: ut almost seems as II there
was q providence In the way these
5Christmas days synchronize the year
with events that are now filling our
hearts with disturbance and throwing
an uncomfortable 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 It's Bethlehem, it's angelic choir,
and its anthem of peace on earth,
Ching story to the ungodly and con-
~. 1T to the heather, the best thing 1t
will be to set the foremost Chris
Tfions of the earth to work blow
IA ton aSanother's cities and blowing |
\ ous, per e aaz's brains.
4 ssu1re <N;e ntterly misconceive the |
4 sentitaeflt q of the Christianized masses, |
both here ax1d On the other side of the |
water, sueh an issue will be morally |
impossible There will be no conflict |
that will so beyond the point of mes
sages and pronanciamentos on either
side, If the chuzchs Of Bethlehem and
Christ comes out and records its veto.
Christianity, both here and in England,
IL too thoroughly an integral part of
national life for armies and navies to
clash in warfare. at the same moment
that the churches of the two countries
are laundering peace.
.This Is not the place to enter into
philosophical or historical exposition of
the Monroe doctrine, only 1t Is safe to
say this nation is not going to be drawn
into an International conflict of arms
to the dishonor of Christianity, the dis
couragement OF civilization, the de-
atruction of life and treasure and the
decentralization Of our entire organic
life-in behalf of doctrine that prob
ably 80 per cent of a congregation as
well informed as this would not be able
to interpret and the other 10 per cent
disagreeing among themselves as to
whether the doctrine Is applicable to the
present situation.
I'VE are not speaking disparagingly
OF loyalty to country or to patriotic
regard for our country's rights, but pa
triotic passions are incensed and car
be easily fired to the point where right
eousness Ia ignored and reason and bal
anced consideration tabooed. and tina
is the mischief of inf1ammatory sheet!
that make the paying newspaper bust
ness tanning the flames of internationa
animosity. I wish for two weeks /
could be states prison offense to prin
newspaper headlines with anythin,
larger than small capitals.
III the nations would take up tn
business that belongs to them first, an
IL England and the United States woul
Join hands in the rather more gospe
enterprise of rescuing pillaged and out
ragged Armenians from the dirty, blood
grip of the Turks, these two brothe
nations would soon find themselves i
good Chistian condition to settle tina
little question of civil engineering dow
in Venezuela In a way that would saw
both parties. not only their pride an
their heads, but their Christian repute.
wICKEDNESS OF WAR.
Church of Divine Paternity, preache
sermon on the wickedness of wa
1t was deplorable, he said, that the da
on which Christians were to celebrat
the birth OF Christ and to proclaim frol
every pulpit the doctrines of peac
the nation should be eagerly waitin
the ultimatum of statesmen, and mu
terings of war should fill the land.
without going into the merits of IL
dispute, he would say the principle II
volved in the Monroe doctrine was sue
that even statesmen had but obscul
knowledge of 1t, and without proposir
to usurp any of the functions of state
men now considering the dispute, l
would say that there was no higher poy
err to determine the necessities Of W,
than religion. If religion was usef
In time of peace only. he said, 1t cou
be of no use at all.
WAR IS HE'LL"
In the course of his sermon on "Civ
ization's Debt to Christianity" Re
DR.. Madison c. Peters of the Bloomin
dale Reformed church said WAR
cruel, hateful, wrong. War is hell. II
political demagogues who at tn
Christmastide are shouting for war, W
be branded by the second sober thong
of the American people as the crimina
of the 18th century. When these m,
had an opportunity to fight for the
land, when the stars and stripes we
trailed in the dust, they sent subst
tutes. A war between England al
America could never be determined u
til one or the other went into ban
ruptcy or had no more men to fill Il
ranks. AS a preacher of the gospel
peace and universal brotherhood, l ca
for arbitration"
DECLARED FOR ARBITRATION.
Columbus. Ohio. Dec. 22.-Rev. Was
ington GLADDEN., in a sermon toda
strongly deprecated the talk of war IL
lowing the presidents message on t
Venezuelan matter. He said:
Where is that petition signed by
majority of the members OF parliame
and addressed to our government as
ing them to join in perpetual trea
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