The herald., 1898-04-10

= Matt. X, "a: 'I come not to send \
= peace, but a sword" =
~ Luke ii, IA: ION earth peace, good \
~ will toward men," =
James iii, II: First pure, then =
y peaceable." \
Some ten or twelve years Gen. Sherman
dropped in upon gathering of clergymen
in Washington and was rallied a little upon
venturing among so many heralds of peace.
He wittily replied: You gentlemen in
black coats are the men who make war.
We of the army and navy simply end the
war which you bring on
Whatever may have been the attitude of
the clergy on former occasions, it cannot
be said that the ministry of today, as
body, are melting the nation to war. The
e pulpit has been moderate, conservative and
calming. We are compelled at this time
to yield the palm to the newspapers, for
they certainly carry off the laures as the
chief war-makers.
Government is of God and is necessary for
the welfare of the human family. The
government through love and peace is by
. far the best, but If men will not be ruled
in this way, they must be governed by law
and force. There are some poetical, senti-
mental men who believe that the rod should
be taken from the family and authority
from the school; that the police force
should be removed from our cities, the mill
tia from our state, and the army and navy
from the nation. A pretty time we would
have in our cities without the police force
= the results of riots without the strong arm
of the militia would be too serious to fore
cast and we would not long be free ma
tion if we would disarm and decide to pur-
cy11nlx- mo-
force is to be used only until you can do
better. But it is doubtful whether force
can altogether be laid aside. though it
should be reduced to the minimum.
Men have risen. in numbers greater than
ever before in the history of the world
into the state in which they are governed
by motives addressed to their reason, to
their moral sense. There are thousands
of men in our city to whom law has no ap-
plication. They are honest, not be-
cause the law says "thou shalt not steal"
but because they see the moral beauty of |
honesty. Yet the law must exist. and |
must be enforced, because there are those |
who can be made honest only by force.
There are some nations who enjoy so |
high state of civilization that they are
ready, we might say, to cease war and |
decide all difficulties by arbitration. There |
is a limited class in all Christian nations |
prepared to be governed by the moral law |
and not by the law of force But since |
there are nations in the world who are |
combative, who govern solely by force, it !
would be suicidal not to be prepared for .
self-defense
The history of the world has been the |
history of war. The English flag is all !
red, as if it had been baptized in war from
the beginning, and has on it the cross, to
show that there was a touch of religion
in her war. War is symbolized on our flag
as WELL. We have the blood stripes, and
the eagle with his talon and beak; also
the thought of religion suggested by the
stars of heaven.
These two nations are studying the
peace of the world. They are more ad-
vanced in peace measures than any other
nation. But it would be a sad thing for a
nation to wake up the old lion, on a sup
position that he has turned into a lamb;
on to impose on the eagle, believing that
she has become a dove.
Man has two natures, spiritual and ami
NAL. AS long as the animal nature pre-
dominates we are certain to have war.
Give the whole people a Christian educa-
tion and you greatly diminish the chances
of war.
There are two classes of men in our day
who promote war;
First. the peace men; men who insist
upon peace at all hazards, who cry peace!
peace!" when there is no peace; who will
have peace at any price. and therefore en-
courage men to disturb the peace. Let it