New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-25
WAR THAT IS JUSTIFIED.
DIR. SAMPLE SAYS THIS COUNTRY HAS BORNE I
LONG WITH SPAIN.

LONG WITH SPAIN.
The Rev DR. Robert F. Sample delivered ser
mon last evening at the Westminster Church. IN
West Twenty hird-st., on The influence OF the
Bible" In the course of which he said:
National disputes should he settled ara wrongs
corrected. whenever possible. by peaceiu! mesns'
Moral questions are never Seitea py I wa Lord
John Russell expressed the opinion that the wars
Of Europe had been a disgrace to civii. stloa q
faith" There has often been yielding to popular
Sanor unbJdsd passions Ro been morai We sl
ness followed by evils as incalcuabe as the sea Is
The Bible discouraees offensive war. yet pro
vides for persona protection Actg on o fne
party At the same time, it IS not necessary ioI
nation TO maintain passive atttude untii ae's sa-
cai,ed InvincSle Armada Of spain sailing toward
her shores aud being convinced that her liberties
were imper.led would have been justified In strik-
ing tho first blow. and would have done II. hau no.
God nterposed in her behalf. smiling with tempest
Then. a nation may be justified in, resisting cru
S Meske4 peope u FRe Principe applies
well as to Individuals We are our 6rothets ScsepS
samari.an Sill travels the Jericho road The great
Powers q Europe were 1t TO esy IN b pe
sands OF Armeniars. men, women and children.
H nqs sas ses% Of Pre and the
they loved their own lives On the assumption
nose in bohal. Of the afflicted Cubars. by our
own shores denied the right 10 pursue peaee5H,
their noAensive homes, imprisoned ana starved.
the ground receiving hecatombs OF their dead. we
have said to the cruel Power that with iron heel
tranples out the lives OF her own subjects In the
name of God and OF humanity we demand that
this barbarity shall cease" II official entreatv.
admon:tion and Condemnation prove fruit!ess. the
resort 10 the sword Is justihed BY the divine law
long. perhaps. have We borne with government
which perDetuates the spirit Of Philip II and Ava.
which delights in hUllhehts. oppression and cru
city: and now, In the name OF God. without vim
dictiveness hate. but IN sorrow, rather and by
righteous constraint. with no design OF extending
our territorial possessions of humbl!ng foreign
Power. knowing well the tremendous cost TO our
and waves will favor interference IN behalf
of the downtrodden. and that the stars in their
courses will fight against the throne which crowns
the frowning Guad8rraMas.
But when the Golden Rule Of revelation shall
have become dominant and the principles Of the
Gospel shall have become universal. men will beat
their swords into poughshares and their spears
over Bethlehem the night Jesus was born, at a
time when the Temple Of Janus closed will
announce the reign Of peace from the rising OF the
sun 10 the going down thereof.
Meanwhile should cultivate the spirit or that
better day. Our own great warrior, on the battle
ground of the Wilderness, the earth furrowed with
graves and deluged with blood. himself shrinking
with unutterable horror from the concomitants
and consequences Of sanguinary conflict devoutly
every soul that is loyal to the Prince OF Peace.
longing for His universal reign. says TO Spain:
Call back your armies and ravies from land and
sea, lift the iron heel from the necks Of your
PROSTATE subjects. let Cuba and the world have
peace"