The evening times., 1898-05-09
ExToLLED FROM THE PULPIrs
The plain SaiI0rnan,s Work in De-
Tending the Nation

Tending the Nation.
New York, May s.-Pulpits in this city
fairly bristled yesterday with reference to
Dewey and his great victory at Manila.
In All Souls Church, Rev. r. Hebef
Newton. preached on "The Ethics Of
War" He said In the course of his ser
mon:
"Spain's Nemesis Is overtaking her.
The long story of Spain's rapaclty and
of her treachery and perfidy, Is reaching
its elimination. The cup of woe is at
last filled to Overfiowing and Is being
even now pressed to her lips. And the
hand which Is ordained to hold that cup
to her lips is the hand of America.
'It Is no pleasant thing TO be appoint
ed by Providence the executioner of a
great nation. Nevertheless. this is the
task assigned to this country
Rev. DR.. John Balcolm Shaw. IN the
West End Presbyterian Church said:
1.-The hearts of the people of the Great
American Republic went out toward the
men OF Sampson's fleet VINO might even
then be engaged in q conflict with the
enemy as were Dewey's men when the
latter won the great victory at Manila.
1.-The United States said DIR. Shaw.
have taken up arms against Spain for
the upholding of the right. We feel that
VIC SdH iOph INTO the lace OF OOu kuOW
ing that our cause is just and that we
are battling for the advancement of
righteousness and good government in
the world. We are endeayoring t., do our
duty here below. and we know that there
Is a reward in the hereafter"
Rev. DIR. A. E. Kittredge. in the Madi-
son Avenue Reformed Church. preached
a sermon on THE Christians Duty in the
Present War;" said: This contest Is a
,hn1y nm iSipu N Gnd's 70 he
lifting of wronged and downtrodden
people. By capnon and sword we will set
the oppressed free; We will pour out our
millions of wealth and thousands OF lives
for this purpose"
In the Metropolitan Independent
Church. the pastor. Rev. Henry Frank
after eul0gizing the great naval COM
mander of the Asiatic squadron. said:
To-day we are exhibiting 20 the world
a new patriotism. not the patriotism that
fights for selfish rights and avaricious
claims. but the patriotism of humanity
that fights for human brotherhood and
universal liberty"
Rev. w. S. Grove in the Church of the
Eternal Hope reviewed some of the
great wars in history and demonstrated
how they had proved beneficial to the
nations in which they We're fought. In
this age of moral PHILOSOPHERS we were
We're happily compelled to study the re-
suits of war with reference to the world
wide and brotherly interests of civiliza-
ton.
Rev. Milton F. Negus in the Williams
burg, First Baptist Church. declared
that this was not a war for revenge but
a war of deiiverance for the oppressed.
1T is the Punishment of tyranny from
the island of Cuba and the establishment
% tI.. -fsyIs Il: H. a. a..
of government belong to the fifteenth
instead of the nineteenth century"
Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke in his annual
sermon for the Ameican Seamen's Friend
Society said:
To-day our thoughts. our prayers our
hopes are mainly on the sea. There the
enemies of our country are following
secret paths, threatening our commerce
with destruction and our coasts with
ruin. There the defenders of our nation
are assembled in the fleets ready to risk
their lives in the cause of liberty.
ION the sea-we know not in what
quarter-on the broad Atlantic. the island
circled Caribbean, or one of our sounds
or channels-but somewhere on the un-
certain sea. the future of our country
may soon be put to the proof in a naval
battle and the freedom of this continent
will depend upon the courage. skill and
loyalty OF the Seafaring men.
For the strength to repel a threatened
descent of a hostile fleet upon our coasts
We must rely upon the psa.n sailor II.an
Ships and guns and officers will not alone
suffice
Rev DR.. s. NJ Comb. preaching in the
Rutgers Riverside Church on ''The War
Is 1t Morally Defensible.' said: Spain
belongs to the sixteenth century. is cor
rupt, moribund eaten through and
through with fraud and chichancery
America belongs to the nineteenth CEN
tury. is the home of freedom and the de-
fender of right. In taking the sword, in
appealing to the dread arbitrament of
war. We are the agent of the Almighty
in Kidding the Western Hemisphere of
the rotten tyranny that has too long cum
bered the earth.