The herald., 1898-07-26
WAR FROM THE PULPIT
EMINENT DIVINES DISCUSS THE
PRESENT STRUGGLE
America Pledged to the Advancement
of Civilization-Gone Too Far to
Stop Now-Must Fight

NEW YORK, July 25.-The Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., in his sermon in the Grand
Opera House, said he believed the storie.
of discreditable actions. cowardice and pre-
ference for eating rations to fighting, re
| garding the Cuban troops to be misrepre
| sensations. The subject of his sermon was
| General Skaters Great Nivtory."
| He contrasted Span's condition in tbs
| fifteenth century with the Spain of today
| and said nation which can not keep the
| truth has no future. In three months OF
war, the minister said, we had raised ar
army of 300, 900 men, sunk twenty-five Span
! ish men-of-war, captured or destroyed
| forty merchantmen, killed 1000 Spanish
| sailors and captured two admirals, 23,0OC
| men and an important city. This is a
prophecy of future success
Shafter is not only general, but a mag
| nifiicent diplomat said Mr. Dixon. with
an actual force of 10000 men, in three
weeks he forced an intrenched army of
superior numbers to surrender, not only the
force Immediately in front of him, but
other forces further distant. 1t required a
diplomat to do this. 1 am sorry Garcia
misunderstood us. Some courtesy has been
neglected toward these poor, proud, ragged
men. 1t matters little however. the
United States has gone to give Cuba free
dom and reports from unreliable sources
cannot change that purpose. That
was the pledge of the United
States and the nation that keeps
the truth will enter into the city. The men
who belittle America cannot stop the ma
TONS march which brings liberty to lands
engulfed In the tyranny of centuries"
At the Chicago Churches
CHICAGO, July 25.-The changed rela-
lions between the United States and other
nations that may result from the war with
Spain and the problems imposed upon this
country by the conquest of territory, in
cident to the war, were discussed in many
Chicago churches Sunday. At St. Paul's
Reformed Episcopal Church, Bishop Sam
uel Fallows spoke from the text: I'm the
name of our God We will set up our BAN
ners." He said in part:
For the first time in the history of the
world has nations banner been carried
forward by strong brave hands purely in
the interest OF humanity. The American
nag. which is expressive of the most adj
vanced political ideas In the possession of
man, has been set UP over territory wres-
ted by the force Of arms from a nation
noted for Its misrule and cruelty. The old
world. with one notable exception, deri-
sively smiled when We announced the
humanitarian purpose Of the present war.
Lust Of conquest was believed to be our
real animating purpose. The world will
yet see that we were thoroughly honest N
our statements.
''Whereyer the American flag now waves
or wherever 1t shall wave hereafter, it
must never be taken down until another
flag which shall represent the same glori-
Gus ideas shall take its place.
Territorial Expansion" was the subject
of prelude to sermon by the Rev. J. n.
O. Smith of Union Christian Church In the.
evening. The speaker said:
"a new world power has appeared in the
congress of nations. For years England
has stood for the principles of Protestant
ism. America will stand in the parliament
of the world for the principles of non-sec-
tartan Christianity. If an Anglo-Ameri-
can alliance is formed 1t must be upon the
American not the English platform
THE world must recognize the rights of
every man, whether a southern sun tanned
his skin or a northern cline has bleached
him white It is a surprise to us, but 1t
may be a part of the divine plan. that the
United States shall extend It's protectorate
over other lands"
The Rev. II. Atwood Percival preached
at the South Side Presbyterian Tabernacle
on 1.-The Mission of Military Protectorate."
Among other things he said:
I'VE must, as a nation take our share Of
responsibility for the rest Of the world,
and that part Of 1t which tails to us now,
unexpectedly and unsought, but still prov
identally. must be accepted and cared for
as trust for whose right keeping we shall
answer to God and to history"
The Rev. Dr.. Howard Agnew Johnston,
pastor of the Forty-first Street Presbyter-
ian Church preached on Lessons From
Manila and Santiago" He said In part:
1.-The last thought Is that fidelity brings
glory to the cause. Our flag means more
today than ever before. The nations of
Europe know now that this country must
have place and be a great factor In the
worlds problems which wait to be solved.
So the glory of Christianity results from
the fidelity Of such heroes as Paul and
Luther and Livingstone"