The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-04-07
LET Us HAVE PEACE
From the Baptist Witness:

From the Baptist Witness:
The dread miserere Of war that
now threatens our country should
bring every Christian to his knees
before God in earnest prayer
We ought to cry day and night
unto the Lord Jehovah who
guides the destinies Of men and
nations to drive back the battle
fires of avenging hate and cause
the hearts of our rulers to swell
with the angelic song, "Peace or
earth, good will to men, God
commands his people to "seek
peace and pursue it, Paul said:
Follow peace with all men. .
Jesus said: blessed are the
peacemakers." Again Paul said;
"Let us follow after the things
which make for peace"
When the civil war, which
brought such desolation and sor-
row to our proud and prosperous
country, was ended we sheathed
our swords, stacked our guns,
folded our bloody flags, baptized
the harmless scpulchers of our
dead warriors with our burning
tears, and INDUCED the fond hope
that this cruel war" was ended
forever. And out of the gloom
which surrounded our deSOlatc
hearthstones we fancicd that we
could see the fullillmnnt Of the
prophecy of Isaiah which says:
"And he shall Judge among the
nations and shall rebukc many
people, and they shall beat their
swords into ploWShareS and their
spears into pruning hooks, ma
ton shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more.
The rampant war spirit which
has for the past thirty or sixty
days absorbed and controlled the
United States Congress is a re-
proach to our advanced Christian
civilization. Men who occupy
high stations in the government,
IN their craze to gain little
cheap notoriety, are infiaming the
public mind by making Inflamma-
tory speeches and seeking to
plunge the nation into a bloody
war with a foreign foe. A few
sensational journalists, in their
greed for money, have pandered
to the immoral and belligerent |
sentiments of class of malcon- |
tents and by the publication of |
cock and bull stories,' have for
a time created small ripple upon
the placid sea Of our domestic
tranquility. But they shall pro-
coed no further, for their selfish
schemes are now manifest unto
all their Intelligent readers.
We commend the cool, sound
Judgment of President Mckinley
and his cabinet. They have GER
,ainly shown high order of dip {
onatic SaGacltN as we'll as wise
craftsmanship. Few men living
today know the ruinOus effects of
war better than our gallant pres
ldcnt. Il, by the help of Almighty
God and the Co operation of the
peace-lovlDg people of our great
country, he can stay the madden
ing tide of excited human pas
SiOnS and steer the now tempest
tossed ship of state into some
glorious harbOr of peace and pros
perity, then when the present
shall sleep with their
fathers and the faithful historian
desCends into the vaults of the
dead past in quest OF examples of
pure patriotism and lofty cour-
age, the name of William Mckln-
ley will stand forth IN bright re- ,
lief upon the scroll of historic
fame.
We have confidence in God and .
the wise heads Of our nation and !
hope our troubles with I
Spain can be honorably settled
without an armed conflict. To /
this end let prayer be made i'll all
the churches. Let preachers and
church members pray more for
peace and talk less about war.
Let Us have peace.
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