The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-12
Lifts realms and races up to light,
Are storms that leave earths skies
more bright

Lifts realms and races up to light,
Are storms that leave earth's skies
more bright.
And wars for country's holy cause,
To guard her liberty and laws
To hurl the invader back with shame,
Or quench rebellion's raging flame;
such wars are work for patriots
Their valor knighthood's noblest pride;
Then right is won with faith and flag,
And traitors they will quail or lag.
But wars for conquest. rapine, SPOIL
That drench with blood an outraged
soil,
Born of ambition. greed or spite
That crown the wrong and crush the
right;
'Such wars are born of hate and hell
And breathe their spirit fierce and fell;
Such wars hurled angels erst from
heaven,
And filed this world with discord's
leaven.
90 God of righteousness and peace,
Still may thy reign over earth increase,
Till tears and blood no longer flow
And heavens pure peace begins below.
cone congress, then the world shall
span
And legislate for worldwide man
One constitution, all above,
Christ's law of universal love-"
The evening of discussion closed witt
an address by J. H. Durston, to whom
the theme that had been assigned was
"A Permanent Tribunal" Mr.. Durston
began his remarks with the statement
that because he believed the better rea-
son to view it that way he should speak
against the permanent tribunal. He
outlined the supposed purpose had in
view in the plan for a permanent tri-
bunal, the aim of which was to bring
humanity up to the time when there
shall be no more war. His address dis
cussed four propositions, namely: First,
that the proposed tribunal is not the
right evolution-that is to say. it is not
the goal toward which mankind is NOV
ing; second that it does not promise
to regard the interests of those VINO
ought chiefly to be regarded: third, that
the permanent tribunal is not practical;
fourth that if it is practical. neverthe-
less, it is not a good thing for mankind.
The speaker then used American his
tory to show how arbitration does not
avail, urging 1hat American experience
does not tend to encourage the arbitra-
ton theory. In our own experience
arbitration failed fatally"
On the second point, Mr.. Durston
urged that there is not the slightest
chance that a permanent tribunal can
ever be attained in which the people
living in colonies and under protector
ates will get fair show. In discussing
the third point that the proposed per-
| manent tribunal is not practical, the
| speaker enlarged on the proposition
| that ''this world is certainly moving to-
ward the splendid era when the reign
| of intellect shall be reality, and that
war does not put obstacles in the path
way of that movement" He commended
| that the time when war shall be ne
| more on earth, or ought to be no more
| is mot a hope, in the sense that it is
a we'll founded expectation, but that i
is an illusion"
| Remarking that there Is no reason t
| believe that war will cease while thu
| world endures. Mr.. Durston added
| Indeed, we are not sure that there vii
not be war in Heaven. We are taugh
that there will be no pain there, and NJ
| night and no marriages, but it is not 8
clear that there will be no war. Their
was war in Heaven-the Bible say