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prophet assigned; .sfor out Of Zion
shall 60 forth the law~-or Is the margin
reads--the instr uction, and the word Of
the Lord from Jerusalem" Il WAS not
from Mount Sinai that this law or In
struction should proceed, hut from Mount
Zion-the city Of David and from bis
family, his progeny, who waa not only i
son, but his Lord and his God,-shat this /
word of Jehovah should 20 forth, to en-
tighten the world, transform human ma
| sure, revolutionize social institutions, In
q word to create q new heaven and q new
| earth.
A notable result Of this wide prev
alence OF the worship OF Jehovah and OF
this importation and reception Of instruc-
tion In His ways ia, according to the
prophet, TO be . general and Grm, eatab
iishnent of peace on earth aud good will
.un ong men. -
From the earliest times war!has been q
salient feature ef the history of nations.
There have been wars for plunder, for
achievement, for dominion. for the glory
OF co: que~t, for tbs maintenance Of pro.
Ipagation OF re igiousi tenets, for seif-de-
tense.
AND THE SUPREME RUEER HAS NOT BEEN
AN INDIFFERENT SPECTATOR
of the clash Of arms, bat has awarded
the victory in accordance with His own
wise and gracious designs. Sometimes |
as design has been to punish. The |
Assyrian was his rod to punish Israel.
"Howbeit,"' says the prophet Isiah, the |
meaneth not so. neither doth his heart |
think so. Wherefore .ie shall come to
pass, that when the L .rd hath performed
his whole work upon Mount Zion and on i
lJerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the
stout heart OF the king of SAssyrIa, and
the glory OF his high ,,.looks.'' Shall the
axe boast itself against him that hsweth
Herewith? Shall the. saw magnify It.
self against him that shaEethr 1t? Jacob
was His instrument ssto thresh the noun.
tains snd to beat them small and to make
the hills - chaff." He led him out of
Egypt an army 600. 900 strong, and gave
him the land, promised to his fathers.
But he was not to have it except a. the
prize of conquest. He must overcome
seven nations each mightier than himself
and leave them neither root nor branch.
1t took 40 years to screw his courage up
to face the task but he was strictly held
IA to the merciless performance of this
bloody commission and all reluctance
and slackness were sharply reboked and
10 severely punished. "Thou" said Jeho-
he yah, SAT- my battle axe and weapons OF
o. war, and with thee will break In pieces
I'd The nations; and with thee will destroy
Id kingdoms; and with thee will break, 10
ut pieces the horse and his rider; and with
& thee will break in pieces the chariot
~ and him that rideth therein; and with
lie hee will break In pieces man and wo-
OF man; and with thee will break In pieces
y the old man and the youth; with thee
r will break In pieces the yonng man and
j. the maid; aud with thee will break liz
q pieces the shepherd and his flock; q d
n with thee will break In pieces the hus-
q bandman aud his yoke; and with thee
ic will Ibreak In pieces governors and de-
a puties." The only humanity he was
IN permitted to show toward the doomed
n. was that of utter exserpstion and des.
II truction. War has ever been Gods plow-
n share to uproot established evils, and, co
as prepare the social soil for new aud
,p better order, the electric storm and RAM
sv pant hurricane that relieves the social
a, atmosphere Of unhealthful conditions
nd 1t therefore has has no place In q perfect
f. social order. AS the advancement Of
az chaotic nature to It's present state invols-
tn cd uphesvals, collapses, cstastrophes
,is so the progress Of society toward the
,s1 realization of the divine ideal, has no:
n. occurred without fierce struggles, ire
w | mendous collisions, and fearful expls-
tp sions.
~ THE FINAL REIGN OF PEACE
throughout the world 10 not yet an &C.
nc complished fact. But 1t is an assured
resultant there are signs OF Ito approach.
~ The maintenance Of British supremacy
VI in India Africa and Aussralia requires a
y. w. q large military and naval equipment and
o. an occasional war but it L. promotIve OF
Ss peace because it forbids the numerous
u and frequent tribal wars for supremacy,
~ plumber aad' enslavement. Our recent
up variance with Spain was O war OF gym.
! pathy and humanity and tho war In the
ss Philfppines5is::s sequel to it whose results
~ must inevitably be blessing to, thoa 10
~ peoples. Europe 10 still on Q war foot
=" ing not because war 10 wished for, bat
- rather In order that It may be avoided.
as The Gear has proposed that Europe dis
Nv arm.
~ u The current year has Witnessed ,notar
1a BILE conference OF representatives OF the
a leading governments OF the world at The
- Hague in Holland to devise arrangements
Tor the avoidance Of war. The recon-
~ mendations upon which they agreed will
probably be accepted as q part OF the Law
~ regulating the intercourse Of nations
" With each other Id the interest Of comit =
20 and good understanding. On the 4ths of
= % July BY the invitation OF ths American
-. membersaehsy assembled at the tomb OF
III Grbtius and psid an affecting tribute to
e1 the memory OF that eminent man-poet,
scholar, historians Itheologian, statesman,
al diplomatist, iurist4 the author OF the
IT. treatise "De Jura Reli &C Pace" Ccor.
ot corning the, right, Of war and peacel
nc which forms s'she bssis of modera inter-
DIS national law,' and of which President
81 White ssfdl on thstaoccasion: ssOf all
y. works not claiming divine inspiration,
We that book, written by asmsn prescribed
ne and hated both for his politics and his