The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-07
Better for the World at Large than
the Clash of Arms and the Tears
of Widows and Orphans.
DANGER RESTS IN EUROPE
WHERE MILITARY CAMPS ARE IN
CREAsING EACH YEAR.
Teachings of the Gospel the Only Ba-
sis of Peace for the Rulers OF the
Earth-Isaiah's Prophecy.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. 6.-Cardinal Glib
bons to-day delivered a sermon at high
mass in the Cathedral in which he re-
viewed briefly the events of the century
just closed, with special reference to the
wars which have been waged during that
period as a preface to an urgent plea for
universal peace. He incidentally touched
upon the subject of the proposed increase
of the standing army in this country, point
ing out the evil results arising from the
maintenance of large bodies of armed men
in Europe, and expressed the hope that
similar conditions may never obtain in this
country. The cardinals text is found in
Isaiah, Chapter TX. The sermon follows:
''The mission of Jesus Christ on earth
was mission of peace. He came to estab-
lish in our hearts triple peace-peace with
God, peace with our neighbor and peace
with ourselves. Mans peace with God was
dissolved by his rebellion against his
Maker. Christ came to restore man to the
friendship of God by sacrifice of His life
on the cross. He tells that this peace
is to be maintained by the observance OF
the commandments-There is much peace.
o Lord to those that keep Thy law, and for
them there Is no stumbling block.
He has taught us to have peace with
our neighbor by observing the eternal
principles of justice and charity. by doing
unto others what we would wish others TO
do unto us. And He tells us that we will
have peace with ourselves by keeping our
passions subject to reason and our rea-
son subject to faith.
but Christ's mission of peace had
wider scope than to the individual mar.
His mission was also to bring peace TO the
which which He is called by st. Paul. He brings
peace to the human heart. AS the Father
oil peace He brings peace to the family.
and as the prince of peace. as He is called
by Isaiah, He brings peace to society and
the commonwealth.
Before the advent of Christ war was
the rule, peace the exception, throughout
ual was war before the coming of our
Savior that the sacred writer in the Book
of Kings speaks of a certain season of the
year as the usual period for the reopening
of hostiities.
I'm Pagan Rome the Temple of Janus
was closed in time of peace and kept open
In, time of war. From the reign or Tulius
Hostilius, the third King of Rome, to Au-
| gustus Caesar, period covering $50 years.
| the temple was cloced only for six years.
| So that Rome enjoyed only six years of
| tranquility, against GA years of warfare
| But although wars are less frequent and
| less inhuman in the Christian dispensation
than in pagan times. it must be confessed
| that we are as yet far removed from the
millennium of universal peace
"'Glory TO God in the highest, and OH
| earth peace to men of good will was the
song of the angels on the night of our
| Savior's birth in Bethlehem. Although these
words have been resounding throughout the
| world for nearly two thousand years, and
| though Christianity Is the prevailing re J.
| ligion in Europe, 1t is a melancholy reflec-
| tion that it has not yet succeeded in ar
| resting war and establishing the permanent
reign of peace on that continent In fact,
the nineteenth century, from It's dawn to its
sunset, has witnessed an almost continu-
| Gus scene of sanguinary struggles between
| the nations of Christian Europe.
WARS OF LAST CENTURY.
! "At the close of the eighteenth century
we find the allied forces of the. Russian
| empire and the kingdom Of Prussia in
| vading Poland, and after a heroic resist
ance under the leadership Of Kosciusko
| (who had previously drawn his sword in
behalf OF American independence) the king
| dom of Poland was subdued and dismem-
bered and partitioned out between Russia,
Austria and Prussia.
From the beginning of the nineteenth
century till 1916 the great Napoleon was
| engaged in series of the most colossal
| and sanguinary engagements, which set all
| Europe ablaze Napoleon encountered the
| whole of Europe, and was generally VIC
torious until the memorable battle of
| Waterloo, when he was defeated and his
| sun was set History justly accords TO
| him the title Of the greatest military gen.
/ eral of his age.
"About the middle of the century oc-
| CURED the Crimean war. in which the allied
| forces of England. France and Turkey
| fought and defeated the Russians.
1 "A few years later hostilities broke out
| between Austria and the combined forces
| of France and Italy. Austria was over
| come in the battle OF Solferino and was
Obliged to surrender her Italian provinces.
place which proved so disastrous to tho
| French empire. Besides enormous war
| indemnity, France was compelled to trans
| fer TO Prussia two OF her provinces-Alsace
| and Lorraine.
| And at this moment, after an enormous
| expenditure of men and money, England is
| endeavoring to bring to successful close
| her with the South African republics.
| 1t is stated that this campaign cost Eng
! land six hundred million dollars.
| "And how does our own country stand on
the subject of war? Although the corner
| stone of the Constitution is peace with all
| nations and entangling alliances with none
| we have had on our hands four wars In
| the century just brought to. a close In
| 1872 we were engaged in the war with
! Great Britain which was justifiable on our
| part because IL was a war of defense In
| 1916 the Mexican war occurred Our terri
BILE civil war began In 1861, lasting four
! with Spain, which resulted In the loss Il
| her. and in the acquisition by us, OF all
| her foreign possessions.
THE PITIFUL SIDE OF WAR.
when we read of great military cam
paign, our imagination revels in the con-
temptation OF the heroic achievements OF
famous generals. We listen with rapture to
the clash OF arms. the shouts of the VIC
tors and the sound of martial music we
seem to catch the spirit of enthusiasm by
which the combatants were animated. But
We take no note OF the shrieks and agonies
OF the soldiers weltering in their blood or
the battlefield. We have no thought OF
the sick and wounded lying In hospitals
and prisons. We are unmindful OF sorrow
ing wives and and mothers at home weep
ing and signing for the loved ones fal
away. We do not picture TO ourselves the