Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-07-04

Every religious denomination can free
handedly do its full stint of work.
A story of WhitefeId.
How the different religious denOm-
nations are able to work side by side
in America for the scattering of the
gospel seed may be illustrated by an
incident in the life of George White
field. One day the great evangelist
stopped dramatically in his sermon
and, looking up as though addressing
the throne of the Almighty. cried out
in interrogation, 20 Lord are there
any Presbyterians in heaven?' NO"
came back the answer 20 Lord. are
there any Episcopalians in heayen?"
mo" again came the answer. 30
Lord. are there any Methodists in
heavenY NO" who. then, are the
denizens Of the skiesY christians
one Christians all" So in the scatter
ing Of the gospel seed by the American
nation there are no religious sects. In
the sight Of the government there are
only Christians The Calvinists and
the Armenians. the close communi-
cants and the Congregationalists. the
Protestants and the Catholics, can
work side by side because these differ
ent religious denominations believe in
the atonement They can and should
scatter the gospel seed unto all ma
lions because the American nation
was settled and consecrated by our
forefathers to the service of the Lord
Jesus Christ.
Americas second mission is emphat-
ically the establishment of an interna-
tional court of arbitration so that
bloody wars in the future shall be an
impOssibility. That a great interna-
tional court of arbitration can be es-
tablished by the united action of the
ten or twelve principal nations of the
world is undeniable, and that such q
court will be ultimately established is
also unquestiOned. When such court
is established, the United States. Eng
land. France. Spain. Austria, Germany,
Italy. Russia. Japan and China viii
each have representatives upon that
tribunal. Then when international
difficulties arise these difficulties will
be peacefully settled, as the Alabama
claims were amicably settled before
the Geneva tribunal which assembled
in 1871, composed of the five repre-
sentatives which were furnished by
the United States. Great Britain. Italy
Switzerland and Brazil; as the Vene-
zuela claims were settled before tri-
bunal which met in Paris in 1900; as
the Alaska boundary line was AMIGA
bly, settled and as the war claims
against the Chinese government by the
different allied forces are now being
amlcably settled.
For Universal Peace.
Now, my friends, what civilized ma
ton on the face of the globe Is better
fitted to lead in the establishment Of
this supreme court of International ar
bitration than the American nation!
The different nations of Europe, care
not how strong some of them may be.
are unable to successfully lead in this
movement for universal peace because
those nations are jealous Of each 9th
err Those different European nations
cannot do as they would, no matter
how noble and Christian their motives
might be. If they could do as they
wished. they long ago would have
wiped off the face Of the earth that
most cruel and corrupt Of all govern
ments, the government of Turkey
When the sultan gave orders to his
/ soldiers to massacre In cold blood the
Armenlans, great wave of horror
rolled over all civilized lands. Though
William E. Gladstone was then a dy-
ing old man, he took up his pen and
wrote a godlike protest Indignation
voicing the sentiment of every civil.
| liked government was heard alike IN
London, Paris, Berlin. Rome. Vienna.
| st. Petersburg and New York; but.
| though men and women were slaugh-
| tered by the hundreds aud the thou.
sands, though in midwinter young girls
and boys were stripped of their gar.
ments and driven forth naked into the
mountains to freeze and to starve and
TO die, though whole families were de
stroyed and whole regions desolated
| yet not one nation of Europe was able
to prevent or avenge the massacres be
/ cause the European nations were ieal
Gus Of each other The nation. that
would attempt to obliterate the Turk
lsh government would have the sword.
Of other European nations plunging a
its heart. But the American nation
being removed 5000 miles from thu
European nations, is hand free, foo
free and heart free. 1t can lead I'm thii
movement TO establish Il supreme cour
of arbitration because all foreign ma
tons will realize that it is not maxim,
such a move to upset the balance O
European power" or to absorb new tel
ritory, and a Christian nation like til
American which does not try to tur
the sword into the plowshare and til
spear into the pruning hook deserve
to lose its influence, to fall from il
proud position as a great and free III
ton and to perish from the earth.
Recognizing the fact that many pee
pie are looking forward to the tim
when war shall forever be abOlishe,
! an imaginative writer once describe
how that blessed condition was TO /
accomplished. He declared that til
time would come when all EuroI
would be cOnyulsed by a great int
national struggle. He pictured tn,
event in the dim future. He arraye
every European nation upon one or Il
other side Of the combat. But Il
night before the great battle was
open an angel in human shape wou
be seen going through the camps
the two armies. This visitor wou
stop long enough to pin upon evel
: soldiers breast sign. And when Il
two vast armies should next day pr
, pare for battle and the comma1
should be given to the troops to Fl
9 not a rifle would fash. not a swOl
4 would be unsheathed. not u cannC
n would speak. because the sign pinn,
n upon every soldiers heart would
q the sign Of the cross. The pictu
l. drawn by that Imaginative writer mi
9 be accepted as a truthful one except
a two or three facts. He describes tn
Il day as in the dim future. l belle
l. the day is now almost at hand. Agai
that writer describes the peacemak
N who will attach the emblem of t
II cross to the breast of the common S,
:, diers as man. l believe that peaC
l. maker will not be man. but a Il
q ton. and that peacemaking nation t
= American nation. America shall pin
\ sign of universal peace upon eve
70 European nation by the means of
~ supreme court of international arl