The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-07

StructlOn. 1t is like the law VI slh
in the members to which the greatest
of the apostles refers: "Who snail
deliver us from the body OF this
deatho:"
l am speaking to those who recog-
nize the lamentable state OF things,
and who yet do not accept It, Or
submit to it, and who hope that
through the shadow of this night we
shall sweep into a younger day. How
is this great deliverance to be accom-
plished?
We have all recently read that
wonderful sermon on war by Count
Tolstoi, in which a spirit Of marve-
lous lucidity and fire, absolutely de-
tached from geographical or political
conditions, speaks the word as 1t has
been given to him to speak it, and as
no other living man could have done.
As YOU read. with an aching heart,
his terrible arraignment OF war. teel-
ing that as man YOU arc partly re-
sponsible for all human atrocities,
YOU wait with impatience for the renl-
edy he shall propose, and you find
it is-Religion. Yes, that is the
remedy. If all would do right no.
body would do wrong-rothing is
palmer. 1t is counsel of perfec-
ton, satisfactory to prophets and
saints, to be reached in Gods good
time, But you are here to consult
together to see whether the genera
ton now alive may not do something
to hasten the coming of the accept
able day, the appearance on earth OF
the beatihc vision If we can not
at once make peace and good will
the universal rule and practice OF
nations, what can we do to approx
innate this condition? What measures
can we now take which may lead us at
least a little distance toward the
wished-for goal?
| have not come to advise you; |
have no such ambitious pretenslons.
I do not even aspire to take part
in your deliberations. But l am
authorized to assure that the Ameri-
can government extends to you
cordial and sympathetic welcome, and
shares to the utmost the spirit and
purpose in which you have met. The
president, so long as he remains in
power, has no thought of departing
from the traditions bequeathed us
bv the great soldiers and statesmen
of our early history, which have been
strictly followed during the last seven
wears. We shall continue to advo-
cate and to carry into effect, as far
as practicable, the principle of the ar
bitration of such questions as may not
be settled through diplomatic nego-
tiations. We have already done
much in this direction; we shall hope
to do much more. The president is
now considering the negotiation of
treaties of arbitration with such OF
the European powers as desire them,
and hopes to lay them before the sem
ate next winter.
Unhappily We can not toresee IN
the immediate future the cessation
of wars upon the earth. We ought
therefore to labor constantly for the
MITIGATION of the horrors of war, es~
pecially to do what we can to lessen
the sufferings Of those who have no
part in the struggle. This has been
one OF the most warmly cherished
wishes of the last two admlnlstra~
tons. I make no apology for read
ing you a paragraph from the mes
sage which President Roosevelt sent
to congress last December.
Then followed the reading OF the
paragraph referred to, after which
the speaker continued as follows:
The president urged this benehcent
scheme with an earnestness which
gained the willing attention of con-