The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-11-25

many years by another race. They were
waiting for the Dclivcrer who should
ltoak their chains. When he did come
he was not a mighty man Of vllor. but
was one who relied ON the sword OF
the Spirit. Here, In his advent, was
another prophecy of the time when men
should beat their swords into plow-
shares.
Yet here at the end of two centuries
We were still waiting for the fulhment
of the prophecy In the year of our
Lord 1904 We see two great nations at
war. We have advocated reason, but
men Will not listen L. reason. We have
advocated arbitration. but the nations
viii not arbtrate. We have advucat-
ed the brotherhood of man. but when
the real test comes we suarl and bite
and groWl ana fight Ike the beasts
whose children, accoring to Darwin.
we are. Nor is this true simply of
European, Asiatic and some other
American nations. Here the preacher
quoted from an address by Richard
lOlney to the Archbishop of Canterbury
in Faneuil Han, Boston, in which he
urged upon the distinguished visitor
as one of the most important things
the influence of the two countries for
peace. The Americans congratulated
themselves that they We're a peaceful
people and that their prosperity had not
| been "A product of war but of the arts
of peace, but, Mr. Oney said: What
ever be the cost, whether rightly or
wrongly necessary or unnecessary, the |
war bacillus has got into the American |
| blood" He told the Archbishop that |
the ornaments of America We're now |
rivaling those of Europe and conclud-
ed with an expression of the hope that |
| from such sentiments as that war was |
| n good thing, a useful national tonic, |
| etc, every true friend of the American
people would pray that they might be
delivered.
DR. Kinoaid would hold up the peace
spirit to his hearers and spoke in ad
mration of the great Peace Congress
in Boston, which asked President
Roosevelt to appeal to the great peace
tribunal of The Hague to see if the
present terrible conflict could not be
stepped. one great reason for internal
tional disputes having the consequence
of war was that war did not appeal to
the personal responsibility of the citi-
zen. Yet in every age war had been
vanqushed hut to the vctors. The
wars of Europe from 1893 to 1915 cost
$3.50, 100000 and the loss of 1900, 900
men. The Crimean war of 1S54-56 cost
$l.525, ZOO, 900 and a loss of $4,000 men.
our own war of the Rebellion cost the
Union $685., 900, 600 and a loss of men
killed and died Of disease for both
sides, of 493,349. The Franco Prussian
war cost $3.50, 100000 and the loss of
29O,O GOO men. The war of the Revolution
caused a loss of $135, 100000 and over
100000 men We're engaged in it at diff
ferent times. According to authorities
consulted the war carried on by us in
the Philippines has been one of the
mCst costly in money and destructive of
human life in which we have ever en-
gagged except that of the Rebellion.
Should not facts like these cause every
thoughtful man TO pause before he en-
courages war?
Next the preacher considered the
cost of the war spirit today, showing
Germany's standing army to be $3.50,
900 men and $4,000 horses: that of
France, L627,OOO men and 172, 900
horses; that of Russia, 5,259,OOO men
and 100000 horses, and Of Great Britain,
1885, 900 men and 4l,00O horses. Europe
had over 100000 of men in arms. It {
was impossible to estimate the cost to
the nations of having all those men
withdrawn from the fields of proper [
industry to a condition of enforced /
idlene-s DIR. Kincaid then enumer-
ated the strength of the different large !
navies of the world, in cost of ships {
and number of men. 5
He asked them TO remember such
figures and then to consider that the q
army and navy took the flower of the !
people. The cost must be paid by the
people because it comes from them a
sooner or later in the form of taxes, B
War besides occasioned debauchery.
Your soldier is not a man of family. e
He is not developing the humanitarian I
side of human nature but the passions '
of mankind War is essentially savage
DIR. kincaid said he was not one of !
those who believed, with Count Toll !
stoy, that war was never right. Jesus q
Christ himself did not discountenance Y
the use Of force on occasions He did a
not stop to reason with the money
changers profaning the temple, but a
drove them out with scourge of i
small cords. The only good cause OF a
war was 10 end some intolcrable OPP a
preston, 90 right some Outrageous Il
wrong, when no other course was open b
Then the sword became the sword OF 81
God Ilc could not believe that war -
was always wrong FOR II he ala he W
'oud not look on Bunker HilI without al
! blush ~ rhnme. nor spenk of Got l.
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10 as a. nHht Dor a. NJ
n We love peace We must always
omembrr that Il 81 mo fruit ~
lEhtrpuHHras, ono war has turned
'Hfk ihe eide If moral pfusfass 0na 4,
hundred years Every dollar spout lu NJ
'Hr b. dollar HFHinni al. frhnal D.,
gainH ihe church nEainsf me home "a
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