The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-25

Union Service in Central Union Church,
Sermon BY DR.. Kincaid--.songs of
Praise and Patriotism.


was one Who relied on the sword OF
the Spirit. Here. in his advent. was
another prophecy of the time when mer
should beat their swords into plow-
shares.
Yet here at the end of two centuries
we were still waiting for the fulflnen-
of the prophecy. In the year of oul
Lord 1904 We see two great nations al
war. We have advocated reason, but
men viii not listen to reason. We have
advocated arbftra ton, but the nations
viii not arbitrate. We have advocat-
ed the brotherhood of man, but wher
the real test comes we snarl and bite
and growl and fight like the beasts
whose children, according 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
Olney to the Archbishop of Canterbury
in Faneuil Hall, 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 were a peaceful
people and that their prosperity had not
been a product of war but of the arts
of peace, but, Mr.. Oiney 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
a good thing, useful national tonic,
etc. every true friend of the American
people would pray that they might be
delivered.
DR.. Kincaid would hold up the peace
spirit to his hearers and spoke in ad-
rniration 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
stopped. One great reason for interna-
tfonaI 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
enormously expensive not only to the
vanquis;hed but to the victors. The
wars of Europe from 1898 to 1915 cost
Sc, $50, 100000 and the loss of 1900, 600
men. The Crimean war of 1886 cost
81 ,525. 100000 and loss of 4S5,000 men.
Our own war of the Rebellion cost the
Union SO, 932, 100000 and a loss of men
killed and died of disease, for both
sides, of 4s3, 349. The Franco-Prussian
war cost $3.50, 000,0 900 and the loss OF
290 900 men. The war of the Revolution
caused a loss of $135. 100000 and over
&c., 900 men were 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
nest 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
Gernany's standing army to be $780,
600 men and 174,000 horses; that OF
France, 1927, 900 men and 172,00o
horses; that of Russia, 5,259,000 men
and 800, 900 horses. and of Great Britain
/ ,S35, 900 men and $1,000 horses. Europe
had over 1900, 600 of men in arms. 1t
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
idlene9s. DR.. Kincaid then enumer-
ated the strength of the different large
navies of the world, in cost of ships
and number of men.
He asked them to remember such
figures and then to consider that the
army and navy took the flower of the
people. The cost must be paid by the
people because it comes from them
sooner or later in the form of taxes.
War besides occasioned debauchery.
Your soldier is not a man of family.
He is not developing the humanitarian
side of human nature but the passions
IF mankind. War is essentially savage.
Dr. Kincaid said he was not one of
those who believed, with Count Toll
stoy. that war~Swas never right. Jesus
Christ himself did not discountenance
The use Of force on occasions. He did
not stop to reason with the money
changers profaning the temple, but
lrove them out with scourge OF
small cords. The only good cause of
var was to end some intolerable OPP
preston, to right some outrageous
wrong, when no other course was open. |
Then the sword became the sword of |
Tod. He could not believe that war |
vas always wrong. for if he did he |
ould not look on Bunker Hill without |
blush of shame. nor speak of Get
ysburg without blistering his lips. If |
re love peace we must love it at times
o as to fight for it.
If we love peace we must always
emember that it is the fruit of
righteousness. One war has turned
ack the tide of moral progress one
undred years. Every dollar spent in
7ar is a dollar against the school,
gainst the church, against the home.
Certainly one of the plainest signs of
he times is the growing realization
nat war is a burden on the people.
We can subserve the cause OF peace
V making war more difficult TO bring
bout War is no longer the play of
yrants. \ nation that causelessly
raws sword now brings upon itself
he adherence of the civilized world.
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