The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-10
Mr.. MARYE MAKES OTHER IN
TERESTlNc POINTS.

Washington, d. e., September 7th, 1904
To The Free Lance.
have heard learned diynes discourse
with JUNCTION and satisfaction, upon
"GOd In History"
mean no disrespect. when ! declare
that all such efforts seem the very
apotheOsis Of sophistry. OF e0nre, God
/. ln history. lie rules the universe But
the main contributions 90 history the
deeda of men-He over r.rulea This earth
il soAl ed Ia blood; and SCARED all
over with the marks Of carnage. God Is
in it all; and against 1t all His own Son
IL the Prince OF Peace. Ever since he
spoke his gentle words 20 men, they have
been burlrrquing them by their deeds.
Why. when John, the Apostle OF love.
lost his temper. and, 10 the spirit oil
Elijah, wanted our Saviour 10 call down
lightning upon the village in the samari-
tan land, Jesus told him be utterly mis-
took the fundamental idea Of His mission.
Dean Stanley says that Christ's rebnke
was Retrospective, as well, and touched
the Carmel incident
Analyze the Lords prayer: Thy will
he done on earth as IL il In heaven;
Benevolent assimilation" at the can
mons mouth National expansion.
which means aggression, which means In
justice (AnAlyzing into trsyesty y The
United States is pursuing no nOyeieouTse
She IA treadng the dreary, beaten track
of the nations tow ard conquest, az
grsndizement, ultimate overthrow. "Ht
shall Judge the nations upon earth. NJ
There IL no glory In war, war II De
fence is a cruel necessity War is hell.
And a nation, whose supreme conrt has
defined IL AZ Christian nation" Is In
strange attitude in raising bell. MIR
Samuel Howison used 20 say that wal
meant lying down In an old field with the
sun blazing in your face, and with Q
horses foot In your mouth. And it could
NOT have been more happily defined
This country would find the highest wis
dom In striving after the beatitude o
the peace maker God save uHtrOm thai
OF bully among nations The Presl
dent derides the Quskers; but he cannot
prove that, if ChristendOm had followed
their tenets, the millennium would not
have sway, today; with the son o
Man living amongst Us,
There is no line, 0utside OF Shakespeare
more luminous with benignant philOsO
phy than that OF the great German
writer: Happy ia the nation whose an
nala are tedious When | was living II
Little Rock, John MorrIsey stopped there
upon his way 20 the Hot Spring. So0i
his arrival was noised aboard, wheI
every Irishmsn at once betook himself Il
q friendly "mill' with the first country
man he could waylay. Old Nike Mul
cAhey. meeting Con Hoolihan, this col
loqny ensued:
. Now, Con, there's Bobby Lay tLee)
fine old mon Thirty years ago, n
could have put on the gloves. and sto0'
up before We the whole day And there
Shairman. Shairmsn's no nghtist; bu
he's a great tacktishisn. And, Con
there's that murtherin St0new8ll Jack
son. AZ fine a lOd as ye'd mate with in
days march. And, Con, Gr0nt's stout
lod for We. Gront could put on th'
eIovee, and stand up before ye couple
OF hours. But, Ton, me bhye, what eonld
aither OF them do in the hands OF John
Morrise ?" Said Con, ~ quick as a Hash
BE iabbers. John would ate them.
Simply substitute the United States Tor
the prize fighter, and the other nations
for these great warriors, and you read
the propaganda of which it is the noble
mission OF the Democratic party to knock
the stufiing out.
A. 5. Marye.