The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-17

sts sruARE rAE PEACE MAKERS
goaraEs SHALL Bs CALLED
SONS or COO. MAT 90.
StesaN PREACHED M tnt toN|ki@A-
lieNAl CmtHcn, SUNDAY Ate. aFH, ~
Era. eHA aARs4uw, AAu ftusisntp
rmr Rpft.T ~ sASf Anp hhARp
lf
The s5es - ID. whole sord sre utned
inward co. cauntIs fudsy VI b ming I'D
feelings ef he edulI :, admiration hnd
hops
farrfsfQs -secsuss snme dfub' II Ary
permsnrut rs,ults Ia the interests Of pesee
are :, schtd by those four men who meet
~ - prseutsiives of eAr'ing nations.
Elimination -bcesuse II the delicate tact
and The .hrewd diplomacy by which our
chief msglstrste prevailed upon the hatiors
n n us meet aid consider ms calm ard
ou,e. wsy the istucs hat up to This time
have hsen fought out on The field q hsttlf,
ard HnJe because many are praying aud
tetyettl, hnling that the angel OF peace
may 80 hover over All those gsths rings,
AID thar the spirit Of the living God may
20 psTneaie the hearts Of those mrn, thst
r,,ult, mest ben, fciai rot only 10 those
two nstions but to the whole wide world
msy speedily be reached
II SENS to me most apprC pirate In view
az there conditions, that gathered here In
th, name of the Prince of Peace for the
purpose of rendering unto Him our homage
and re iving from Him the right perspec.
tive Of thines ,thst thus we may more surely
advance the interests Of His kingdom here
on esftb. IL seems most iiftil x that we
should consider 10 practical way the
great subject OF ne Worlds Peace.
IL 10 indeed dark stain upon our modern
eiylliz .tion that such war as has been
carried on Ia neutral territory for 30 many
wesiy months should be allowed in TINS
2Oth century OF the Christian era aud the
cloud grows even darker Shenwe rtmtm-
her that the war between japan and Russia
WAS provoked, yes, made inevitable by him
who only a few years sgo was hailed as the
great Emarcipstor from the scourge OF
War. when he. tummoned all the Nations
Of the Earth to meet IN friendly conference
st the Hague.
But let us not be hasty in our Judgment,
or too 8, we're In our condemnation OF any
Individual. 1t IL he spirit q ne dge, rather
than the spirit thst resides In any one man,
that we are to consider this morniug; ana
while we shall find much to make us hum
BILE and cause us to hide our faces 10 shame,
xe shall find even more to make us CRATE
tul and to awaken hope and cheer within
our hearts.
The progress has been too Glow, altogc-
getber too slow; but there has been great
progress. the years have rolled on-in
the matter Of settling d iiicuities between
men and between nations, Tim rms when
no other way was thought OF hut resort to
brute force The historical pages OF the Old
Te.tament, ,:rue as they are to the life!of the
time. to Which they refer abound with
descriptions RI the most awful wars, and
the most cruel practices 10 connection
d., rsxith. But SO do the pages of every
rhetorical book as they trace the upward
march II humanity, We remember that
il was onl, century ago that ore OF the
b, ish,est minds, one Of the nobest ard far
sighted men Of Revolutionary times was
kill, d III a duei--into which be reluctantly
entered because Of the spirit OF the age
would have branded him coward had ne
refused the cNsllenge which Aaron Burr
threw ou. 10 him, ana the fact that Ar
drew ,Jsckaon once Killed his man la duel
WA no bar to his heIng choeen to the Pres
id,ncy only three quarters OF cei tury
ayn. for even ther--in Christian America,
this vas considered lesi innate way OF set
tling q quarrel; and men of such natlona
r, putation ~ Henry Clay, Thomas H.
BENTON, aud Commodore Decatur made
use Of this scods OF hOnorn--ai no one
-, arentiy thousht he less Of them. But
thank Gnd there things cannot happen to-
cAy and prv,r can h,y sgnil IN this falt
aud Of uurs; and re, 30 ressoD why we
should not hope for AID anticipate ibe time
when ths resort to hims Oh the part OF the
cIyif1 a nations II The earth will be held
as repr,hepsihle rs II IL on the part OF In
dly,du,ls in ,hi. isir lard Of ours today.
Itn interesting to not. that the angel Of
peace has never wholly forssken this earth
OF onrs. Again aud sgsiD. since "the morn
| ins s;ats ssng fns.tter-aa sll the sons
Of Gcd shou,ed for jqy has h. made bis In
fnenee f.ll 10 the hearts OF men, OF all ma
tons, throughout all ages.
| The eartiest st empl at ihieinstlohai
Control for the preservation of peace that
has come down TO u, IN history is found 10
the Amphictyemic Coupcil OF the Greek
| S.st.,-aa celebrated congress or politico'
religious court ~ The coBftdtiattd tribes
| OF ANCIENT Gtrrce uhich met twice every
wear Al Thermnpy ~ rhs mtmt,rA of the
| tNubcli Duuhh ih'Htt'''e w 70"
they would not DESTROY any AmpbictJ one
cit, --nbr cut IL N from running water 10
xsr or IN pesct--aud u any ore th"ii GO
no. we viii march against Tim AID DESTROY
he city"
Tue, dlass, DE srs,' Gre k historian o.
The btb C,rtsiy Il, & ,sx9f-ssed ths scp
m.rt OF the ne.t n,sn Of that us Ahh ~
osclsfeo; "lg IL wics'd 70 pfce.'d sssii y
tlmss no dor pho " rtsdf ~ r~'t'
q qsssiiJn 10 ~ rbttts'n., sto sN'
var, later Gnlsas n l%B Ibr ohtil
suished iurw. ~ hcdsrt, -i'i'' tai!y y
the le.h U~ntvty ufopf 'f A'pecisll
are Chsls,lu u kings s.o : ates hcraa Y
i,,x 'hts ~ v p' AsHtss ". htin 10