Milford chronicle., 1905-06-02
Calnage
Sermon
BY Rev.
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmade, D. D.

realization Of the promise Of universa
peace and welcomes the agencies tha
are now at work for that purpose. Tn,
text is Isaiah ii. 4, Neither shall the,
learn war any more"
Every great catastrophe Is an inspi
ration for overcoming or at least FOR
lessening danger. No sooner did the
awful cOnhagration Of the Iroouois
theater take place in December, 1904.
than the whole city of Chicago arose
In protest ExcOrlating denunclations
appeared in all the daily newspapers.
Editors as well as people declared "No
nre trap like that had a right to exist"
AT once there was a scurrying about of
the city officials. The fire regulations
were Overhauled. The means for fight
ing fire were increased. The fire in
spectors were clearly and emphatlcaIlv
told that hereafter there was to be no
evading Of the fire laws and of the
building restrictions. The will of the
people plainly said, "The horror Of the
past through criminal negligence Of the
city officials shall not become the hor-
ror Of the future"
. What is true in reference to fire ca.
accidents. The tragedy of the Tay
bridge in old Scotland strengthened the |
abutments Of many bridges in many
lands. The terrific annual slaughter Of
human life upon the railroads Of our
country was the cause of creating the
block system, the Westinghouse brake
and the automatic coupling whereby
car can be Joined to car without en-
dangering the body Of brakeman or
other railroad employee. So the awful
tragedy Of the civil war, with its mil
lion dead. ought to be an inspiration to |
teach us not only how we should honor Z
the soldiers who fought and bled and | I
died, but also how we should honor n
those who are living. to prevent such
a horrible butchery Of human life in
the future.
As man has to be taught the art Of
war, so be must learn the art of peace @
Shall he not honor his preceptors who e
are teaching him how to cover the val n
leys with houses and factories and d.
schools and churches instead Of with | III
campfres and fortresses and burning ST
towns? Shall we not honor the men te
who are teaching us how to change r
our plains of EsdraeOn into 'cities of w
refuge" which were once battlefelds Sc
in many wars? Shall we not honor to- be
day such teachers as Professor r. G. Sc
Holden Of Iowa Agricultural college. er
who in 1904 gave to the farmers of d.
the west certain kind of corn seed ia
which would produce better kind Of stl
corn in that region than the farmers m;
had been able to grow and thereby in m,
one year put into the western farmers Of
pockets $j0.01O,OOO more than had ever alb
Deen there before? Shall we not honor wa
such one as well as we honor the pa
soldier who teaches the Iowa boy how ant
o march and how to shoot and how TO Clip
lay his brother? up,
ioOsevelrs Pen Versus His Sword. are
Shall we not honor Theodore Roose-
elt's pen as we'll as Theodore Roose- c
-elts sword? The pen which sum lesi
mons the representatives of all the civ or
ized nations to the peace conference the
t The Hague is just as truly brave eau
nd patriotic as was the sword which gra
ur president drew at San Juan hill less
nd the sword which today is ready to One
e drawn If foreign nations dare tram ope
/
ems Yes, the pen Of peace is to be on
onored quite as much as the sword was
war Therefore, on this Memorial Dui
unday, when friends and loved ones TO
re strewing the graves of our dead salo
)ldiers with flowers, l would place the
lrlands upon the brows of the living to
aroes, upon the brows Of the men and ana
le women who are living and work the
g to prevent future civil wars and fu- ing
ire international strife. aux
This subject which we are about to pan
scuss is one which is uppermost to- u
~ in the minds and hearts Of many S"ii
t has occurred to me recently" wrote uuh S1l,
dear friend from the east, that a VIZ
,od subject for a sermon at some ear s"iu
day would be Peace and the move tuls
ents being made for the preservation ue''
the worlds peace. Now that the eii''l
atue Of Frederick the Great has been "
t up in Washington 1t Is seriously S'i
opposed to supplement it with the tiisl .,ieI
ltues Of Caesar Napoleon and Han .iit s,i''t
bal. This may be a war college idea. 'ii,'t
do not know who made the sugges- a.
N, but it Is not in line with the true a. ="
lrit Of the age, which is one Of peace man
d arbitration. Instead of glorifying VINO
ese great destroyers Of nations we ne"N
ght do well to emulate the South ouisl
nerican republics Of Chile and Ar squh
ntina. which have entered into mu- as
Il arbitration eompacts. melted their Delle
mon and set up a huge statue of OF III
rist on a peak of the Andes as the ing
niger Of peace to the world" That Iespe
ter has in it the true ring Of the gos- one
and OF the best Christian states OF OF
nship. May God help MS, one and pies
to honor the dead soldier today in spect
best Of all ways hv teaching man God
d to honor the goanel and the tenn men
al agencies that are Mt work to pre- but a
t future warsi lands
True stateamnnshiP. Inc
he dead soldier of the civil war IN vente
Hoo I nmInr