The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-04-15

of international tribunals efficiency in
making for equilibrium among the ma
lions? If all nations were united, would
| one single nation dare reject the de-
| cree?
Moral Blessings.
"The plough confers moral blessings
| as rich as ever were those imputed to
| war. Does industry try mems souls less
| searchingly than does war? VIII we lapse
| into hopeless materalism If we are spared
| the periodical crises that urge sacrifice
of one for the larger good of others and
| many? The completely of modern life
consecrated to the development of man
and the resources of his home is such that
herosim altruism, self-sacrihce, high re-
solve and strenuous effort conditions
| of self-maintenance. Constructive coop
| Grafton in all those things that make for
the humanizing of men dispenses strength
as robust and virility as elastic as ever
| did destructive warfare.
1.-THE vision of the prophet speaks of
| industrial conditions combining economic
independence with social cooperation.
| The freedom of every individual through
| and In cooperation, will indeed lend to
| the establishing of Gods throne among
men and above the nations A dream
| this? No, a forevision. Vision Is fore
runner, always, of achievement Let ma
| tons dream of peace and peace will be
sure of contamination. The hands that
guide the plough carry credentials of
nobility and strength less doubtful than
do the fingers that pull the trigger. Not
of inane impossibilties have they raved
who foretold the coming of the day when
| nations shall no longer learn the art of
war. Seated each one under his own vine
and fig tree in independence and freedom,
none will covet the others possessions,
/ l.. L. - H.
| Highest Judge whose throne Is pillared
| on Justice and whose sceptre is slipped
| with Righteousness"
! In concluding Bishop Potter said:
| Let us thank God for The Hague con-
| gress, and that an American has built
| the building in which 1t is to meet, and
may it hasten the triumph of universal
| peace
Tomorrow at 3 o'clock the first DELHI
erative session of the peace congress
proper will be held.
| Rabbi Emil G. Hrsch of Sinai congre-
| cation, Chicago, speaking on 1.-THE Ad
vent of the Plough" said;
Intensity the productive methods,
which get from earth the blessings stored
| therein and hunger dominion correspond
| ingly shrinks. We should all work to-
gether to prevent famines and ubiquitous
| intrusion. We hail the advent of the
| plough. 1t Is the sign of triumphant
| democracy.
with cooperation, friction will be
minimized. If all nations were united,
would the minimum single nation dare
| reject the decree?
Let nations dream of peace and peace
| will be sure of contamination. The hands
| that guide the plough carry credentials
| of nobility and strength less doubtful
| than do the fingers that pull the trig-
| ger"
Archbishop Farley, writing on. "univer-
! sal Peace said he was not prepared TO
say that war could ever be removed from
society, but that much might be done to
| mitigate its horrows and lessen its fire.
quency Efforts for universal peace, he
declared. would accomplish only imper-
feet results until the moral power of au-
thorty of organized religion were openly
recognized.
The archbishop said no rorror, moral or
material, was lacking to war. and added:
Its benefits, If any, are indirect and
uncertain; its evils are immediate, in
evitable and universal, vitiation of human
character, waste of life and gain, arrest
of human progress, injustice to the help
less and innocent, popular and permanent
legacies of hate and all the fiercest and
most runous passion of the human
breast.
Swell Boston's Voice.
Boston. April 14.-Hardly has there been
so large a gathering of the Science church
tonight ITO swell Boston's voice." as one
speaker said Sin recognition and support
of the national peace and arbitration con-
gress, which begins in New York tomor-
row Over 5000 persons listened to the
orators and they pleaded for universal
peace. They were formerly Secretary OF
the Navy John d. Long, former Governor
John L. Bates, and William Lloyd Gar
rison. Rev. William ]. Mckenzie of Cam
bridge, presided and the meeting was UNI
sectarian.
Ex-Secretary Long said that the gath
ering was to speed arbitration and save
human life. He referred, however, to the
late war with Spain, and said that he did
not know how it could have been avoided,
or how Cuba could have been rescued
without war; although the conflict gave
protection to President Mckinley
But the was was not waged," he said,
for conquest, glory, or gain. 1t was
brief and the wounds were soon healed"