The Washington herald., 1909-03-01
PEACE Is URGED
BY BISHOP WILSON
Baltimore Prelate DeplOreS
Frequent DiScOrd.
PEOPLE TIRED OF CONFLICTS
Labor Cannot BE Reformed by Edu-
cation or Arbitration-WOrId Must
Ascend n Higher Plane or Perish.
Gods Word Pared Down TO SHIT
Present PurDOses-Tired OF Waste.

Complaining Of the frequent diseord
that arises IN the churches, often lead
ing to dissension and the division OF It's
membership. Bishop Mpheus Wilson. Of
Baltimore, at St Paul Methodist Epis-
copal Church South yesterday morning
pleaded for a world peace. which he
claimed would p owe the only uplifting
force for humanity.
Get all the individual resentments out
Of the church. and sou have tbs greatest
power IN the wore, 20 he claimed Too
often there are church members who
have their petty, selfish desires, and who
quit the church because others cannot
see things the same as they.
We want peace The muiutudes are
tired Of the struggles and the turmoils
Of the day. They are tired Of the heat
Of competition. They are tired Of the
conflicts Of parties. They are tired OF the
abominable outrages now being inflicted
IN the name OF peace
Tired of Waste.
They arc tired OF the waste used N
warlike endeavor, the waste Of resources,
life. and labor. They are tired OF the
ouuages on the family and Of the tribu-
Iauous that redouble on the heads Of the
innocents.
The workingmen are complaining and
groaning and combining against the men
whom they look upon as their enemies
Capital is making plans for its own de-
tense ard the protection OF It's interests
We also have the anarchist and the So
cialIst. esch evolving his own separate
desires
You are not going 20 reform labor by
education or arbitration. IRE capitalist
will favor that form Of economic life that
administers most toward mis- own wei
fare You VIII never quiet them until
you get them 20 know what peace means.
They must both be made one. Laws are
helpless IL sUppresslng anarchy
There IS going 10 be new type Of
man 70 bring about peace. and he Is 20
be typical Of God The history Of the
world shows that the maintaining Of
great ornaments is not bringing about
peace. II you but lift the weight then
anarchy comes. Do YOU call that peace?
rs that the peace OF GOd2 Hardly. Il
Is only an armed neutrality, the duty Of
which Is 10 stand and watch. X must be
prepared for the conflict The highest
sndeavor OF Christian effort IS peace We
do not want repression and suppression OF
our natures. but the uplifting and the ex-
altIng OF them
"AH things are 10 be controlled and
directed BY Him. That IS the only condi-
ton OF life that viii bring peace.
Love thy neighb0r as myself. and
Do unto others as you would be done BY
are not the laws Of competition C0mpeti-
ton IS living al another's expense We
are trying 70 build III communities on
this sentiment Of war.
Must seek Higher Plane.
1t IS a perfectly patent thing that the
world cannot live on at the present rate
Il must ascend to a higher plane or.
perish. And I do not think that it viii
perish. God VIII have His way
The greatest Of all conflicts was that
between the Jew and the Gentle The
jew errosated 20 himself the idea OF the
divinity. God never compromises or toll
crates anything. He knows no such words
as these He makes His demands and
man must obey
We take Gods words. pare them down
and revise them 10 suit our own purposes.
The Jew could not compromise with the
idoiatry Of the Gentle. He believed that
he would thereby dishonor God The
Jews would have prevailed had they been
true to their calling They would not
then have been overthrown.
IF 8 man can break through the re-
stricti0ns OF she social order without in
juring. but helping himself. he viii DO it
every time. It is Illustrated in our life
every day. Our political life is full Of II.
Our social life IS disordeTed by it On
many occasions the church Itself has been
used for. purposes Of aggression upon an
otherwise helpless world
Bishop Wilson IS one Of the distin-
guished preIates Of the country, and the
announcement that he would speak called
together E large congregation.