Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
FOR HUMAN NEEDS
War Funds to Be Devoted to
Worlds Betterment.
PROPHECY BY DR.. GUTHRIE
Suggestion of International Police
Force Under Direction of
Arbitration-Court.
PROPHECY BY DR.. GUTHRIE

An organization to be placed under the
l'direction of The Hague International ar
bitration court all International police
force and the diversion of the large sums
of money expended by nations of the
earth for the maintenance of armies and
navieS to the vast fields of human need
and elevation were prophesied in SER
mon by Rev. DIR. Charles f. Guthrie last
night at the Hamline NJ. f. Church. The
service was attended by the members of
the Central Labor Union. DIR. Guthrie's
text was the ''Peacemakers
|. The delegates of the Central Labor
Union formed in a body at 9th and G.
streets and marched into the church. At
the door they were met by members of
the Woman's Bible Class and presented
with red carnations. The service was
typical Of Christmas, the musical pro-
gram including a number of the Seasons
anthems and choruses. The church
quartet was reinforced by the boys and
girls vested choir.
Suggested by Christmas Season.
THE theme tonight is suggested by the
propriate for consideration before repre-
SGHtdLlNcS I'll iduoi, Suiu III.
Guthrie.
IAN ex-President/ of France recently
stated in public address that If the
burden of taxation. on account of mill
ia rism isn't lessened, France Will plunge
into revolution Germany Is struggling
under a debt that requires an increase of
ia xes yOr after year until progress is re-
tarded and poverty is Increased. us APP
are eight times more than
A. knRland
if ANYTHING, worse off than France and
Germany, while the United States in the
past thirty years has increased its popu-
lation 81 per cent and it's wealth 1sb per
cent. It's expenditures, mainly for war,
have increased 400 per cent.
In the face of these things the work OF
the peacemaker is blessed in many ways.
The peacemaker is believer In govern
ment Organized society is divine IN
stitution- not a civil compact, and the
neace spoken of i'm the Bible is that
which rests upon Righteousness and fa1th
Therefore the peacemaker deserves the
Masters praise because of what he dis-
courages. He fights the heresy that so
cjety rests upon force fundamental.
strife and force flourish together, but
democracy is the product of peace.
What the Navy Would Permit.
He asserted the formation of an inter-
national navy would allow Great Britain.
Germany, Russia, France. the United
States and other great nations of the
earth to pay their deots through the saw
ing of the enormous annual war eX-
penditures and present an opportunity to
each fer the promotion of industry. edu-
cation and internal progress which they
had never known before.
..The peacemaker is blessed because of
what he encourages" he continued. He
appreciates what binds nations together
trade, health, immigration. labor. travel
acquaintance confidence. These things
bave given us better laws regulating war
They have driven piracy from the seas
and dueling from the land. and procured
safety for children, and secured many
blessings for people ana property mat
were not thought of few years ago.
Twenty-six nations have met In The
Hague tribunals and now move toward
an international congress to meet at
stated times.
service than that of providing for war.
He believes neral courage Is better than
physical courage. and that the great
fields of human need will excite as much
horoism as the bloody fields OF war
War Against Diseases.
Fight against poverty and disease and
crime: fight against tuberculosis: the
great philanthropic impulses to carry
healing and enlightenment to the children
of all men everywhere. open doors Of
opportunity too inviting to be recited:
but, with an annual expenditure of $780,
600 600 on our military establishment. it
is not surprising that improvements in
Washington and great needs elsewhere
must suffer from neglect because war
ships have to be built, and warships have
to he built because there is an inter-
! national hysteria which fancies itself
| least secure when in least danger.
At the conclusion of the sermon, SAM
uel De Nedrey. secretary of the Central
Labor Union. at the instance Of DIR.
| Guthrie, delivered short address. in
| which he explained one OF the purposes
| of organized labor as bringing men to
! a basis of universal brotherhood.
| Among those prominent in local labor
| circles present were Thomas Carroll, w.
| A. Jones. John b. Colpoys. John G..
| Schmidt, William Egan. T. G. Iglehart,
| Robert Dick. Edward Earle. Fred Fox,
| Charles ID. Seals. Frank J. McKenna,
| Thomas Hill, A. w. Caulfieid. j. A. B.
Riley. Joseph II. O'Brien and Z. W..
/ Walters.
| Miss Bette A. White, daughter of j.
/ +. White, and John A. Franklin, who is
| connected with the firm OF Hodnett, Vass
! & Co.. were married Thursday n ght by