The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-22
REV. |. ". COREY A SPEAKER
Well-known Minister Declares that the
Advancement of the World has been
Built Upon Peace and not on War
Patriotic Bodies Attend Service.

The annual Observance of "Peace
Day" in Kenosha took place on Sun
Iay evening when an audience which
baked the capacity of the First Bap-
tist Church gathered to listen to an
address by the Rev. I. w. Corey, pas
Dor Of the church. The members OF the
Eenosha organizations of the Grand
Army of the Republic, the Sons Of
Veterans, the Woman's Relief Corps,
Ind the Ladies of the g. A. r., attend
I'd the services in body.
There was a notable musical pro-
yram rendered by the members of the
rhoir and a quartette and the music
was of an inspiring patriotic nature.
In his address Mr.. Corey made a
btrong plea for universal peace and
pointed out that it was the nations Of
4he world who were lovers Of peace
ahat had shown the greatest advance
ment in civilization and in CONNER
Hial and social life. He said in part:
"When we look out upon the world
today, we are forced to confess that
the ideal Of Jesus has not yet been re-
allied. Is it after all beautiful
dream, and nothing but a dream? Is
it picture of an eternal Utopia
Men still hold with Milton, g to
overcome in battle and subdue nations,
and bring home spoils with infinite
manslaughter, shall be held the high
est pitch of human glory
All the great nations are professed
lovers Of peace, yet all Of them are
constantly preparing for war. Chris
tian Europe is staggering under the
weight of thirty billion dollars Of debt,
most Of it caused by wars or prepare
tion for wars; and in addition to the
enormous sums which must be raised to
pay the interest on this debt, Europe
is spending one and a half billions of
dollars every year for the maintenance
of her armies and navies, 1t is clearly
evident, even to the casual observer,
that the increase in ornaments, both
military and naval is impoverishing
nearly every nation in Europe. Eng
land has already invested six hundred
and seventy millions of dollars in her
navy. She is spending over 10000
600 on the army and navy each
year, and, strange to say, the sum, al
though colossal, grows larger and larg-
er as the years go by, at the same
time England spends only eighty mil
lions on education and science and art.
After paying for her soldiers and sail
Ors, there is not much money left for
anything else. We are told that a
single battleship will cost more money
than is in possession of almost any col
lege or university in the world, and
yet be out of date, within a few
months after its construction. Do you
suppose England can go on doing this
forever?
Is it any wonder that the hearts of
men are becoming embittered every
where2 Look at the poverty of Eng
land; listen to the cry of distress that
goes up constantly to heaven from the
poor and downtrodden; listen to the
denunciations of anarchists, revolun-
tionists and socialists, and you will
hear the grim mutterings of a coming
storm.
Of course We are told that in order
TO preserve the peace we must prepare
for war. This is one of those half
truths more dangerous than a full
FLOODED lie Up to certain point it
may be true; beyond that point it is
false. What we ought to say is, in
order to preserve the peace we must
prepare for peace. Multiplying the in
struments of war beyond certain
point only stirs up bad feeling and
makes it easier to come to blows
MI corey tnen traced great hlstori-
cal movements showing the futility of
war in the advancement Of nations
He showed that the nations which had
been greatest as warlike nations had
dong since fallen into decay and that
many of them had been erased entire
1y from the book of the world his.
tory while the nations which had stood
for peace were today the great nations
of the world. He saw the real solu.
tion Of the question of bringing uni
versal peace in the teaching Of the
doctrines of Christianity to the world
The Three Spring Club held its first
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