The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-07
LOVE AND WAR

love, not dreadnaughts and siege
guns, is to bring peace to warning
Europe. w. j. Bryan, speaking IN
Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 20.
One reason why Christianity falls
short of the aspiration of its votaries
is that so often its preachers lay down
as fixed Christian truths statements
that physical present facts and histor-
ical facts show to be absurd.
The Savior of man preached the doe
trine of love when He was being cruel
fed. Peter and Paul, under the inspi-
ration of personal contact with Jesus,
preached love, and they were cruel
fed.
After few hundred years the doc
trines of Christianity which were prac-
ticed by the lowly permeated the army
and gripped the mind of the emperor.
Then Christianity became militant.
Under the cross the Christians
fought for centuries against the bar
barians who came down from the roof
of the world and sought life in the
warm places.
A series of wars, the greatest the
world ever saw until the present cata-
clysm flourished under the inspiration
of militant Christianity. After the
Christians drove back the heathens
and broke the power of the Mohamme-
dams, they fell upon one another.
The Hundred Years War was a con
test of religious systems.
In this twentieth century the spirit
of love was not in the hearts of men
before they began the contest The
spirit of love could not withhold over
night the czar and kaiser from the bus
mess of unleashing their dogs and un-
limbering their machines of war.
This is a war of hate.
The French revolution had an object.
1t was a bloody struggle, but in the
blindness of the hatred of the CON
testants there was a lofty ideal they
were seeking to reach Our war of
revolution had distinct and well-de-
fined purpose. In no other war was
ever so strong brief issued in its be-
half as was our declaration of indie
pendence.
Prussia's struggle against Napoleon
in 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915, had for
its glorious ideal the national life and
unity of all the German people.
Before most wars there is a distinct
and clear issue, and this issue Is set
tied by the sword.
Austria started to punish Seryia, al
leging that the Servans were attempt
ing to disorganize the empire by eX
citing the Serbs of Bosnia and Here
govina to revolt.
Russia declared that Austria should
not destroy Servia or put Servia down
Germany declared ii would stand by
Austria. France was bound by a con
tract to stand by Russia.
Germany's enemies say that the
Prussian war party is reaching 70
world dominion. The Germans sa.
they are fighting for their own exist
ence. So do the French; so do tn
English.
The difficulty of the present war !
that there is no well-defined issue be
tween the contenders.
The war is fast becoming thing @
national hate. Hate, jealousy and de
sire for revenge in this war NOR
than in any other are the underlyin
forces.
Each nation is praying TO the Lor
for success. Love will not bring tn
war to an end unless God works in tn
minds of men a miracle by taking hol
of the souls of more than 100000
people and transforms them owe
night from temples of black ferocit
into shrines OF the love that passet
understanding.
This war will be ended by super
ority of men. mettle and money.