New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-28
DR.. J. II. Holmes Asserts
Slaughter Will Kill Con-
flictS Eventually.
PASTORS PREDICT
BRIGHTER ERA SOON
DR.. W. H. Morgan Says Struggle
VIII Bring About lnterna-
tional Brotherhood.

preaching yesterday morning at the
Church OF the Messiah on "Is Perma-
nent and Universal Peace To Be De-
sired' A New Years Forecast" said:
The only compensation for the
oloodshed and slaughter is permanent
peace. The nations must see the fu-
tillty and unreasoning OF this war.
Shall not our grandchildren be able TO
say Of the conflict that it was the great
corrector of all war? Shall not the
great dream of all the ages be realized
Aristotle held that war developed
the highest virtue, that Of courage, and
others have shared his views. John
Ruskin said that no great art was ever
developed save IS a result Of wars.
Bernhard and mis- school hold that a
nation must war because it cannot
stand STILL
Dr.. Holmes Analysed the arguments
and conclusions Of many Of the worlds
thinkers, and then said
The virtues produced by war have
been grossly exaggerated. The horror,
degradation and misery Of war turn
men, not into heroes, but into beasts.
So far as Ruskin's argument Is con-
cerned, the fine arts are simply the
expression of genius at any time.
Again, the point that moral virtues are
DEVELOPED as a result of war is false,
for they can be developed under cir
cumstances of peace Captain Scott
had the nobility OF knight in the Ant
arctic, but he was not in battle.
Hopes for End of War.
Permanent and universal peace is
not only to be desired, but it is the one
great hone of the world "a we leave
behind Us this year of horror and enter
upon the new year OF promise which
is ahead" concluded DR.. Holmes. TO
abolish war and TO redeem peace OF It's
besettlng sloth. ease and corruption
is the task Of the modern world. And
be il noted. the abolition Of war IS the
condition Of this redemption OF peace
Neither Christianity nor civlllza-
ton has broken down, nor has religion
suffered a contradiction IN The present
conflict OF nations said the Rev.
Charles ". Welch, at the Park Avenue
Presbyterian Church yesterday.
"The thing which has bro6en down.
said Mr. Welch, "is not Christianity,
nor the civilization wrought out on the
anvil of the centuries, but the thing
which really has snapped IS the nature
within men who have refused 70 con-
tinue % believe that the only tic which
will hold ~ the point OF life's greatest
stress is the same tic which BIRDS ths
hearts Of men 20 God only when they
exercise the gift OF ability 70 see Him
everywhere and under AL conditions.
III there has been any breaking
down il has rather been in the Ideals
e men who should be nearer God. in
the heart and hopes Of the men who
arc leaders in the Church, and IN the
faith Of men whose privilege 1t IS TO
, hear and feel again the ever ennoo. nE'
the all pervasive and ever inclusive
gift of peace"
Predicts World Peace.
The Rev. William II. Morgan. preach
ing in Calvary Methodist Episcopal
Church, yesterday expressed hope for
q future world peace after the Euro
Lean war.
Dr.. Morgan pictured the present era
as the darkest ia the worlds history
since the advent Of Christianity. He
/ said that despite a peace of torty. years
in modern civilization events showed
that the spirit Of ravsge had been Turk
/ ing IN wait for warfare.
Atrocities had been committed with
/ cut a doubt, asserted Or. Morgan, 50
! that soldiers Oh the field were aroused
\ fol mil q 4 D =
/ continued the speaker, was indeed 4
| weak excuse for such atrocities as had
occurred. go.
"A German Lutheran minister IN this
| citv." said Dr. Morgan, "told me last
/ week. on his return from Europe, that
| there was hardly a German family IN
| that great empire that was not now
/ IN mourning. In France the same con-
/ dition also prevails.
DR. Morgan recalled how a fatally
/ injured German Uhlan died while en-
/ deavorinc 10 crawl with his canteen 70
two injured British soldiers, and now
/ the English soldiers scratched with
their bayonets the character Al on
+ the wooden cross erected over the
There ia a dawn Of new interna-
tionalism. for such acts are committed
/ on all sides" concluded the preacher.
/ The German nation was condemned
/ last night for bringing on the present
war by DR.. Frank ". Goodchild In a
/ sermon in the Central Baptist Church,
/ Amsterdam av and 92d 81. Inc
Prince Of Peace and the European
War" was the subject.
THE things that have been done IN
this war" said Dr.. Goodchild, va
noleon would have repudiated. Moth
. inc can Justify the destruction or Lou
vain. the raid on Scarborough, the IN
yasion of Belgium and the imposition
Of heavy fines on her cities. Who can
B disnute this statement? The Germans
have no right in Belgium.
Neutrality does not mean we shouie
stihe our rightful feelings or crush
cut our humanitarian impulses. II
/ should see a full grown man assault
| little child / fear ! should not wall
long enough 10 make inquiries. II
sbonld see a man beaten b. robbers
must | avert my eyes to preserve a
shirt of neutrality? And when weak
/ Iittle nation is set upon by the most
powerful nation in the world ara We TO
remain unmoyed? i
1--WE seem less than human 70 stand
by and see savage breaches OF the
rules OF warfare and say no word
s,ainst il. We have lost our opportu-
ritv TO earn the respect and admiration
OF the world-to eXemplify the primer
pies OF Christianity
Miss Wodiska To Be a Bride.