The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-05
ed together In one famiiy--a brother
hood Of nations
The Ultimate Civilization.

ed together In one family--a brother
hood Of nations.
The Ultimate Civilization.
Jesus came to accomplish this
task, and thus. fulfill the law and the
prophets. He said of the great outly-
ing nations, Other sheep have
which are not of this fold, them also
I must bring and there shall be one
flock and one shepherd This. then.
is the Kingdom OF God OF the New
Testament. the ultimate civilization
and the ultimate religion. To ae-
complish its establishment is the task
of the church of Christ, and thus full
fill the law and the prophets.
"And now, horrors on horrors. war
with all its attendant evils, sweeps
over the most Christian nations of
Europe. The youth and manhood
OF these nations are again called from
field and factory to fight and kill or to
fight and be killed. Wives and moth
ers are called to sacrifice husbands
and sons on the altar OF war. The
fair fields of France are again over
run with hostile armies. her valleys
run red with human blood, while
countless bodies Of the dead lie I'M
buried. Great cities with priceless
treasures OF art and architecture are
uestToyeu anu MONIES Hiaue uespidtss
The wealth OF the nations is ruth
lessly destroyed. and wives are made
widows and children orphans.
II do not wonder" said Mr.. Coop
er, that we have asked, Has out civ
ilization broken down? Is our civili-
cation faimre?'
II answer, there Is no Christian
civilization: there are no Christian ma
tions. There are Christian people in
all these nations. They recognize
these fundamental principles of the
law and the prophets in their per-
sonal lives. They love God and love
their neighbor and on these they
hang all the law and the prophets.
But these principles do not govern
the laws, the customs, the institu-
tons and policies of the nations. A
civilization is not Christian because
we put the word Christian in the
constitution.
Unchristian Ideas the Cause.
"The cause OF the present war was
not the assassination of the heir to the
Austrian throne and his wife. That
was the occasion, but the real causes
are the unchristian ideas of national
greed and racial antipathy and jeal-
ousy- The whole policy the ma
tons is to promote the national well
fare and to subjugate the weaker or
the dangerous neighbor. The rulers
of the nations think in national terms.
Their policy is to promote the nation
al welfare. They are national and ra-
cial. They look on other races as
inferior and not as brothers, The
words 'barbarous' and barbarian
have been used many times during
this war. We are told that ii is war
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races.
..AlI these, motives" declared the
preacher, ARE not only unchristian,
but antichristian. Jesus protested
against this Spirit. He found 1t among
the Jews. who looked on other races
as Gentle dogs; the Greek called all
others barbarians and the Roman
looked on all others as raeir lawful
prey. Jesus rebuked this narrow
and selfish racial spirit in the par
able OF the good Samaritan. Jesus
was not national nor racial He was
human and universal. st, Paul. his
great interpreter, declared that God
made OF one blood all the races that
dwell on the face of the earth Je-
sus Is not national. but international.
He is the one universal character and
He taught the brotherhood OF the
nations and races and that the strong
should bear the burdens of the weak.
This war is struggle between a sell
fish nationalism and Christian inter-
nationalism.
Indicts European Society.
Furthermore, we are told that the
cause of this war was the assassination
of an archduke. This statement in
diets the organization of society in
Europe rs heinG nnchristian- In
periaiism is a heritage of heathenism.
The scions OF these so-called noble
families are taught that the. highest
art IL the art to kill. The revenues
and the manhood Of the nations are
exhausted to arm these princes and
dnkAs = wAGa war. Manhood and