El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-19

. ideal for which I was aiming. mas Deen
I rudeIv dashed TO EARTH and mere we
are among the ruins OF clFlllzatloli
D The first week was the olachesl nav g
/ ever known. The impossible had nap
pened and everything had gone 10
which I have given my powers freely.
I shall never see them Inere ooes
not aDpear to be vOuchsaIed 10 me-
or to US. the comfort OF Hoses, Hno
saw the promised land. Our prom
ised land is destroyed
Social Service Is Dead.
quote that because IT represents,
I think accurately, the feeling across
the waters For long there nave Deeh
earnest bodies Of men and women nv
ing for social service one OF the
greatest blessings OF my life has been
friendships and worked with men
like the one from whom I quote Hun
dreds OF others were WORKING we
all were told there was no money anu
it was true. There was no money.
More money IS being spent every Gay
now than would have seen the REFORMS
through A Roman Catholic priest SAID
to me once in one Of his letters;
Social service is dead
And that is how everyone feels over
The friends seem to be passing
through absolute darkness and thlnk
I can honestly say that two weeks ago
I never was SO miserable IN my me
y
great services. one service was neld
in Berlin A great throng gathered
there. the court preacher presided, anu
the huge congregation took part IN
the worship. BY and by the climax
was reached when the whole throng
Joined in saying the Lords prayer:
Thy kingdom come, thy viii De
done
And as they said It, strong men
ground their teeth and vowed ven
.s,T6v will be doneir simultaneously
a great throng gathered in the caIhe-
dral and they took almost the same
service and called on God TO help! the
kaiser said the other day TO his SOL
diers;
60 to church; pray, ask the father
to give victory to our arms Inc en-
peror said Before God ask for help
for my arms" Friends. how can
we do it, I say I'VE" including all ma
tons. How can we do it, You saw in
The Herald the other day Marx Iwain-s
description Of a prayer FOR victory. II
It sacrilege can turn 10 the
Psalm. and that is in the bible. |
This IS what IL amounts to when ]
we go to church and pray for victory on /
our arms. He wrote:
"Oh Lord. help US TO tear the sol
iiers OF the foe TO bloody shreds, help /
Us to cover the smiling fields with the
pale forms OF their patriot dead. help l
us 10 lay waste their humble homes 1
with hurricane OF fire. help US TO 4
wiring the hearts OF their unoffend- I
Ing widows with unavailing grief. 1
Blast their hopes. blight their lives, .
water their way with their tears"
Prayers for Victory a Curse.
tt Is true. That is what we mean 1
when we pray for victory. Before
lief in God is right the prayers /
Tor victory are an awful curse and II
-ou call that heterOdOZy, I Will die in
ny heterodOxy. To me, prayers TO
iod in war are absolutely out Of place.
z we want TO fight. let's go on and
light. but let US not drag God into I
l. Let US have the common sense and
iecency TO keep HIS name out OF It /
n thinking over these services, and
n speaking OF them 10 you. I am not
vas absolutely sincere, but want YOU I
o think There are two spirits in life:
me is the war spirit and the other IS
he social spirit, and we want to do.
very one OF US in every nationality, !
good deal Of sober thinking Of the
wo
Let US turn to the war spirit. What
Oes il mean2 1t means first Of all a I
esire for supremacy The fact Of II,
he essence Of II, is a desire for SUI
remacy. 7 want my way, and my way
Will have. That is the secret OF all
he war spirit-my way. and from /
ne Individual we enlarge me M I
ion says. 4 want nv way" II am
n Englisman. Il want my way" II
am German. Il want my way" II
am a Russian. I want my way" And !
he same spreads TO race II I am a !
Law, Z want my way" II I am !
erb, Il want my way And I am ]
ding 10 get IL If I can That is the
ecret Of the whole spirit behind It,
he self assertive spirit Some may
ay. That is what made the world ]
-orJh living in. If there were no wrongs I
o fight ] would say, let US fight each
Tiers. but there are enough wrongs
D cause the use Of all the self asser-
ion Of self assertive men
Don't Like the Militant Spirit
The German chancellor, in speaking
Z their march through Luxembourg and
.elgium. said The wrong that we I
re committing. I say the wrong that
re are committing. We viii make good !
hen we have achieved our military I
ontrOl Ny way, If 1 do wrong 70 {