Evening journal., 1914-10-05
Sees SELHISHNESS
As Cause FOR WAR
Not Conflict, But Love OF
Justice to Bring Univer-
sal Peace
FIGHTING NOT TO END
EVIL, SAYS DR.. DOLE

Ele snail near OF wars ana TulnOfs
OF wars, see that We be not troubled
for all these things shall come to pass,
but the end is not yet. This Gospel
of the Kingdom shall be preached in AM
the world for a witness unto all nal
tions; and then shall the end come"
Math. xiv, VS.. 6 q a.
Briefly reported the pastor spoke asl
follows: "'Ne shall hear of wars and
rumors of wars' this part of the text
is unquestionably true, for it is beingI
fulfilled today. The greatest and most
destructive war that has caused theI
fatherless, the widow, and the world toI
mourn, is going on now with no sign
of the end near And yet, notwith-
standing irreparable losses and awful
carnage, the text advises, See that ye
be not troubled
"What is that which can so comfort
as to prevent being troubledy 1t isl
the assurance that Divine Providence
governs all that over battles, when
the savage passions of mans fallen
nature break loose in wantoR fury,
Jesus Christ reigns.
And well one may ask. How does
lie reign? What evidence have we that
He reigns? Where is the love of God
and the kindness of Providence in the
horrors of war; War is a temptation
on a larger scale II is a national
temptation, and in the present case, it
is world temptation. The world is
but a greater man, and if we can nm
derstand individual temptations, we can
see the Providence in the present Ii
tanic struggle The same laws and
purposes reign in world struggles as OPP
crate in the lesser trials of the indi-
vidual, which we can understand, and
BE not troubled
"First, it must be known that God
tempts no one. II is the evil in one
that leads into temptation. The Lord
cannot prevent temptation, but He can
rule over them by giving strength 60
endure. light to guide and deliver the
faithful from temptation by removing
the evil which causes the temptation,
Temptations therefore are opportuni-
ties; opportunities to receive the truth
and power to remove the evil whence
temptation comes. Individual regenera'
tion and the worlds progress take place
exactly alike in principle, by evils COM
ing to the surface, being seen, and then
in the Lords power, being put away for
ever. Evil gets into the individual, so.
cioty and nations alike, and when il
rises to get the dominion, it must be
fought and subiugated. Thus is al
progress attained.
"There are age-long evils rooted In tn,
world, and when they ascend to the do
minion, war arises, that evil may be re
strained. Various causes of the present
war are assigned militarism, monarch
ial power, hereditary authority, the Di
vine right of kings to rule and declare
war without consent of the people But
the inner cause of the war lies back O
these. 1t is not for me to accuse any
one nation of starting the conflict, moi
is il my purpose to discuss that feature
The inner cause of the war is the split
Of selfish aggression, the desire for un
/ lust acquisition, the ambition to extenC
territorial limits without regard to The
rights of the feebler. The cause of The
war, selfish aggrandizement, exists il
some degree, probably, in everyone. W.
see this form of selfishness. this direfu
evil. in the effort of individuals TO ac
quire, regardless of justice and TIM
rights of the weaker. 1t is noticed il
cities trying to get the business tha
rightfully belongs TO other cities, and II
states passing laws for their own bene
fit that are contrary to the law thai
regulates commerce between the states
This same evil. selfish aggrandizement
operating in nations, leads them t.
covet the territory belonging to lesse
nations, and when this lust gets the do
minion, war breaks out. The Provi
dence in the war is that this lust fol
! -, IA God NJ
eventually removed.
"We therefore need not be troubled
We lament the destruction and suf
fering; we fully appreciate the blight
ing, brutalizing effects of war, whicl
are visited upon young and old, bu
we can rejoice in the hope that th'
world will come out of the temptation
the better and stronger through tn,
removal of an evil that has curseI
the world since the fall of man.
"But / want specially to emphasize
this mighty truth. Evil is never re
moved by war. War can never brins
permanent peace. Peace is not a pro
duct of war. No military power car
insure peace. We may hear of war!
and rumors of war. but the end is no
yet. Not war, but the spirit Of jus
tice and love will bring universe
peace, for no one by Beelzebub car
cast out Beelzebub.
mark the teaching of the text; no
war. but "This Gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world 70
a witness unto all nations, and thel
shall the end come" Not war, bu
the Gospel of Jesus Christ alone cal
bring and assure peace. Laws ar
useful in suppressing crime, but N
one can reform character by passing
laws. Some imagine that the legisla
ture has power to cure all the ills o
the present time. DO not make mis-
take even greater by supposing tina
mighty military power, or the pow
er to wage war can secure the world
peace. The only way to remove evi
from the individual is for him to Sc
his evil, confess it, and shun it; the
the Lord will remove the evil: an
give the love for good that takes ava
evil desire. The same is true of tn
greater world. To remove war, th
world must see the evil that cause
war. confess it, and look to the Lor
for the power to shun that evil. II
who reigns over all nations will Civ
abundantly the truth and love, whic
will take away all desire for selfis
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Then men will stud
war no more, and the spirit of tn
kingdom manifested on the day of To
Lords birth upon the earth in tn
II.