The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-11-29

!. SMITH, D. D.
from heaven downward. From Clarks.
burg to PittsbYrg is the same as from,
Pittsburg to Elarksburg, but man
with all his learning and attainments
must learn that the distance man has
to travel from earth to heaven is in
hnttely farther than the distance God.
has to travel from heaven to earth.
We have the habit OF boatsing of
our institutions, and our civilization.
We have flounted it forth in every
political and patriotic address. 1t is
hurled from every lecture platform,
Our civilization Well 1t seems
that our civilization" is a little too
much ours. We boosted tha. our
civilization had brought universal
peace very near. But now we ind
that our civilization must walk
through the fiery furnace, anc. wade
through rivers of blood before It
comes to the throne of universal
peace.
When a nation OF people became
drunk with their own pomp and
pride' mad with their greed for pow
er; enslaved by their wild ambition,
and God delivers them over to them
selves, 1t is the direst calamity that
ever befeli aIpeople. God las deliv-
cred the nations of Europe over to
themselves. Yet we would not stand
and say, Father, I'VE thank Tree that
We are not as other nations are,r but
we would smite upon our breasts and
say, God be merciful unto US We
have seen orr foremost nations grow
mad, and insane, and plunge into
Wholesale slaughter. We are remind
ed OF the frailty OF humanity. We
will no longer boast. Rather would
We humble ourselves IN deepest con
triton before Gou
God of the nations known of old,
Lord Of our far flung battle line
Beneath whose awful hand we, hold !
ominion over palm and pine, =
Lord God of hosts be with us YET,
Lest We forget, lest we forget,
II drunk with hight of power we
hold,
Wild tongues that have not Thee in
awe, 7'nf f-4 5teT ! 9
Such boasting as the Gentiles use,
Or lesser breeds without the law
Lord God of hosts be with as yet
Lest we forget, lest we forget"
May not God use America in ies-
sons on world peace as He did in
world liberty? Germany sabJued
France in 1870, wrested from her two
provinces, and two Billions of DOL
lars indemnity. But what else dill
she get, She got the hatred Of
France, the jealousy of all Europe,
and now she has nearly the whole
world on her back. Would Il not be
of much significance ii in this war
Germany, the most highly military
power in the world, suffers the most,
while America without army " navy
or national defense as Europe would
think, continues to enjoy all the
blessings of peace and prosperity?
Let America hold up before the
world the Prince Of Peace. An Illinois
politician standing at the. grave OF
Abraham Lincoln was conscience
stricken AS he thought4of his unjust
and dishonest measure he by the help
of paid lobbyists had gotten through
the legislative committee. Standing
there with the statue of honest old
Abe" looking down upon him he fell
out with his own dishonest bill and
resolved to recall it. So let us rear
I, a statue OF the Prince of Peace. Yon-
der in New York harbor stands tho
statue of the Prince OF Peace with
world. Let us rear beside it the
statue of the Prince of Peave with
his outstretched hands saying Come
unto me-" If not literally, let us rear
the statue in our national life, in our
national ideals that the world may
tsee. Let them see Him pressed by
the mob, yet saying to Peter, "Pu!
up thy sword" Were it-well to do so
III could pray the Father and He
would yet send me more than twelve
Ilegions of angels What is no more
than twelve? One angel came down
on the .Assyrian army ann 4slew
$4,000 in night What would that
little mob have amounted to in the
hands of 10000 angels? Christ was
conscious of His resources vel. He
declined to draw upon them. Let
them see Him bruised and bleeding
on the cross, and yet not a feature
OF His face showing sign of impat-
4 fence, and only Father, forgive
them" for his murderers. Let them
see Him, who when He was reviled,
ireviled not again; when. He suffered
He threatened not, but committed
himself to Him that judgeth right
eously," and 1t will take the fight out
of them. They will fall out with
bloody tyrants and crave war no
more.
A SalOOnless Nation,
The second great national achieve
ment need only to mention, for 1t
comes to -your minds before can
1 mention 1t, the dethroning OF King
Alcohol, and "a Saloonless nation in
1920" II America shall play the
part In the adjudgment OF world
peace, as we hope, and In the same