Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-08
WAR THE INSTRUMENT OF
THE KING OF KINGS FOR
THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY
Dr. Lyman Whitney Allen Answers the Question: Where Is
God and the Church in This Crisis? and Declares Nothing
But Balanced Arms Uphold lettering Peace

European peoples. their achievements
In literature, science, art and even
in ethics, have been amid the tramp
of armies and the roll of drums,
The war lust has been the pabulum
of the peoples for centuries, War
lords have dazzled and lured on the
peoples. The chiyalry Of battle. the
glory of conquest, the extension of
territory, the pride of national
exaltatlon-all these things have lived
with the people like SO many com
handing sorcerous presences, in
visible. but commanding. The phras-
ing OF all this reduces itself to-
might makes right"
Peace existed so long as the bal
ance existed. When the balance was
deranged by the rupture between
Austria and Servia, the nations fell
upon each other by the natural
gravity of militarism.
There are those who have expected
a world-peace, have beheld all the
recent peace movements and propa-
ganda as working toward that one
sublime end. And now that all
Europe Is engulfed in the seething
fiery maelstrom and cataclysm of
universal war, they have become dis
couraged and have lost hope. 1 am
speaking to all such.
Word OF Cheer.
I sound forth the word OF cheer.
Tt is asked: Where is Christian
ity? Has the gospel of the Prince
of Peace had been for naught? Is re-
ligion only words and not deeds
Is the gospel only theoretical and
not practical? I answer. Christian
ity is not less. nor is religion less
than they have been thought. This is
no failure of Christianity This is nc
wreck OF high ideals. This awful
cataclysm seems to have been a ne
cesslty long expected. 1t was fate,
destiny. 1t had to come No church,
no pope. no peace propaganda could
prevent 1t. Why? Because of the
conditions which we all know, and
which I have very briefly stated.
How could there be world peace,
with world armies facing each other
each the advocate Of the doctrine
that might makes right" 1 can
not but feel that this terrific lurid.
unholy demonstration is being read
and will be read by individuals and
rulers in such wise that they shall
see the centuries mistake of the
world.
1t Will Open All Eyes.
BY this war the dust, will be blown
away before the eyes of the peo-
pies. They will see clearly, as never
before. The nemesis of centuries
will surely be satisfied. Penalties
will and must be paid for wrong
doing and oppression. and for the
advocacy of unethical principles.
Justice and judgment are the habi-
tation of Gods throne" Cps. S9-1Q.
When the smoke of battle has blown
away and the sword is sheathed and
the guns are silent. the throne of
God will be seen in the midst of
Europe, in the midst Of justice and
Judgment. Then shall come peace.
Then shall the peace of the world
be like a river and it's righteousne ss
as the waves of the Sea.
This war is not Armageddon. Who
reads his Bible knows that. 1t is not
the devils war. although 1t seems as
If Satan were in command. It's the
instrument of the king Of kings. II
Is the great struggle of imperialism
unwittingly for the sage of democ-
racy. 1t is the oblation of the peo-
pies for the ultimate voice and liber-
ties of the peoples. Our own Civil
War was terrible. We had a peace
before it came-but not true peace,
the permanent peace, until the ngnt
had been fought to finish.
The Voice of Lincoln.
Above all the noises and voices of
that impending conflict there sounded
forth the voice of Lincoln as he con-
cluded his immortal Cooper Institute
speech uttering to the nation and to
the world the eternal principles Of the
divine order: Let us have faith that
right makes might, and in that faith
let us to the end dare to do our duty
as we understand re-"
1t is this principle for which democ-
racy stands. When Europe reversee
its principle that might makes right,
and adopts the principle that right
makes might, European democracy
will rise upon the ruins of European
imperialism, and peace-the worlds
permanent and universal peace-will
possess the earth. Look at this stu
pendous war as means to that end.
and it's true place in the economy of
the ages will be observed, and its
certain issuance foreseen with true
prophetic vision, 1.-THE parliament of
.,o~ tba fadera tion Of the wOrld.n