The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-05

money are diverted from education. So
elal service and the arts Of peace In
the interest of militarism.
Jesus of Nazareth was not an i'm
perialist or an aristocrst He was the
worlds first great democrat. He
knew no man because he was titled
or rich. but he knew men as men. He
did not call men great because they
kill and destroy. In Christian civili-
cation men are great men because they
are great servants. not lords. Ger
many's and England's and Russia's
great men are their great students and
physicians and scientists and preach
ers--men who give their lives for the
welfare Of the whole people. not the
primes and dukes and counts, who fight
and devour Christianity. Real Chris
tianAy spells democracy. Again, the
controlling idea of these imperialists
makes right. They. therefore. raise
great standing armies and build mas
sive ornaments to guard their from
tiers from other Christian nations.
What a travesty on Christian civiliza-
ton, One most Christian nation
building lines of great forts TO pro-
tect it's territory from another most
Christian nation. But the most awful
crime of these so called Christian ma
tious is to so teach history in their
public schools as to create enmity In
the hearts of the children between the
nations and the races.
Came to Establish Peace.
They also reach long arms across
the seas and seize great tracts of ter
ritory and form colonies. not for the
benefit Of the backward races. but for
their own enrichment. Is this Chris
tian civilization? Is this the peace of
which the angels sang on the morn
ing Of the Saviours birth? No. This
organization Of society Is as essen
TALLY heathenish as AssyrIa and Baby
lonia and Macedon and Rome. Christ
came to establish peace based on
good will among men" He came TO
teach men to love one another, not to
exploit one another. He teaches that
no man should seek his own. but every
man another's welfare. According to
Jesus. human welfare should be the
goal of human endeavor.
The greatest nation is not the
strongest nor the richest. but the
greatest servant in promoting, the well
fare of the world. He came to destroy
war and establish the peace OF right
eousness. For righteous and judg
ment are the habitation of his throne
He came to destroy competition and to
establish emulation: to destroy injus-
tice and oppression and to establish
justice and freedom: to destroy inn
perialism and militarism and TO estab-
lish the kingdom of God and thus to
fulhll the law and the prophets.
He came to disarm the nations BY
causing them to beat their swords
Into plawshares." and founding their
security on righteousness. Until that
time comes there will be no Christian
nations and no Christian civilization
Now for what shall. we pray.2. ask ed
Mr.. Cooper. I shall pray "thy king
dom come" That out OF the travail
of war may he born a greater freedom
for the people and greater love and
respect for others rights. That ma
tiona1 disarmament shall take place
and an international court of arbitra-
.tion be established. with an intsrna
tional army and navy for police duty
throughout the world. The nation.
compel individuals to submit their diff
ferences to the courts. and the world
conscience should compel the nations
to submit their differences to an inter
national court. I shall pray that i'm
perialism and militarism be Destroys
and Christian social democracy be es.
tablished; then treaties will be more
than mere scraps of paper" and
Christ will be recognized as the only
king. Christian civilization will be-
come an accomplished fact, and the
kingdom of God will have come to
men Men will learn the lesson that
Longfellow teaches in the lines
Were half the power that fills the
world with terror.
Were half the wealth bestowed on
camps and courts.
Given to redeem tho human mind from
error,
There were no need of arsenals and
forts.