South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-27
HOLDS HOPE FOR
LASTING PEACE
Father Cavanaugh in Sermon
at Washington Says War
Will End Only With Triumph
of Christian Principles.

Rev. John Cavanaugh president of
Metre Dame university, delivered the
sermon Thursday at Washington, d.
G., at the Pan-American celebration.
Members Of the presidents cabinet,
the chief justice. representatives of
Latin-American republics and other
nOtables attended the services. Father
Cavanaugh said in part:
To-day at the invitation of their
president the people of this republic
kneel in worship before 10, 600. affairs,
with united hearts and minds giving
thanks TO God for the blessings of the
past year. In exquisite cathedral and
massive basilica they have assembled,
in country conVenttcle and in mis-
siOnary hut; and where even the mis-
siOnary hut has not yet lifted its rude
walls, simple frontier folk have made
an altar of the family hearth to send
up this day the prayer of Thanksgiv-
ing for the good things the Lord has
sent.
and while we kneel with bowed
head before the Almighty Father. our
gratitude is enlarged and quickened
by the sorrows and misfOrtunes Of
our brothers in other lands. On the
continent which holds those venerable
mother countries from whose lOins all
American governments have sprung,
the gaunt and blOOd-dripping wolf of
Millions Of men rise up against other
millions. their brothers; every day
there is holocaust of countless lives;
every day wives are bereft of hus-
bands, mothers Of sons; every day
homes are desolated and property de-
stroyed and uncOunted treasure
squandered: every day comes again
sorrow, the one unbidden but newt
able guest at every fireside and in
every home. No more does the pOpu-
iOus factory send up its plume OF sable
smoke. black witness of a nation
prosperity; no more do the wheels OF
commerce hum the song OF a nations
industry; no more does the ebullient
earth sprout richness and fruit and
fertility: no more is heard the gentle
shepherds piping on the hillside nor
the farmer singing among his vine
yards. Death has settled like pail
over the ancient world, and famine
and disease and desnair have entered
in the wake of war And while we
bow in stupehed wonder that these
mopstrous evils should be posi- bic
among Christian people in this modern
day, we bend in deeper gratitude TO
the Father of. Nations who has spared
us this pitiless crucifiXion, and given
us the gift OF peace
Day of Perfect Peace.
'eThe truth is that the day of perfect
peace viii come only with the COM
plete and perfect triumph of the prin-
ciples of the Christian religion. our
Lord declared that He came TO bring
the sword and not peace upon the
earth but the sword that He came TO
bring was the sword OF the spirit and
not the weapons OF material warfare.
He announced everlasting conflict be-
tween His principles and the philoso-
ply OF Indulgence and OF Paganism
which held the world in thraldom at
His coming Between His principles
and the maNims OF the world there
could be no peace: but wherever His
principles We're accepted and worked
out into complete and perfect action.
there could be no conflict. The world
looks on this raging struggle between
Christian nations today and sends up
a shout OF horror al what il calls the
failure of Christianity il should
men 10 give Christianity its fair chance
TO work out universal peace. Com
paratively few men and women since
the time OF Christ have really adopted
Christianity as a guide OF life and a
rule OF morals. The saints alone prac-
ticed Christianity consistently.
The flag separates. the cross unites.
IL is the business of hag. because IL
Is a flag. 10 assemble about II only its
own people and 10 separate them
from ali the world beside; IL is the
mission OF the cross 90 summon all the
nations 90 the feet % Christ. 10 eXalt
HIM as the common savior OF man
kind. the center OF the faith and hope
and love OF men. No more may men