The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-26
PREPAREDNESS FOR WAR THE
CAUSE; OBEDIENCE TO GODS
COMMANDS THE ONLY CURE
Rev. Stalker Pastor of Presbyterian Church. in Sermon Last
Sunday Morning, Declared the Day Will Come When There
will Be no More War; Thus Carrying Out the Promise of the
Almighty.
OBy Rev. ID. ID. Stalker.

Put up thy sword unto the sheath"
John 1871.
| Sheath the sword is the command
of Jesus Christ. Human history re-
veals how universally the command
has been disregarded. for history is
one continued story OF war and blood
shed. Literature and art combine in
giving precedence to the glory of arms
rather than TO the arts OF peace. ora
tors adjured their people and stirred
their patriotism by the memory OF
their battles. Poets sang the praise
OF arms and men of letters extolled the
heroes of war. Even the church
Gods mouthpiece ON earth-pursued
a similar course and failed to proclaim
effectively the commands of her mas
ter the Prince of Peace. The pious
Milton mentioned among the goodly
trophies of Cromwell, garments
stream with blood of Scots imbrued."
In the middle ages the church We'd
with Allt SNdNt III utSlbllSIll ana lllt
claims of supremacy. She was nation
allied and her bishops asserted the
divine right of Kings and condoned
many Of their acts OF tyranny. Brute
force methods were justified and pray
ers offered for success in wars of ag-
gressiveness and selfishness. In mod
ern times the church is not so closely
connected with the state. In this coun-
try the connection has been complete
ly severed and the church today pro-
claims more effectively the teaching
of her master on peace, especially the
great doctrine of the brotherhood OF
man. This is apparent in society, no
intelligent individual will today appeal
To physical methods but To judicial or
fraternal to settle his differences with
his neighbor. The church has not
been so successful i'm the sphere of
internationalism, as is evidenced by
the barbaric war that is carried on i'm
Europe today Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as myself" is as binding on
nations as on individuals. Has the
church been faithful in proclaiming
this great truth? Has the church in
Europe during the past forty years
been loyal to her national obligations,
true to her Christian evangel and
pressed home with deep earnestness
on rulers and ruled alike the com
mands of the Master relative to the
brotherhood of man? If so, would the
ideals OF medaevalism survive to this
day? Those nations at war are pro-
fessedly Christian, yet acting at vari-
ance with the injunctions of Him
whose name they hear. The people
for the most part are a great people,
a noble people, educated, cultured and
advanced in science and art, and have
given to us what is best in our civili-
cation, They are closely related to
each other and To US in kinshp, relig-
ion, education, industry and commerce.
They are our brothers. We entertain
a high regard for them, sympathize
with them in their trials and sorrow
with them in their sorrows. They are
engaged in titanic struggle, COM
pared with which every other war of
history will fade into nothingness. a
war that threatens with terrific de-
struCtion an entire hemisphere, that
will take a century OF peace to repair.
Think of millions OF men armed with
the most deadly weapons human gem
ius can devise facing each other in
mortal combat. The thought Is sick
cnng and revolving to all that is best