Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-06

the cOmbatantS may be, tney 10 "loHS
when they engage in conflict. So long
as men remain men, and nations are
COMPOSED of men, controversies Will
arise, and at times no other mode CT
pacification is possible save the ar
bitrament of the battlefield. The ter
rible ordeal is necessary that supreme
rights be saved, that supreme right
eousness he made to triumph. Fear
full. indeed. the sacrifice then exact
ed from the individual member of the
nation. But the individual member is
only a unit in the general body; the
salvation CT the general body ever
must be prime over that Of the unit.
And so, where the consciousness OF
justice commands, and redress is not
possible outside of the battlefield,
war is honorable, and the soldier, in
obeying the call of country, is obeying
the supreme law of justice and of
patriotism, meriting to himself the
approval of earth and of heaven.
1T is not true that the occurrence
of war between Christian peoples is
an indication that the Christian relig-
ion has failed in its p%reachings, that
in the high heavens there reigns not
an Almighty and ALLOWING Power,
caring for men and for nations. The
mission of Christianity is never a fail
ure. 1t accomplishes it's purpose with
men of good will. The failure is with
humanity itself, in it's lack of re-
spouse and cooperation. Freedom of
will remains: it is the %inalienable
endowment of the human soul which
the Almighty Himself respects, which
His religion is not authorized to i'm
pair OF destroy"
Archbishop Ireland closes his let
ter with these words: "A day of
prayer by the nation is a blessing to
the whole people. 1t draws them
higher to the throne of God, there to
confess His power and invoke His
mercy. In His own mysterious way,
Gcd will hearken to our invocations.'
In the three services held at the
church, and at the afternoon service
conducted at the p~enitentiary, Faith
er Hiltner brought out more fully the
points contained in the archbishop's
letter, emphasizing the argument that
the absence of peace in Europe is
due to the fact that men have placed
all confidence in their own devices
ana not in the power and purposes of
Almighty God, and that although God
rules the world in His u%nscrutable
providence, the prayers of men
still in a mysterious way influence the
decree of the all-ruling God.
Peace Of Righteousness
At the Presbyterian church, at the
morning service, Rev. w. C. Harris
spoke upon the subject, "The Peace
OF Righteousness to a large congre-
cation. In his sermon, Rev. Mr.. Har-
r1s argued that while the great con,
tinental struggle had broken forth
suddenly, the war vas inevitable, due
to causes which have become mani.
fest during the last half century. He
commended that this struggle Of ma
tons had to come as long as those
nations continued their policy of vast
armament; as long as there remained
disputes over boundaries, and as long
as governments yer imposed upon
aliens by powers greater than those
subjected. The intense jealousies of
nations, aroused over the question of
commercial supremacy, the fear of
one nation that another would out
strip her in the worlds business, was
one of the, elemental causes of the
struggle, according to Rev. Mr.. Har
ris.
81 feel that there will never be a
settled peace in Europe" he said,
until we have, instead of a Triple
Entente, a Common Entente. Such an
alignment of powers, such a balance
Of nations against nations, has been
destructive Of peace.
At the Methodist Episcopal church
no special Peace services were held
although Rev. Mr.. Craig took up the
European war in his sermon upon the
subject of Splendid Isolation" He
argued that God wrought His works
OF goodness from the inside, not from
the outside; that the individual was
made better through his good health
and his faith, and that nations were
made better the same way, through
the (bettement Of the individuals
who made up the nation.
The Making Of Peace.
Both the morning and Afternoon
services at the BAPTIST church were
devoted to studies of the European
situation. In the morning Rev. Bruce
jackson, taking IS his subject "The
Making Of Peace discussed the prob
ability Of peace from three stand
points. Asking the question: "How