Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-12-16
LESSON THE WAR TEACHES.
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llhinfihut Aud mnlalltl~ UNl
those who pile up siaiistics are All
telling us ct the failure. Of vario"G
! Kinds the present var teaches. On"
tells us that IL shows tho failure
ol Christianity Another that ~
l proves the failure OF socialism AMI
sim another that il rings the knoll!
OF the monarchial form OF goyerp-
mcnte
Whether we agree with these crl-
ties OF the situation or not wh1t
they say is rather apt 10 SCI us
/ Studying the matter Tor ourselves
/ more thoroughly and deeply than w'
/ othN-wi-e would Aud since thi7
Icalaclysm has happened. the moro
scarchingly We look into its cause
the better for the future OF the
world We an fell SO sure another
, DE war could not occur that We
'rrow careless We should make
sure now that " never does occur
again and every one of us should
work toward that end
That the present war is evidence
OF the failure Of Christianity. man,
even of our foremost writers and
preachers are contcndiuE nut =.
! IL q failure of Christianity. or is q
la showing up OF the hOllowncss nI
the Christianity that B. preached
ana prdctised today n tho love aud
brotherhood that Christ taught vcr,
in every ono's heart. lrresncctiyo ol
race or nationality. aud ID Dc wor,
lived in individual business ana ~
tioral life would the present war Do
raging
T. NOT the present war rather 90
lovidcucc CO.. how far uc bay, wan
dorcd from Christianity and int
| what sham ana holloWucss Boz th'
matter ot religion we have fallen
rather than proof OF the nilnr
Ict Christianity Doesn't 10 hiring on
In sharp contract true ChrI-iiouit
land th, Christianity We are pract's
Ing
A. to 10. being f1iuro Of social
ism, socialism can hardly bp said q
ho ON trial Socialism ha mad
great progress iu ONE Of the coun
tries at war hut 30 is ht mo- moan
the dominant p1rty II Is not run
ming things II socialism had bee
in the chair aud ite voice had hco
IN, one 30 declare for war. then iu
deed might one say II wac proc
of the failure of sOcialsim lut fo'
of as. even though We NAV hpy
no liking Tor socialism. would 10,
Hove that had The socialists b,,
running the governments involved Il
the present struggle thai thoy won't
have declared for war Had the .o
cialisis been governing these couu
tries, one feels safe I'm prophesviu
there would not nov be- half o mil
lion corpsos strcwinp the field. q
Europe, ae many more manned au
wounded men, suffering untold ply
steal agony, au equal number q
widows iaiherlcss children an
everywhere wrecked homes. RUNE
b towns. parllyfed iudusiriea
but docs this war not prove 'n
truth al the third contention 40
failure OF W., present form oi 80,
eminent a. one ot the modcr
writers puts IL. After nearly TO-
ihousand years of government F.,
Europe expressing in various way
tho one idea. II this Is an II has 0
show, g. II not O complete Milurr9
Us not government that brn.
: such appalling wrcclagc almo
overnight upon i's people o failure
" the pc ibIlity oi such hapror
ing as the present is iu 10. like
Nirulon' germ ISN'T This B ritsolt
seed of failure I. % right for an
form o' government lo have tn
power to throw @ nation into var
the nod of one individual and tp kca
THAI nation 90 War. uo matter Vh1
the lues iu lives and homes and BOO
dusirics. until mi. individuals pr.i
shall Doe satisfied or hl. troop. s
hopol' sos defeated that be- mu
up|iul1i'' o. government r1uno
do better than ihis wouldn't
"cm th" sensible thine tu o., 90
.omcthiDs ihai cam"
Md so 90. vo iudy th. war 900
10 is helpful 90 study rho Dol. uuruo
oi humanity and state. mau.bip H
. Eulvrd even though W., Wr, NOT ".
fo fIl our mind with iHc hprrtr
details 0f DO lot ua study IN n
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