The Washington herald., 1914-10-11

Washington students OF lne DlDie
ceiyed with satisfaction last week tne
announcement Of pastors ana press "
fbe effect that a second Bible conier-
e1ca Similar to that managed by DR..
sol q. Dfckey. of winona, last February,
youId be conducted from November
10 Z Because Of the war Engtsh
,ora.rbsrs will not be able to take the
[rominent part in this conference that
thew did in the spring, but IN tneir
stead some Of the best known e1posltors
of the Book in this country have aereeo
to give up their regular WORK lor
sufHcient time to enable them 10 HiaAe
a tour of the principal cities. -,
AnonR the noted clergymen who VIII
visit washington on this occasion Is Rev.
Frank W. Gunsaulus, d. D., the heAo
of Armour Institute in Chicago, ana
pastor of Central Congregational Cnurcn'
Tho is said to face at the Auoltorlunl
the greatest Protestant audience IN. tne t
country. A recent remarkable sermon
by DR.. Gunsaulus on the war Is reP0, - .eo
in mart by the Congregattonahst- Inc
speaker used the text, blessed Is the
man that sitteth not in the seat OF the
scornful."
In substapce, DR.. Gunslaulus said;
s-Tbere are situations which encourage
the scornful There are times Wnen
forces seem to come up out OF the
very synicism of he'll, and seize the ialr
shield and pollute and bedoul ~ tney
SaIr. tbe sweetest influences Of life and
-1oison them. and the flowers OF the
Esr6en and wither them and trample
%beno under foot. At such a time the
Ecorner laughs and mocks ana ASKS
."Where now is goodness? Where now
is your pleasing hope Of hnal triumph
.SToday the world faces such a time.
The scorner can find plenty Of material
and weak faith can fall over many q
st1n,bIinp block, But don't get into the
seat of the scornful. That is what !
want 10 impress upon you this morning.
7 don't say that Christianity Is fall
ure, for Christianity is precisely What
the nations have not tried. We have not
heard such profanity in years as thar IN
which the rulers Of Europe are now IN
dulgfng, each one claiming that GOD
is on his side. I am God is the idea'
1t is egotistical blasphemy, not faith
not Christian
The Failure of Militarism.
'I,et me tell you what has failed. Mill
tarism. And its awful blight was upon
the Old World before the stroke OF Wai
fell. Think Of the spectacle which Great
Britain was presenting when the CRY o.
battle startled the world. Parliament
had passed the home rule act and the
leaders of the army, Lord Roberts among
them, bluntly told the government thai
they would not assist in the enforcement
of this act Of Parliament, not even tc
put down rebellion. Everybody knows
or ought TO know, that this was repudla'
fion and rebellion, and that IL the min
istrv could not use the only force pro-
vided for it to compel obedience to ar
act Of Parliament against Reputation
and rebellion, civil government was al
an end. 1 am ready to say this morning
that the downfall of civil government
In a nation filling so large and benehcen1
a place in history as Great Britain woulc
have been a worse calamity to the hu
man race than the war which is nov
shaking the Continent. The outbreal
of war changed the whole situation, ever
If Il did not save the great empire IL
its hour Of peril. But let us not forge
that the domination OF militarism mad
that peril.
Tn Germany, gun making has obtained
an evil ascendancy over the government
over the people, over the Reichstag, thu
Kaiser, everything. The cold, hard stee
OF a vast business, coupled with tn
profession OF arms. had the country II
its grip. It's blight was on the land. War
pitiiess, bloody, awful, was the logica
result. In Russia, militarism made pos
sible the torture of the Jews, the horror
of Siberia. the crushing Of the democ
racy and the nameless and measureles
woes Of subjugated peoples. In France
the shameless result OF the Caillaux tria
revealed q condition of morals and sen
timent which could be traced back L
the judges Of that court challenging on
another to duel! That was militarisu
'straddIing the bench. 1t meant tina
government in France was stricken a
its most vital point, the judiciary. Mil
tarism, say, was the curse OF Europ
before the eruption Now it is a work
horror, an unspeakable devastation
Oar Country at Peace.
when they talked about internationa
peace, back in the eighties, the great vol
Moltke said that there could be no peac
except on aFbasis OF arnns of prepare
ton for war. Germany Remained ol
that basis, and now the nation Is in
welter of blood. A distinguished liter
ary man and critic scoffed at our 'weal
Mexican policy at our .spineless Presi
dent, because he would not plunge thi
country into war with a weak nation
Today. thanks to this President. We ar
at peace. II matters not whether orde
has been established in Mexico or not
one thing has been set before the eye
Of the world. namely, that in time o
provocaticn our country could keep tn
peace. We are q people made up of a