New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-12
"PRAY FOR PEACE,
BUT ship RIFLES"
Pastor Says Greed Blinds
Men to Righteous
Methods.

worship OF the money god blinds
people 10 righteous methods and
makes them excuse evil ones, the Rev.
Christian f. Reisner told Company X,
, list Regiment. last night, in Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, when he
spoke on Fine Patriotism" The
gusrdsmen were in full uniform.
ION Saturday before Americans
gathered in their churches to pray for
peace a ship left New York with 49,
100000 rife cartridges in her hold for
the use of British and French soldiers
IN killing Germans. There ought to
be some neutrality laws that would
make that impossible.
"A little while before that an Ameri-
can boat for large fee coaled Ger
man cruiser at sea, and then the
cruiser sank two or three British
boats loaded with coffee and other
things paid for by our merchants. In
both cases money was more attractive
than peace.
This mercenary spirit on the part
of few will not in the end defeat the
prayers Of the many"
The courage of the Boston Braves
in the worlds series was an illus
tration the Rev. DR.. Albert B. Simp-
son, pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle,
used yesterday in his sermon.
"The spirit of the Boston baseball
team, not its ability, swept it to vic
tory in the mighty athletic struggle
with the Philadelphia team, and in the
conflict for the kingdom of heaven 1t
is the spirit that will live" he said.
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nations will be broken, for the king
dom OF God is in none of them; Ger
many carries on war; England forced
the opium curse on China; Belgium
is known for the Congo horrors; the
United States spends s3,000,000 annu-
ally for whiskey."
A collection of S34, 347 was taken up
for missionary work, many contrlbu-
tons Of 81 900 being rendered. One
scrubwoman gave $50 of her earnings
and promised SO more as soon as
she could earn it.
Alfred W. Martin, associate leader
with DR.. Felix Adler, of the Ethical
{ Culture Society, continued the series
of Sunday addresses on the war at
the meeting house Of the society yes
terday morning. In part he said:
1.-THE supreme need TO be met after
hostilities have subsidized is the secur-
ing Of an ethical code of international
/ relations. International law can never
be of the right sort until it has such
code for its basis, because all law
| is a by-product of morality. The peace
people say Give US peace that we may
| have justice,' ] would reverse that
statement, and say give us justice that
we may have peace. For injustice Is
/ the bottom cause OF war and MUS
tice is rampant to-day among all the
great world powers.
"As long as it is believed that the
white man has right TO suDJugate
and govern the black man or the
brown man or the yellow man. so long
it is absolutely idle to hope for IN
ternational peace" =
If the Church were true to ltsell
there would be no war to-day. That
is the opinion the Rev. DR.. John Henry
Jowett gave in his sermon at the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church yesterday. Dr.
Joyett said the vast majority OF the
/ church members "are playing WIN
their vocation"
"Sometimes the Church is regarded
as mere entertainment for the de-.
yelopment of social qualities, and
sometimes as a surgeon entertaining a
host of cripples with .gramophone,
NO continued. "The real work Of the
Church is the birth of the race" -.
In his address, THE Reality of God
at the West Side Young Mems Chris
tian Association yesterday afternoon
DR.. S. Parkes Cadman, pastor OF the
Central Congregational Church, OF
Brooklyn. referred to the warning ma.
tions as spiritual and intellectual proof
Of the reality of God.
Every nation in the terrible con-
fict." he said, believes in God. Each
is praying to Him for what IT believes
to be righteousness. justice and TRUTH
and each has equal faith in him.
"All the theories Of socialism have
been smashed by nationalism because
Of this war. Nationalism is point OF
attachment for devotion. For in
stance, ireland abandoned her Home
Rule squabble when England declared
war. and went to her assistance. God
is a poin of attachment for devotion
by all men,