El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

from the way when his wrath is kin
a. +odav whole peoples amid the
awful tragedy OF the most si5.ili'iS
y,-ortf1ess idols and turning the!r
tbouq-b+s TO the all conducting Can
lean the prince Of peace. the ulNlhe
man who povsesses the same power over
the warning elements OF humanity no
he raveaIed over the raging elements
of nature when he said, Peace, De
Who among the peoples whose hearts
are i'm agony for all they hoiu GEAR Oll
earth. amid the storm and daFkness %
would care 10 appeal to some weak ana
helD1ess idol of mans own deYlslng
ONLY he v-hO rules by the might OF d.
vfnity Cod over. all. blessed forever, is
equal to the needs OF sorroWing ne
and women in such tremendous CRISIS
The an powerful prince Of peace in
order 10 Dreuare his way in the world,
NAV have sent this tempest on the ma
tions TO sweep away their Ialse sous
Great war VIII he a Lesson.
Does anyone ask. then, why the be
ing who holds the hearts Of men IN ms
hand should ever suffer their fierce
passions to break loose and create sucn
an overwhelming tragedy as we no"
OF one thing we NAV be sure. his
, infinfteIv wise purposes run through
the storm and darkness OF the Woriu
as fully as through its calm sunshine
Of peace and good VIII Why snouI9
a world OF free beings, where sin ana
seIfishness abound, be saved from the
bitter consequences Of their deadly eYll
choicesa
The race viii learn more Of the
deadly evil Of sin and selfishness and
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4 lasting good and happiness IN one year
Of such an awful tragedy as this, than
il might in 100 years Of peace and a
mere material prosperity.
The world is often fearfully stubborn
in the pursuit Of its evil and selfish
purposes, and where it fails to learn
the lessons that the supreme teacher
designed 10 impart by his gentle and
more gracious methods, he will not fail
to shake the race out Of its evil by the
bitter experience Of wrath and Iudg-
ment-
Even the prince Of peace, foreknow-
ing that good would have to enter on
warfare with the worlds evil, could
say. I came not TO send peace on the
earth but a sword.
The greater nations Of Europe have
been working OF drifting for the past
so years. ever since the Crimean war.
toward this clash OF interests. this day
OF lu4E leuL win us storm OF war anu
blOodshed. The Crimean war only
served TO put off the inevitable day Of
reckoning by preventing a just settle
ment Of the Balkan question And
now that the day Of reckoning has
come with all the force Of a cyclone,
let US hope that IL may so clear the
air that the nations OF Europe may be
enabled TO enter upon something better
than a peace constantly armed TO the
limit OF endurance and ever mingled
with fear and dread. a peace instead
that viii leave men free for the no.
blest things Of the mind and spirit. that
a great brotherhood Of Christian na-
tions may in due time grow out Of II
under the guidance Of that omnipotent
and all wise being who Overrules even
the wrath OF man to the eternal glory
Of his holy name
Prince Of Peace VIII Triumph.
Of one thing We may be certain
then. that whoever wins or loses among
the warning nations OF the world, the
divine prince of peace always tri-
umphs over all BY the accomplishment
OF his sublime and glorious purposes
for the redemption Of the world, the
building up Of the kingdom OF God
and the creation OF that true golden
age Of the world, for which the race
has ever longed and hoped amid all its
sin and sorrow.
And then at last we shall be able 10
say. with an infinitely richer fullness
Of meaning than was possible to the
dying heather Roman emperor: Thou
hast conquered, o Galileanf