The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-20

Crouston or Washington mndr public
today special "Cul TO Prayer ap
pointed 10 be- read IN all the Metho
dist churches
"Nut once a day only. nor merely
when convenient, but In our every
thought Of God let the cry Of our
hearts lurcssanIy ascend for the
peace Of Europe and the world, says
the appeal
The text of the call Is as follows
"ln the divine ordering Of events
| IL has been given To American Meth
ud~m 10 develop and occupy the
world parish claimed by the daring
faith or John Wesley when Mrtho
di-ts were despised people The
Methodist Episcopal church. now
firmly planted ON every continent Of
the globe, must therefore recognize
Ht this crucial period IN human affairs
her honorable and responsible relation
/ TO all races and conditions of man.
! kind The tenure Of her own spiritual
| life ana leadership il nj stake in her
| attitude toward this sacred obligation.
/ From the beginning Methodism hus
/ conceived ~ the kingdom of God as II
universal brotherhood founded In the
spirit and teachings ~ Jesus Christ
with col as Our Father, Love as the
supreme law. aud all people aud peO.
/. pies eligible ON equal terms 10 all Its
benefits for time aud eternity What.
ever obscure. this vision Of the king
dom ~ God bars the way 10 It's glOrl-
GUS realization The prayer, Thy
, Kingdom Come has therefore ever
been the first petition ON all human
tongues uuu~rcrated by the hHllOwlng
" the Fathers name But now, to
the horror NJ angels and Of men, the
vision is Tor the time lost by the one
continent that has been beyond Nil
others snnctfled by the blood "
Christian martyrs. aud the voice Of
tod silcurpd In the councils " the
rmbltcrrd nations Europe is engulf-
ed I'm uuutterahlc woe aud the world
is filled with an agony of dread
Christian soldier. ARE daily passing In
multitude 10 Judgment with the
blood uf fellow Christians on their
hands, ~ every wind tn walls OF
widowed mothers and orphaned chll
dreu are mingled with the groaus Of
mangled aud dying men
"Uudcr such conditions your chile
pastors can be- no longer silent, moi
rau they meet their duty 10y a per
muriury cNhortatiun tu formal pray
rrs for divine interpretations Not un
M we realize that, beneath all tina
appears, this war with its awful car
! mage is but struggle Tor commercial
J supremacy, can We understand hu,
alien 10 hereditary dynnstips, Is lh
| thought " the universal hrotherhOO
W man Every tradition aud ever
Instinct Of Imperialism /, In constan
friction with the rule " Christ tn
icaluusies und hatteds Of kings an
peoples ARE not born IN heaven lt
victory rest where II may after mi
lions NJ brave hearts have ceased {
beat the yassRlHgr " human souls {
material wealth wealth aud pOwp
will reIuan the sure hurhingpr uf Oh
or wars. uf Increasing deadliness n
,uburncd science adds 10 the mUchil
pry ~ destruction. unless God shH
J nightly intervene 10y unseen force
\ whose strutegics We may not dlsccr
hut whose existence aud efficiency "
dnrr not doubt What we du know
that willing. loving. uhcdieut hear
are the conductors NJ these dlylI
forces In human affairs There al
enough praying souls I'm America
rnll down II truce ON every hOtt
front II onrr they felt the agony
| Chrisrs mtprcrssiun That our cou
try Is as yet free from the mndnr
NJ strife should the more move us
I mI Iortwnntc aud Increasing petlti,
that God will make His voice IN
everywhere heard again ON land m
sen only thus ut such q time can v
witness our faith In God and our lo
for men only thus eeun We restrn
among uur own people the latent spI
n NJ war that n already cunlurll
every mtuNnrl incident abroad In
nn Intended insult tu our flag ON
thus cnu we suhdue the rising reset
ment ~ our own hearts against u
lust foreign criticisms " our nari
at this crisis IN Nv history So {
spirit " our Lord pleads with ~
every consideration NJ peace NJ hon
ns wrh uS NJ humanity the wui
over. 10 follow Him iuto Gethsema
NJ prevailing prayer Somewhere I
song ~ the angelic host must stlll
heard. Somewhere the sun of pea
must continue lu shine, while Euro
Is m eclipse FROM somewhere mn
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