The Holly chieftain., 1915-11-19
custom and habit Of mind and sctisn.

custom and habit Of mind and sctisn. Ii is
These principles Of conduct which regulate peo-
pie in their relations to each other and which
have become matter Of habit and second nature
not always explicitly conscious.
Three great forces in society moving to
this end-business interests. laborers and wo-
men-merchants are generally opposed to war.
Mr.. Carnegie has said that if any controversy
arose between Great Britain and the United
States. it could be entrusted to the merchants Of
London and New York who would settle it
peacefully and with honor to both nations. The
Labor party have continually declared in favor
Of peace. Woman has been and always will be
asanst war. The more actively she engages in
worlds interests the more she will oppose war
from the standpoint Of home and society at large.
She is now sctivcly interested in the propaganda
Of peace. One Of the latest movements is
among the women Of the churches. seeking to
emphasize Christian ideals Of peace expressed in
about the following terms: I'VE do not propose
but con6ne our efforts to peace program
will tsach the children in our homes and church.
will study the New Testament and accept its
teachings concerning peace. We will endesvor
to promote the understanding and friendliness
Of the nations BY thinking Of none as aliens but
all children Of our heavenly father. An ideal
that has become actusl-pssses from individual
to community group and from community group
to nation. and will not stop at national borders.
but 60 on until it becomes an international real
ity. when the higher moral sense is awakened.
A great change is visible to anyone whs watch
e. the life OF this nation with an eye for the
stirring Of God in the souls Of men. There is
new shame and anger for the oppression and
m anness: new love and pity for the young
and frsil whose slender shoulders bear our com.
mon weight; new faith in humanity-human
brotherhood new hope Q better day that
is come now in sight. We are inventns new
phases to name this new thing. We talk Of
new social feeling or the new social con-
sciousess." We are passing thru moral ad
slescencs.
Some one has said, when the spirit of man.
hood comes over boy. his tastes change. The
old doings Of his gang lose interest. A new
sense Of duty. new openness to ideals calls.
A new capacity for self-sacri6ce surprise those
who know him. So in our conventions. our
clubs. our chambers Of commerce and our leeis.
latures there is a new note. stiRenng Of the
will. an impotence for cowardice. an enthusias-
tic turning toward real democracy. The old
leaders are stumbling of the stage bewildered.
A new type Of leaders, and they and the people
seem to understand one another a. il by magic.
Were you ever converted to God? Do you re-
member your change in attitude to oil the
world? l. not this new life which is running
thru our people the same great change on
national scale2 This is religious energy rising
from the depth Of the infinite spiritual life in
which we all live and move and have our being
this is Gedl
The religion Of the home is the business Of
mothers. aye. and fathers. is not to make the
children religious. but to nurture the religion
born in them and to keep them from an arrested
task but duty It has been said 1T is as i'm
moral 10 fail to nurture the child's religion as to
fail to give him bodily food
What is peace? Peace is said to be state
Of tranquility. II may exist as the result Of poll.
tica agreements Of military exhaustion. Us.
ually. however. peace rests upon mutual respect
and mutual understanding and as such it may b.
the moral or natural state Of relations
between bsdies Of men who have advanced be-
yond the primitive condition Of savagery The
appeal to force is the essential element in war.
The avowed intention to use force creates a
state Of war. A large part Of the Biblical rev.
Citations is intended to teach us that the real
forces Of this world are to be used in tho inter.
ests Of righteousness.
We surrounded today by great system
Of forces which work. as we say. according to
natural laws. But these forces we believe to be
the expression Of mind and purpose Of God.
Force. as far as our control Of it is concerned
IS never to be called in except as q last resort.
There are those who tell US that our devotion to
peace should be great that we should passive.
ly permit all the good men on earth. with all
their ideas and institutions. to be DESTROYED
rather than lift finger in physics. resistance.
We may remind ourselves that the Almighty
will not stand idly by and see moral evil over.
run the earth. Whether human warfar. is ever
justi6able or not. it is fairly clear that wrong
doers do not 60 far in their violation, Of the
laws Of God without unIoosng forces that |
spring back at them as swiftly and as surely as
rife volleys.
War has been defined as "cunducted contest
ct armed public forces" II is an economic dis.
turber as we'll as moral one. Labor is dive t.