Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-01
.OT7uMWA PAYS
HONOR TO DEAD
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man. Herbert Schwartz and A. B. Hark-
! err sang several times. The chairman
of the day, Capt. w. H. c. Jaques gave
a short opening talk in which he out
lined the purposes of memorial day and
dwelt upon it's nation wide observance.
The principal address was given by DR..
John Henry Cudlipp Of the First Meth
odist Episcopal church and 1t is given
in full as follows:
War Is hell He'll in it's concep-
ton, hell in its inception, hell in it's
evolution and hell in its effects upon
those who engage in it. But mark,
war, too, is inevitable. 1t has been
so, it is SO, and, l fear. will be so until
the righteousness of the Prince Of
Peace shall cover earth as waters do
the deeps.
And, sirs, l say this In full view
Of the splendid concern of thousands
of good folks who cry peace, peace
when, indeed, there is no peace. You
will recall that once during the re.
bellion someone suggested to Presi-
dent Lincoln that surely Providence
must be on our side. Mr.. Lincoln re-
piled: I am not so much concerned
as to whether Providence is on our
side as am as to whether we are on
the side Of Providence. Men too often
forget this important side of the ques-
ton. Because God has given us the
privilege Of prayer, We venture to
think that we have the right to COM
hear and obey us. We overlook, al
together the two primal elements
which enter into this proposition. We
overlook the will of man, on the one
side, and the fact Of righteousness on
the other. Let these be in the way
and God himself cannot answer our
prayer, for, at this point, God has tied
his own hands He has. given us the
right to think and act for ourselves.
That is to say. we are controlled by
our own will, If we will to be. Then.
over against this there is the fact of
righteousness which is finally to dom
mate the world This being true, we
have had, are having and shall have,
for some time to come. at least, con-
f1ict between the will of man and the
fact of righteousness.
War is Inevitable.
$50, assume that war is inevitable.
1t is inevitable, first of all, in the in
dividual. What is that which Paul
warns? L find then the law, that, to
me who would do good evil is pres
ent.' I need not argue this, it is self
evident, it is~a great fact which we
all know to be present in us in our
struggle to win the best It is so in
the community Of whatever size. Take
the village. Let this little place have
something worth while and, forthwith,
you must have Waterman and mar
shall. Why? Why because in that vii
lage there Is a war on between right
and wrong between the will of men
and the fact of Righteousness. Take
the city and the same condition pre-
walls. In New York City they have
something like 5000 policemen, they
have courts and jails and places Of
detention. Why? Why because there
is war on between right and wrong.
between the will of man and the fact
of righteousness. The same Is true
of the state. Do you not know that in
your own state Of Iowa, at it's last ses-
sion, there were brought before the
general assembly no less than six
hundred bills, and that three hundred
of those bills have become laws in
your state? And do you not know
that these laws reach yonder to the
most remote farmer on the frontier?
Now. why is this? Why is 1t that not
only did this general assembly legal
lie prohibition in the state, but too,
put about that law no less than ten
other laws for its protection? There
can be but one answer to the ques-
ton. It is because there is war on
between right and wrong, between
the. will of man and the fact of right
eousness. And, sirs, mark you, what
is true of the individual, the village,
the city and the state is true likewise