South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-04
JUSTICE NEEDED
IN WORLD TODAY
Spirit of CaeSer Arraye d
Against Christ Spirit Says
Dr.. George P. Grove.

problems of the present day, accord
ing TO Rev George r. Gross. D. D..
president Of DePauw university, who
spoke at the evening services at st.
Paul's VI. +. church Sunday.
The idea. according to DR.. Crosse.
is that man must learn 10 love his
brother not because his brother is a
German, or an Englishman. or an
Italian. or a member Of any of the
other nationalities, but because in
Christ every man is his brother. I'VE
mus; look past the nationality" ne
said I'VE must see the man."
I'VE have today" he said, the
world question. We must learn 10
live with men of all nations. We must
be able to solve the question of haH-
ing an inferior race live in peace and
harmony with a superior race. we
must learn how. as superior people, 10
live with an inferior people and not
make use of our superiority for selhsn
purposes. The inferior race must learn
to live with a superior race and not
be aware of their inferiOrity
Men of All COlOrs.
1--WE have in this world today men
Of various cOlOrs; men of various ma
tons: men who have been brought up
under various forms of goVernm ents;
men who have different ideals, differ
ent views and who have received diff
ferent training.
This world in the last half century
has shown remarkable progress The
happenings of the day in foreign coun-
tries are spread before US at our
breakfast by the morning papers. We
can talk from New York to San Fran
cisco. We have been brought so
closely together that we must needs
be neighbors
This is one of the big questions Of
the day. And only through the spirit
Of Justice the spirit of humanity, will
we be able TO live in harmony we
must learn to treat men as men and
not treat them as being of nationality
other than ours"
DR.. Gross in his sermon dwelt on
the two spirits that are opposed. The
spirits that are responsible for the
conflict of the present day. One OF
these is the spirit of the world, the
other is the spirit Of Christ.
The Spirit of Caesar.
The present European war, he de-
clared is the result of the spirit or
the world 1t is the result Of the spirit
of Caesar. which was to conquer by
might Opposed to this is the spirit
of Christ, which is the spirit of SER
vice.
Germany, he declared, was victim
Of the spirit of might. Necessity
knows no law is the policy of the
German government. IL is, he said, a
country that is greedy with power. 1t
has violated laws of humanity, violat-
ed the laws OF nations. all in order to
accomplish it's purpose, which is to
secure power in order to assert its
rulership over others.
while we can say" he said, that
Germany has violated international
law by sending a thousand souls TO
their Maker and admit that England
has violated international law by i'm
posing q blockade which means the
starvation Of men, women and chill
dren in Germany, we should remem-
Der that the same spirit is being
shown in our own country.
3lames Spirit Of World.
1--WE cannot condemn the spirit
when shown by Germans and British
and approve 1t when shown by our
own people. For it is this spirit, the
spirit of Caesar. that is responsible for
our Industrial troubles and our COM
merciaI tragedies"
In the last 20 years said the
speaker, a great change has come over
the country. The people have de-
uanded that power and wealth shall
not be used for selfish purposes. The
people have ruled that no man, no
group of men nor no corporation shall
use power for the sake of showing
rulership.
The old days when a railroad presi-
dent had the power to kill a city; to
create new community through the
aid of rebates, is past The spirit of
regulation is here and the books on
political economy are being rewritten.
The country today demands justice for
all new spirit has awakened.
This has been accomplished, he said,
because the people Of today are inter-
ested in their fellOwmen. They have
taken hold of the social question. for
they realize that what is good for all
is good for one.
Personal Appeal Needed.
DR.. Gross stated that the church
could not do much warning. 1t should
continue to point out the pitfalls, but
more stress should be placed on the
value of personal character. Man
should not only be told that he should
not do. but he should be impressed
with the fact that as he lives, his
character will form. He must be urged
to fit himself for the final test He
Christ. he said. never neglected the
personal side. In all His teachings He
urged man to fit himself so that when
he was called on he would not be
found wanting.
The speaker was loud in his praise
for what had been accomplished by
Germany. He said il had progressed
wonderfully in the last half century.
but that the present trouble was due
to the desire for power in order to
show her rulership. She is permeated
with the idea of a destiny to rule and
intends ito hack her way through"
The present world problem, he said.
can only be solved by the Christ spirit.
Nationalism has been tried, but has
been found wanting. There must be
a spirit Of justice. Man must see in
man. a man. The world has progress
ed too much and today we are all of
the world. nations in this last half
century have grown too small. The
world today is our problem and We
must meet II.
I,nIp a ITNFTTvI-n TIME