The Detroit times., 1915-03-26
Lenten Speaker Makes
Powerful Appeal In
Opera House
CHRISTIAN MEN
MUST SPEAK OUT
Militarism Is Grave
Menace, He Tells
Hearers
BISHOP ANDERSON.

There Is but one hand adequate
to the task OF guiding our ship OF
state through the troubled waters OF
today, when the world Is in the
greatest crisis OF it's history: II is
the hand that was pierced for the
worlds redemption" declared
Bishop w. f. Anderson, OF Cincin-
natl. in a powerful address on THE
great crying need Of our modern
stricken world" in the Detroit opera
house, Thursday noon. It was the
most notable talk of the entire Len
ten series to date, and was OF spe-
cial interest from the fact that the
bishop returned only few weeks
ago from the scene Of hostilities.
The bishop told graphically OF a
trip from Paris to Havre on the last
day Of August.
I'VE saw literally carloads OF
wounded French and British soldiers
who had been brought down from
the valley of the Marne," he said.
There were men with one leg shot
of, with both arms missing. with an
eye gone, with faces and forms hor-
ribly mutilated. Every sensib1lity
OF my being cried out In protest. II
seemed horrible nightmare.
1T is as clear as the sun in the
heavens that the great need OF Eu-
rope at this moment is the spirit OF
Jesus Christ, His spirit OF forgive
ness, of love. of universal brother
hood. The real difficulty Is the vault
ing OF ambition, selfishness, pride.
hatred. The Hymn of Hate born In
Germany and echoed more or less
In the life Of the other belligerents,
is disgrace TO our modern ciyiliza-
ton. and contradictory to the spirit
and teachings OF our Lord.
"The radical error Is that the bel
i ligerents are in the wrong attitude
of mind and heart towards the eter-
nal principle OF right. Militarism.
whether OF the German, the English.
the French, the Russian, the Aus
TRAN, the italian, the Turkish or the
American type, must be smashed.
The time has come for Christian men
to speak out. The man who is In
terested to revive militarism In this
day and age is a menace to human
progress and an enemy to civiliza-
ton.
IL ami not unmindful Of that ten
dency In modern theology to mini
mize the work of Jesus Christ: OF
that presumption on the part OF
many to set aside the remedial and
atoning work of the Son OF God. But
where Is the man with hands so
clean and heart SO pure that he dare
stand In the shining light of the
great white throne? No, we have all
sinned and come short OF the glory
OF God. Let US be honest with our
selves and frankly admit that every
man OF US needs Jesus Christ.
Men with the teachings and
ideals of the Son OF God upon their
lips and with His spirit In their
hearts are the true empire builders.
The way OF permanent peace 10 by
the path of democracy, and not OF
despotism. SO long as the world al
lows kaisers and kings, Caesars and
Napoleons to play with its destinies.
there will be war. Il would have no
king who wore uniform or pranced
at the head OF soldiers said leader
OF English thought the other day. Is
II not time for Europe TO be rid Of
the tyranny Of ambitious rulers and
intriguing diplomats, that democracy
may have chance? For after all.
the kingdom OF God simply means
the kingdom OF the people-the gov
eminent Of good will by the people
of the people, and for the people {"