The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-01

: the nobler qualities of mind and 0
soul, but might is right when might !
used for the glory Of God and the up
; lift of men. True life is not just t.
( eat, to drink, to sleep and then to die
. Real Christ like service is the climax o
| life.
The pastor then showed how the Mar
of Galilee gave royal service in His llfs
among men to help the poor and those
in need. As one among them He was
1eady at all times to do heavenly serv-
ice in His life and in His death. That
is the reason why this old world has
swung up nearer Gods throne In the
20 centuries, since that awful tragedy at
Golgotha, and the men who have best
tried to carry out the teachings and the
example of this Man OF Galilee--these
are the men whom we most revere to-
day, whether their service was rendered
| in time OF war or in the time of peace.
Some wars have had to be fought that
peace might come. Joshua and those
| in his day had to fight to break the shack
kIes of slavery, that Gods chosen people
might possess a chosen land. England
must fight that the dreaded Spanish Ar
mazda might not conquer England and
send that nation back a thousand years
or more in progress. Charles Marte'
must fight TO bar the Moha mmedan
sword from slaughter in western Eu-
rope. Wellington must fight to check the
selfish ambition OF Napoleon. Washing
ton and the liberty loving patriots of
70 must fight to win the freedom that
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And what shall we say of the great
Lincoln, like one OF Gods tall angels.
ready to give himself in splendid service
for the salvation of America What shall
we say OF those in '6l who were ready |
10 sacrifice so much for the nations
goodf Would that all wars had been
so justifable as that war that freed
the slave and saved the union, or that
war, 80 soon over, when il seemed that |
America must fight to end a reign OF OPP. |
precision that had been over Cuba. Puer-
to Rico and the Philippines for so many
years.
All honor to those, when their country
needed them. who were ready TO do
noble service in time OF war and we
hope and pray in these days, when war
seems more like hell than ever. with
the asphyxiating gases, the deadly tor
pcdo and the ruthless destruction OF
work OF art, the death of the innocent
and the wholesale slaughter of men
We pray that soon the yawning pit of
hellish war NAV be closed over, and
a boye IL may be heard the voice OF song;
glory to God in the highest and on
earth peace good viii toward men, We
pray that America may not get into it,
LEI us be slow TO take up the jingo cry
u war. It's peace we need to-day. not
war Poor, war-craly Europe, who IL
10 blamei Not the Man Of Galilee. not
those who try 20 spread abroad His
tesehings. He believes the devil is TO
blame for il. the devil OF selhshness;
'atan, who appealed to Christ in the
wilderness Of temptation with his pic
ure Of worldly ambition and personal
gain. Would that decades ago. instead
y watching each other like game cocks,
III the while gathering larger and larger
Irmies, making bigger g'ins, creating
srger and larger navies. training men
With the war goal in view-would that
he men of those nations might have had
he real spirit Of the text. ready 60 do
plendid service in helping the weak, all
triviag 10 uplift men in body, mind and
D soul The awful war was long time
oming and when the smoke Of battle
oes clear away, men disgusted with
rsr. knowing that human power il not
nough. viii turn 10 God and then we
elieys will come on such golden DAYS
4 living az the world has not yet seen.
But today We are living - far BE-.
w the Christ who stands sloft holding
ie lamp Of Truth. The Man Of Galilee
peaks Just a. he spoke over Jerusalem
the long ago he speaks mingiing
,ars with His words. saving -0h Eu
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