The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-02-17
TAKES A
TIMELY
THEME IN
SERMON
REV. VAN kEvREM PREACHED
ON PEACE, PREPAREDNESS AND
PATRIOTISM AT CHRIST EPls-
coPAL CHURCH SUNDAY.

congregation at Christ Episcopal
church at the IL O'Clock service last
Sunday morning on Peace. Prepared
ness and Patriotism" The full text
OF his discourse follows:
Ezekiel 33:i-i5. Again the word of
the Lord came unto me, saying. Son
OF man speak to the children Of thy
people. and say unto them, when
bring the sword upon a land. II the
people OF the land take a man OF their
coasts. and set him for their watch
man: II when he seeth the sword
come upon the land. he blow the
trumpet. and warn the people: then
whosoeyer heareth the sound OF the
trumpet. and taketh not warning; II
the sword come and take him away. his
blood shall be upon his own head. He
heard the sound OF The trumpet. and
took not warming: his blood shall be
upon him. But he that taketh warn
ing shall deliver his SOUL
stand before you as representa-
tive of the Prince OF Peace. who came
TO preach peace TO .hem who are afar
off and to them that are nigh. ] am
going to preach peace to you--peace
at any price. oh. not indifference at
any price. not seniie faulty. not in
nocuous compiaceney. not serSile sub
mission at any price. but Peace,
Peace with honor and Righteousness
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honor and righteousness and justice.
The political sspirant and spell-bind'
er who speaks OF peace at any price
usually means pork at any price,
Dante in the Inferno found the lowest
Hell OF all reserved FUR those timid
,xeakiines who are eyeriastinEiy neu-
trail in the fight between right and
wrong We don't want that kind OF
neutrality. Such peace iovere- ara
usually symSoiIzed by the Dove OF
Peace. The Dove OF Peace is no, a
Christian symbol a is oniy one half
sof n Christian symbol. When Jesus
sent forth hts Disciples he told them
to be wise as serpents and then harm.
less as doves. We have seen in our
own country certain fatuous examples
OF those who have tried to be harmless
without being wise; we have seen.
In the great scourge OF civilization
who brought on this war. one Who has
been wise without being harmless.
Peace is not a weak. negative thing.
x..s . .,.,. - >.t.vau. 1h.ra 49,. ha
no peace without power, he Peace
OF God comes from fortifyinE your soul
with the power OF God so that you
San resist the wiles OF evil. Jesus
could successfully say Get thee be-
hind me. Satan because He had the
power to enforce His message. Intel.
lectual peace comes from so fortify-
ing your mind-prepsring II with pow.
er--that you can resist the doubts
which arise. Moral peace is only for
those who have moral power. and are
armed with a strengthening will Com.
mercial peace material prosperity Is
defended with the power OF credit.
You find peace In a scene OF a sym
rhony just in so far as you are able
to lay hold OF II and take Il to your
self.
So this morning l come to preach
peace at any price--peace at every
price; ut the price OF intelligent fore
thought. Infinite labor. vast and un.
selfish sacrifice OF money and perhaps.
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must be stopped by aggressive right.
eousness. Jesus said resist not
evil II you will read the context
you will see that He is condemning
the spirit OF revenge In the Jewish
penal code rs well as In the individual
life. But He Is saying nothing about
protection. about the prevention Of
Aevii before II has been done. His re.
marks here obviously have nothing to
do with the question OF defense. Al
together different principles under.
lie aggressive force and defensive
force.
There are two kinds OF opponents
to Preparedness. There are those
who oppose Il on principle. They rest
their defense on Gods power and on
moral force. There Is nothing great.
er than Gods power. but in a material
world Il can only he utilized and ex.
bressed through material resources.
Like steam II ID useless until It bo.
gins TO turn an engine. Jenus was
tempted to rely wholly on Gods pow.
er and cast Himself from the roof Of
the temple. but he conquered the
temptation, No should trust In God