Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-22
GERMAN PASTORS WAR MAD.
Said to Preach that Suffering OF Foes
is Should @Giye us Pleasure.

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= The Rev. w. Burgess, OF Rome
.uperintendent of Wesleyan Method
,st Missions in Italy, has sent to tne
Methodist Times, of London, the
translated extracts of sermons
preached by prominent German divln-
es: the reports of which have already
-appeared in some of the German.
newspapers.
Pastor Zoebel, speaking in the
great Lutheran church in Lcipsic, IS
said to have given utterancc to the
Following sentiments:
sit is this deep consciousness Of
our mission that permits us to con-
graduate ourselves, and rest content
with a heart full of gratitude, when
our guns beat down the children OIL
Satan, and when our marvellous sub
marines-instrumen to execute the
divine vengeance send to the bot
tom of the sea thousands OF the non
elect. We must fight the wicked with
every means in our power; their SUI :
fcrings should give us pleasure; tlicl'
cries of despair should not move Ger
man hearts. There ought to be no
compromise with hell, 10 mercy for
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no pity for the English, French ana
Russians. nor. indeed, for any ma
lion that has sold itself to the devil.
They have all been condemned to
death by divine decree"
Professor Rheinold Seeby, who
teaches theology in the University oil
Berlin. preaching in the cathedral OF
the city, is quoted rs follows:
eve do not hate our enemies. We
obey the command Of God, who tells
us to love them. But we believe that
in killing them, in putting them to
suffering, in burning their houses, IN
invading their territories, we simply
perform work OF charity. Divine
love is seen everywhere in the world
but men have to suffer for their sal
walton. Human parents love THEN
chiklred, yet they chastise them.
Germany loves other nations, and
when she Furnishes them it is for then
good"
The following is attributed to Pas
tor Fritz Phillippi Of Berlin:
GAS the Almighty allowed His Son
to be crucified that the scheme OF re-
demption might be accomplished, SO
Germany is destined to cruelty hu.
rnanity in order that its salvation may
he secured. The human race can only
be. saved by blood, by the fire and
sword. German warriors do not shed
blood with a light heart. They look
upon it as sacred duty imposed on
them, a duty they cannot neglect
without committing sin. Our be-
loved Emperor hates the horrors OF
war. Through long years he labored
to maintain the peace Of the world.
Germany has never employed
force ito menace the independence of
any nation. 1t is really because. VIC
are pure that we have been chosen
by the Almighty as His Instruments
to; punish the envious, to chastise the
wicked and to slayS with the sword
Sinful nations.
z '"The divine mission of Germany,
oh brethren! is to, cruelty: humanity;
the duty Of German soldiers there
fore; is.to strike without mercy. They
must kill. burn and destroy; any half
measures would be wicked. Let it then
be war without pity. The immoral
and the friends and allies Of Satan
must be, destroyed as an evil plant
Is uprooted Satan. himself, who has
come into the world. in the form Of
a great Power. tEneland), must be
crushed.
: "On Germany is laid the divine
command to bring about the destruc-
lion Of those who are the personiii-
cation of evil. When this work is
finished fire and sword will not have
Been used in vain. The redemption Of
Empire. which will nave created it..
humanity will be achieved. The king
dom OF righteousness will be estab-
lishod OF the earth and the German
will remain it's protector"
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