New Britain herald., 1916-04-17
DEMOCRACY TO RULE
 EUROPE AFTER WAR
lndiViduaism Is Supreme Among
 LatinS, Says Dr. Tipple


 present European war, democracy wins,' asserted Rev. B. M TippIe. D. D., president of the American% col lege in Rome and superintendent of
 the Methodist church in Rome at the
 morning service of the Trinity Meth
 odist Episcopal church yesterday.
 Continuing he said "The European
 world is at present in it's lowest depths, politically, racially, religiously, finan- Cially and socially and it will not rise again until the stern realization of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is brought before the people of the belligerent countries. Today, those countries with their centuries of study of religion and it's principles are far behind the heather lands in appealing to God. Yuan Shai Kai, who recently gave up his crown so China could again be- come a republic, said only Christian ethics can save China. In India 35,- 900 people were converted to Christ ianity at one time and there is danger of them reverting to heathenisn1, un- less financial aid is given to mission aries. Europe is too much engrossed in it's warfare to assist in spreading Christianity and so we look to Amer ica. America must assume the re- responsibilities of Germany and Eng land in the mission work.
 Socialism Has Failed
 Little do the people of this coun- try, whose homes are preserved real ize what is going on in Europe, where the most tragic moment in the worlds history is going on. Socialism, whose creed since it's founding fifty years ago has been anti-military, has fallen down at it's first real test. It may rise again after the war. When the conflict broke out the followers of socialism forgot all their vows for permanent peace and immediately aligned them selves with their country. Only once in this struggle has the feeling of brotherly love been manifested. Am erica has 8 great task before her; she must help redeem and not destroy the feeling of brotherly love among na- tions.
 Humanizing God
 Christianity has also fallen down bad, especially in the eyes of the pa gan. Prior to the war there was conference on the shores of the Bos- phorus, at which thirty three repre- sentatives of various nations gathered and discussed Christianity. This movement made many converts among the pagan nations, but it's work was destroyed when the war broke out. Tn root of the cause of the war lies on the fact that for the past twenty five years man has been humanizing God and defying man. It has now come to the point where the divinity of man is in a headlong collision. Each country must develop along it's own national lines, if the world is ever to have universal peace.
 Democracy, the Winner.
 No matter which side wins, democ- racy wins. The people will rule. AL ready we can see the start of their rule. s- In Russia, the Duma is now speaking with a more powerful voice than ever before. In Germany, the socialists are beginning to make their power felt for they are brought into all discussions in which the national feeling is preeminent. But the greatest enemy of democracy is democracy. It lacks cohesion and tends to bring out the manifestation of power in the in dividual. The Italians no longer look on Rome as the birthplace of the church, but rather as the country of Garibaldi and Victor Emanuel IT, No more do they consider themselves un- der the power of the Pope but rather each brings forth his own rights and powers The feeling in Italy is that the Allies will be victorious in the present conflict and then each individ- ua1 will become more potent in the af- fairs of the country. The trouble with is that it lacks a leader who will lead. Men of the caliber of Calvin, Luther, Zwingi and Wesley are missing and until men begin to realize that there is a God, who rules over and loves all his people, there will never be permanent peace.
 "It is up to Amrica to use every ounce of religious energy for the re- lemption of the wide world, to teach 1 there is a living, and not dead Christ. 1 Our Methodist mission in Europe is l irving to do this, especially among the | ,lasses of Italians on whom the wood l an cross has no effect. There is need 1 of leaders and the supply must come 1 rom America, for the men of Europe l Ire at present considering their own l individual poWers.'