The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-29

or title OF that has been abolished
for the anguish of this hour. the
grOans heard the world over and the
heartaches felt the world over, bear
silent but terrible testimony to the
law Of our God that men reap what
they SOW and when they reap even
the innocent are compelled to suffer
too. Let us not reach wrong con-
illusions therefrom. The pain that
follows wrong, no matter where, no
matter how, no matter by whom en-
dured, proves the operation OF Gods
moral law. He is still in His world!
Jesus Is Ruled Out.
Jesus of Nazareth has been ruled
out of the law of international rela-
tionships. His teaching OF right and
justice has been replaced by intrigue,
by deceitful diplomacy, by racial
jealousies and by commercial strife.
And such a program could not de-
pend for its fulfillment upon justice
and right. Hence the law Of force
has been called into play, and the
greatest military machine the world
has ever known is that of Kaiser
Wilhelm. But he must learn, and We
all must learn, IL we have not al
ready, that ultimately. in the end
mean, the race is not to the swift nor
the battle Of the strong" And when
the world is learning that as it is
learning Ii now, we may be grateful
for the lesson, though so dearly
bought.
>"And we may be thankful for the
opportunity for sacrificfal service
this hour offers. am not saying that
all who advocated war from the first
We're prompted by such high motives.
But ! am saying that the man of
vision in our White House, this
professor whom the man of the
world .scoffingly referred to as in
capable of coping with large affairs,
this man, President Wilson, has
placed in high terms the real reason
for our place in the conflict. We
are seeking no other conquests than
the conquests of the right and the
right for all the earth. We are not
claiming for ourselves any rights
which are not the common heritage
of mankind. We do not pretend
either to be the arbiters of the world.
We simply rise in the might that is
ours and we mean to employ 1t for
the future good Of the world and
not America alone. And We are not
thinking of remuneration. We do
not expect to receive back again
those that perish; we never expect
to have the billions expended re-
turned; We scarcely hope to gain the
gratitude of others for what we do.
But in this day when justice and
right hang i'm the balance and when
it must be determined for perhaps all
time, whether the law of right or of
might is to rule the world, we sum-
mon all our resources to play, believ-
ing that they can be used for no
higher ends than the freedom Of the
world. And so our boys go-they go
to the training camps, they go to
the front and they go lover the top"
and many of them will go west IL
not today then perhaps tomorrow
but they go just the same and you
give them though they are your
dearest treasures. and give them
with the hope and the prayer that
they may make war SO that war
shall be no more. And il that be so,
If that shall be the end really gain
ed, these sacrifices will have been
made for the noblest purposes pos
sible''
We Are Revising Estimates.
DR.. Peterson then referred to the
great response made on behalf Of the
Red Cross and the Y. NJ. c. A. war
work and how men and women who
formerly were accustomed to regard
themselves too busy to give attention
TO such matters, are now giving all
their time for one phase OF such
work or another. We are revising
our estimates" he said. People are
to see that the things most
worth while have been neglected be-
fore. And after this / hope 1t will
be impossible to go back to the old
order. Many will find that they can
not fill their places in the world and
10 just what they did before. Once
having had taste of the joy Of real
life without 1t will seem
emptier than ever. We can thank
God that men are learning to serve,
for in so doing they find themselves"
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