The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-09
GOD OF THE KAISER NOT THAT 0F WILSON, DECLARES MINISTER
Dr. Seddon Says German Ruler Draws Sword of Conquest While President
 Fighting For Justice

Declaring that President Woodrow Wilson has drawn a sword of justice, while Kaiser Wilhelm has unsheathed a saber of conquest, Dr. Alfred B. Sed- don of the Christian Standard, Cincin- nati, preached a patriotic sermon at the North Birmingham Christian church yesterday morning. He praised the address of the President to Con- gress and said that it represented hu- manity and justice The God of the Kaiser Is the old Scandinavian deity, "the god of the mailed fist" he de- clared.
 In his discourse Dr. Seddon referred to President Wilson's address. He said:
 Every right thinking American re- gardless of political partisanshtp, must have felt proud of his country's Pres ident when he read the address deliv- cred to Congress last Monday. It is Q remarkable fact that at this critical period of the worlds history the two most influential nations on earth are following the leadership of men who themselves claim to be followers of q crucified and resurrected Lord. David Lloyd George is the dominant person. ality of the British empire and Wood- row Wilson is the dominant personal ity in America. Differing greatly in temperament they are alike in the loft mess and simplicity of their characters and in their genuine and unaffected loyalty to Jesus Christ. from whom they have learned those principles of love and justice that furnish the mo- tives and direct the methods of their official acts.
 President Wilson's address to Con- gress is one of the most remarkable historical documents of all time. Read ing it, one realizes that 1t was with Gethsemane anguish that he at length concluded to draw the sword after ex- hausting every effort to maintain peace. It seemed to him the only course left to protect his own country men and humanity generally from the savage onslaughts of an Irresponsible despotism. Whilst he clearly foresees the inevitable desolation of many American homes and the sacrifice of the lives of American citizens, hls heart bleeds for the sufferings of his fellow countrymen and also for the sufferings of all the belligerents, in- cluding the enemy.
 Justice wields sword as well as unhallowed ambition, but a distinction must be observed between these two swords. The Kaiser, whose religion is essentially that of his pagan ancestors. has drawn the sword of conquest. President Wilson. with extreme reluc- tance, is at length constrained to draw the sword of justice. Cato the censor shouted out in the Roman sem ate "delenda est Carthage" Carthage must be destroyed. His patriotism. the product of pagan civilization, could not tolerate the existence of a pros- porous nation that might become the rival of Rome. President Wilson, a product of Christian civilization, en- ters into the world conflict. not that Germany may be destroyed. but that she may be freed from her pagan rul- CTS and learn to live in amity with all mankind
 "Woodrow Wilson delivered thai wonderful address to Congress be- cause he had sat at the feet of a cruel fled and risen Lord The Kaiser never has learned from that divine teach sr He is running amuck regardless of all humane and Christian principles. He does not talk about Jesus Christ bu. about the good old German god who is none other than the Scandinavian deity, Thor. the hammer god. the god of the mailed fist. If Christ had not risen from the dead that noble address of President Wilson could not have been delivered"