Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-09-27
WAR TO HELP AMERICA
SAYS REV. c. c. GRIMES

Whatever the undesirable results
Of the war may be, and / DO rot deny
that there viii be some that viii be
very painful, there viii be some grand
eonpensations," said Rev. c. {.
Grimes, pastor OF the Methodist
Church, during the course Of his SER
mon Sunday morning. Mr. Grimes
used as a text the 11th and 12sn
verses Of the 22nd chapter Of Deuter-
onomy, @As an eagle stirreth up he-
nest, fluttereth over her young,
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh
them, bearing them on her wings: So
the Lord alone did lead him, and there
was no strange god with him."
THE words of this text we're sug-
gested 10 me by the patriotic events
Of the past week." said the speaker.
THE great American Eagle is STIR
ring up her nest and pushing her
fledgeling out into the activities Of
the great world. The process is a
very painful one in many ways. The
breaking the home-ties and the perils
Of soldiers duty bring much sadness
to our hearts, and we are inclined to
magnify the darker possibilities of
warfare and forget the benefits that
may result.
Among the compensations that
will come to America as result of
the war, is the vindication of Amer
lean manhood" Mr.. Grimes said
ut is tradition of American poll
tics that America ought to be an iso-
lated nation" he said. "We have
Stunned foreign alliances, entangle-
ments and activities, and during the
days of our youth this was good; but
we are grown now. If you see a
drunken neighbor chasing his wife
and children around the place in an
attempt to kill them, you know that
nothing but abject cowardice will pre.
vent you from going to their assis- |
tance. So, when hundreds of thous-
ands of helpless children are being
starved and murdered, and defense |
less women are being outraged and
degraded, America cannot stand idlv
by and say that it is none of her
business. Such an attitude would be
a confession of contemplate coward
ice.
Second among the benefits that
America will derive from this war is
the education of Americans in the af-
fairs and politics of the world. The
average Americans opinion on for
eign affairs is joke, or at best is 50
lll-informed as to be worthless
This is not the case with the AVERAGE
citizen of any other great nation, and
when our boys come back home from
the front it will not be the case with
u.s. We will have an intelligent idea of
"hat is going on in the world. We |
VIII know what other nations are
thinking about, how they live, what
.hey need and what virtues thew
lave.
Human brotherhood depends not
'nly on doctrines of fraternity hu+ I
'pon information concerning other
'eople. We may be very charitable '
md benevolent, but if we do not I
now anything about the family that q
ives around the corner, we are not
,olng to do anything for them. Ru. e
yhen we are informed concerning q
helr needs, hopes and interests. wa 1
re in the way of extending a helm
1g hand and speaking a cheering -
rord. J
so our increased information con r
ernlng the other nations of tho =
'orld will make possible larger G
leasure of real fraternity. Gods :,
rlmary interest is not in the ma :,
on, but in the race. In this mighty ;, u
'irrlngs Of the present day, He is h
Ding to open our eyes to the need. - =.
the world, and to our opportunity, n n
his servant, to bring justice, mer. N
and peace to all men," -