The Washington herald., 1917-11-12
HUN ATROCITIES
WOULD MAKE
SATAN BLUSH
So Says Rev. ]. L. Gordon
IN How Germany Lost
Her Soul"

The devil IN he'll would blush for
some Of the things Germany has done
In this warg was the vehement dec-
iarasion Of Rev. James /. Gordon.
pastor Of the First Congregational
Church. In his sermon last night af-
ter reciting many of the counts In his
indictment OF Kaiserisn.
How Germany Lost Her Soul" was
the subject of his discourse. taking
for his text Prov. vi.32, He that sin
meth destroyeth his own soul" To say
that the Kaiser got all that was COM
ing TO him is putting It mildly.
As usual, khaki uniforms were much
In evidence Throughout the vast con-
course OF citizens assembled to listen
70 what they knew would be q first
class roast" and II goes without
saying that the soldiers went away
with a fixed determination to remem-
Der some Of the things they had heard
should Il ever fall to their lot to face
the transgressors.
Belgium Saves Soul
Dr.. Gordon began his onslaught
on Kaiserism by declaring that Bel
gium had saved her soul by refus-
ing 10 have part or partnership in
q dishonorable transaction. and her
reward was security for her honor
for a thousand years.
Germany once had q soul, accord
Ing to the preacher, and while un-
der its influence had produced such
great minds as Goethe, shiIler,
Luther and Jean Paul Richter. But
her great victory over France In
1870 had brought on an aggravated
attack of national conceit, deceit
and brutality, until warfare has be-
come her chief national industry.
Some Of the steps taken by Ger
many along her downward path are
interesting from DR.. Gordon's view
point. In categorical fashion he de-
picted some OF the sins that damned
that country. beginning with its
deliberate preparation for an unjus-
tiiable war; how she had lost her
soul by the worship Of force, might
and power; how Bismarck was the
champion Of blood and iron; how
weakness is the only sin against
the Holy Ghost" how the doctrine
Of might makes right hold full sway
Throughout the country, until its
press had openly declared that the
Nog Va 6LhoAl hdNlOuo ONCLs
Then he told how Germany had
lost her soul through her aIlegi-
ance TO an unworthy monarch, pic
turing the Kaiser as the evil genius
Of Europe, and placing him In q
class with George ". Louis ".
Henry VIII. Leopold and Nero. with
apologies to the latter.
Ten Years' Comparise..
Firing on men and women struggling
In the water; German vessels setting
signals of distress and then firing
on those who came to save; roping
women and children to screens and
making them march before the
brave" troops OF Germany as
shields; how q train load Of prisoners
three days without bread or water
were met at station by German
women WHO, after holding the water
Just out Of their reach spilled II on
the ground and then spat IN the faces
of the prisoners, were q few of the
horrors recited.
As q finale for his conclusion, DR..
Gordon told about book entitled
THE Soul Of Germany" written by
a professor OF university In Err
langen, Bavaria. who had made q ten
years comparison OF diabolical Of
fenses committed IN Great Britain and
Germany. wherein II was shown that
900 in Germany: 20 unpardona BILE
crimes in England against s,3S1 in
Germany; 5000 illegitmate children
born in England against 17s,oOo in
Germany and 400 wanton distinctions
OF property In England against g.
900 in Germany.
For all of which. DR.. Gordon rea-
soned that Germany had lost her soul
beyond any power OF redemption.