El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-08

3 uneasy. consciences Of the people. Be
obedient to the kaiser there Is Ho
some German Sermons
I will now give a few specimens
Of the things these ecclesia,stlcs nave
I been saying since the war oegan'
Rev. John Rump. OF Berlin;
with US shall right and morallJy'
truth and faithfulness win the Il6At
against wrong and baseness, mallce
and falsehoOd- Through our SupI ~
acy. which we hope viii be the OUT
ward result of the war, God VIII es-
tab1fsh his dominion over the many
coIored thronEs Of nations VINO slaIlu
against US. for the IulIlllneAt Oh Jul
mission to mankind -
This is the end OF a sermon on tHS
subject OF humility.
Crusade Against BRrbarism.7
In a sermon TO soldiers ne tens
them; God in heaven looks do" non on
you Germans, men and youths 1ol
shall be his warriors. called 70 =
holy crusade against Darparlsu aHe
cunning and bestiallty ana 4Iduu'
This of yours is religious ser lCe-
You are the armed priesthood OF our
German sanctuary II is more IMAM
n mere figure of speech 1t is a literal
truth that you are not only Ilsnliins
with God. but $50 for Cod AaS
then is the fate Of our adEersar les :
Tr is their breach with the living God
that uunervcs them and Weakens
them. Take heed that you be counter
among the blessed who snow oecllA-
ing England depraved Belgium, llcel-
riOus France, uucOuth Russia, the IN
con0rerabIe Youthful power and man
hood of the German people in n man
uer never TO be forgotten Brethren.
make an end Of this generation OF
vipers with German thrusts and Ger
nj. but ii VIII be difficult to obey
the command Of Jesus to love alien
enemies
Calls Enemies Brutal
ITO show mercy 10 those VINO nave
piled atrocities on atrocities. put out
The ewes Of our wounded. poured boil
inc oil upon our advancing troops
violated our defeuseless women torn
apart our defeuceleSs Children s4a44i
our doctors. mutilated our dead not
TO return evil for eVll Wnen tiey ne n
fallen into our hands, but 10 treat
as human beings those who nave De
haved worse than wild beasts breln-
rem. this requires an inward 6Ie@t-
ness beyond the strength OF human liii1.
nature. which can only De Fouch-
sased from on high,
Prof Uckeley. reviewing the book
for a prominent religious Journal mas
not a single fault 10 find WIN Il
He SAYS that three editions OF lne
work have been exhausted and the
supply IS inadequate.
mons have enabled me TO send tl'
hook TO the front where. however.
there are SO many requests FOR copies
that the means placed AZ my as
posal viii not suffice 10 satisfy an
applications. a colonel has asked 1ol
COPIES for u companies
Rev. Dr. W Lehman says
Vow We realize how all our uelgl
bors for 40 years for decades, DE-
ceitfUlly and hpocrltically nave cen
working upon the net which lney
we in unsuspecting confidence as
trIbuted peace and honest friendship
on all sides. we must hail with JOY
the fact that at last the net OF lir5
and the hypocritical vel have heen
torn asundsr. Thus does the " ar
create cIearness and truth
.GermHu National Religion
Christianity has fallen 20 pieces
as a wO-ld religion But IL Fas mani
tested itself all the more power uliE
as 4 national religion. toWit IL the
German national pletyl
"ChristianI-y on its way 10 u-come
a world religion may pass through
the German nature and olenc win
il. in order TO conquer the world
victorious and pure as Il once De
fore set forward four hundred year
ago from Germany instead OF iiOm
Palestine
LnE national ALA1H rAAAEAAe - A-A AZ
self something religious am 1 eXag-
gerarinE at the present time when
lying passion and selflsnneSS pfef4ll
around US that we are actually lnc
people God has chosen TO be MS heirs
The God Of the Germans has become
living. This God is perhaps not al
together orthodox from q Christian
point Of view. He does not swear by
any distinct dogma lnasmuch as al
that is doEmatiCal and confessional
Nannrrnaz nM CaHnrnnWTE HnrTHre Rance me
most valuable parts OF Christianity,
gathering together and uniting re
main as German religion The most
vital features Of Christianity have
combined with the Characteristic Tea
lures Of Germanism and become
strong and firm unity
only when you feel yourself the
child OF God can you believe in the
ever be the Lord OF the world
But suddenly he pulls up in the FACE
OF Christ's commandment 70 love our
enemies. and lie knows well enough,
good German scholar that he IS. that
the command was not aimed at per
sonaL but at national enmity-
Here IS what pastor Lehman says;
We must not for the sake OF our
Germlnism rcEOunce our Christianity
for then we should also rcnOunce our
Germanism- The deepest and nobIest
characteristic OF Germanisrl is pre-
cisely that IL is one with the deepest
and nOblcst characteristic OF Chris
tianity.
The book ends with the words:
The nature OF Germanism is one
with the nature Of Christianity"
As Viewed in Germany.
How is such stuff viewed in Ger
many2
Prof Niebergall. a famous German
scholar says in a book-review OF
Lehmann's work says His view IS
that since the present day has. shat
tered all idea OF a world reLElou.
even OF Christianity as a wOrld-re-
ligiOn. we must fix our eyes upon
a national religion German nation
al religion All his hope and striv-
ing is toward TRANSPORTED Germany, D
the great and glorious fatherland.
destined to become a people OF the
soul. the heart of the world German
German soul. that is the
watchword which heralds the dawn /
Of a new age. A lofty tone prevails ]
in these sermons: it is the spirit OF
a second Isaiah that speaks in them I
There is no suspicion Of nationalistlc Z
malevOlence in the book; one dis /
course is especially directed against !
hatred"
No criticism OF the spirit, the sub ]
stance or the tendencies OF the book I
was published in any Of the German /
religious periodicals.
In reply to charge Of bOmbarding I
unfortified cities. in the Evangelical /
Lutheran Church News. Nov. %. 1915, |
over the signature OF Dr. X KONG, !
appeared the following paragraph in I
an ecclesiastical answer:
London is no longer by any means |
an unfOrtitied city It is armed with ]
such quantities Of anti-air-craft guns /
venture to attack the city by night" !
Probably from a sense Of the con-