Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-02
WOULD, BATTLE ONLY
FOR WORLD DEMOCRACY
Rev. W. Russell Bowie breaches
Strong War Sermon at St.
Paul's Church.
ISSUE TO BE MET soLEMNLY
For Sake Not OF Ourselves Alone,
but for Human Race, Must Re-
strain Germany by Only Influence
II VIII Heed.

me hour mas come when we must
confront the evil which has shamed
the honor OF the Garth and confront
l. where its actual forces gather. We
must set our face to go up to Jcrusa
lem and our Jerusalem is the high
sacrifice OF war" said Rev w Russell
rowe. - d.. to the congregation In
ST. PaulS Episcopal Church yesterday
morning. He went on TO plead for
the nations commitment to ends which
by clear and resoiute definition should
be unSelfSh. and for that faith i'm the
practicability OF "a coming world order
rounded on cooperation and buildcd
in peace. by which alone the issues of
TINS war can be made redecmnG
He took his text these words
which describe the spirit in which
Jesus went TO Ills iife's cimaX:
lie steadfastly set His face to go to
Jerusalem: and pointed out in Jesuss
example these four facts:
/. The Master was not drifting lie
had marked out the goal His life was
% reach. lie had thought through to
Ills ultimate conclusions.
:: lie WAS ready to nay the utter
most price in danger aud loss for the
necessity % carrying His LIES iniiu-
ence up 10 the challenging center OF
His world.
Himself His ideals He would not for
a momen, sacrifice. He would not
soften His message To gain the favor
of thc-authorities. nor conform 10 the
passionate ambitions OF the Jerusalem
crowd in order to gain their support
FcarlcsSly and completely He spoke
and lived Ills Fathers will.
{. Though He seemed to be defeated.
He never lost His faith in the final
triumph Of good. He believed IN the
coming Of world in which the mercy
and love. and brotherhood He had died
Tor would prevail
FACES QUESTION
OF AMERICAS DUTY
Taking the spiri, OF Jesus as
guide. DIR. Bowie faced the question OF
Americas duty before tho cpallcnEe of
war. 1t was u long sermon. delivered
with great rapidity. and. therefore, no
summary can fully represent its mes
sage: but in substance he said
The soul Of America has been per
picked these past two years 10 find
it's road. and Ia shape som" command
ing purpose behind which heroic
Royalties might rally. We have
shrunk with "a right reluctance from
the awful anachroniSm of war, Yet W.
have been troubled by the thought
that while We We're peace France
and England Tough; tho battle which
was ours we'll as theirs Ideals Of
peace have struggled against the ideals
of immediate action. There has been
confusion OF counsel. hesitation and
unrest
To-day the hesitation begins 10
vanish. Our need To help preserve on
the earth the threatened values with
out which its Gfe would he dcbaScd
calls us out Of the provinces az our
olation--calls us 10 that central
peril and that central opporturity
where our influence must ID. stakcd.
Ii is true that here may seem 20 he
a strange contradiction with the OK
ample OF Jesus. lie suffered violence:
but He took no weapons OF violence
into His hands The Jerusalem To
which lie went M meant for Him
cruCifiNlon. How can 4 nation going
into war nc called going NJ to the
Holy city Of high conservation in
any such sense as Jesus wen, up TO
His