The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-09

dent Wilson's nationwide call ~
prayer Is a mockery, an admission u
the recent German contention that. !
.aft,r an 'God ~ nothlng but our own
moral activity" Prayer. II this be
rue. " only the exhibition 81 4 most
craven cowardice. The admission tina;
life ~ not worth fighting 10 retain.
Rut now appears above the horizon
Of memory the nsurcv ~ those CHRIST
like heroes Of our nation who were
of fighting spirit, that j.. true moral
lactivIiy." because they We're men -
prayer Look at Washington upon his
knees in Valley Forge. For one. ! he.
lieva that this nations future wes
partly Graded IN that prayer ~ '"The
Father Of His Country or. hear tbs
Christ-likc spirit ~ Abraham Lincoln
In his reply 90 the query as to wethcr
God was on "our side" by declarinG
his concern to he not as to whether
God was one the side Of the Federals
hut whether we Federais are on Gods
side" Lincoln never "joined the
Church" but I am convinced hat aficn
n those crucial days he did Join God
In prayer.
Lofty Words from Battle Front.
And Wonder. look YOU into those
French homes where fathers AMI
mothers and younger brothers and SIS
tiers are pouderinR The letters from
their sons and byothes on the fighting
Hire. Lot Ms near the conclusion OF
1.-THE whole matter ~ % falls from the
lIips OF these soldiers barely men when
They went in. but already men of
Christ-like stature before they came
out 1qdoted by Maurice Barres IN the
Atlantic Monthly Tor last Juiyl: one
says. Let soul and heart ohlitcrate the
animal instincts and the revolt of one /.
haser nature. \ man must hold up 20
himself some great dream to follow.
some goal n reach. and what Is this
war for II not to train character? For
LOYALTY IN the flag. love Of %ountr re-
spect for the given word. the sense of
honor when the I'M comes. I
snail he able to make the supreme sac
rltItc' another writes. EDO not prls
that I may he pared suffering. Pray
ruthcr that I may be able TO bear H.
and that the courage ( long for may
be given me- Leo Latin. another Of
Them, SAYS u love this solitude with
Iits tang " bitterness. these ceaseless
morufications Of the flesh. these moods
of the purified SOU ever ready for
%prnNcr'" And still another. "Ouo
duty is plain. Jesus has defined IL BE
Ne perfect as your Father Ia heaven IL
perfect perfect through o%ursclvcs-
hat h., dcl clipping our personalities 10
their utmost limit. making them yield
tho last him OF which they are ci
p1ble and bringing them up 10 the
ideal stature Of Christ. Then. too. per-
feet through others (for surely we be-
llleVc IN the communion Of saintsD.
which means praying for them. that
they may learn to bend conscience ana
Twill before the kingly VIII OF God" One
speaks OF his three great war cXpa-
ricnccs-i, of men-whose pretense IS
here solughcd Off. > OF the COM
muuiuu Of Sains-'my own people
seem as near AZ men fighting ny my
side 9. Thus | reached the greatest
~ the three-a realization Of the mar
Vicious and incompatible worth Of
PRAYER Do
Not "a Christian and "a soldier
And yet another. only ~ when be
died. declared "i am not a Christian
and 20 soldier: ! am a Christian SOL
der what kind ~ unearthly con-
seriousness ~ this which mi Voc
%smnthered by gas or scared by Aamn
You may he sure AS he is that rs 81
vas not born in the trench, 80 viii 81
70 never die there. One moro of tho-,
lads saws. with almost childish mai
. vcte. ~ love lie So dearly that u
b did not have %unswrryins faith In th'
: immortality of the soul. perhaps
D might hesitate tu enlist" And again
Leo Latin sums itsup when he trum'