The Robesonian., 1917-04-26
CHRISTIANITY AND
CHM THE WORLD WAR

c,,rrch Of God Going to Stand
Is tne This Awful Conflict?-Pas-
Al1efc craayes Finds the Answer to
tor TIT TIT True Christianity Will
st"Hf =. the First Baptist church Sun
H., ~ evening of last week the 'astor'
DAY /. Greaves, preached ser
rev. G Of special interest and timeli-
mon ~ rbich The Robesonian has
ness nes+oG TO make report of before
wah'ILu L,,+ the crowded condition of the
now, 70 for the last several issues has
paper necessary to hold over every
maue r,e That could be deferred for a
lateL Mr i' Greaves' subject was "Chris-
M, va. and the World War" and he
tlani's I as lis text verses 26 to % in
reaG s"sive o of the 18th chapter of He
brews: ILL.,, .>,o,, IL. ,.+b
,r+ now he hath promised, saying,
W.. W.. once more l shake not the earth
INV NV but also heaven.
OnIy, Syrd this word, Yet once more, sig
.;f;ntb the removing of those things
nIlie' M ore shaken, as or things that
sn"t .na made. that those things which
oounot ",n be shaken may remain.
'"ia1Vh i"aWherefore we receiving king
LAW WHICH cannot be removed, let
w uO have grace. whereby we may serve
Cd acceptablv with reverence and
godly fear -. s,,h;oo+ M
crnaves asked, "Is the Church of God
Going to stand?", having reference
- the mighty upheaval in the world
tCdav. He said in part:
Three wears ago things were so
or;et that the world thought it did
Not need christianity, that the great
lesson I of brotherhood had been learn
ad But there was the sinister in
fnence of soldiers drilling in Ger
n,anv, and in England two shins
wera being built to every ship built
in Germany. England was determ-
med to keep what she had. Germany
said she must have extension of her
trade lines, Russia was ambitious
to have Constantinople. Ambitions
conflictei. In Germany there was
and is only one will-the will of the
emperor. A man in Germany wrote
hook after he had been pronounc.
cd insane. this book proclaiming the
doctrine that might makes right. i
became the favorite reading of the
German court and German camps
and they conceived the idea that tha
nation. because of superior culture
and skill. should rule the world.
Christian nations brought this wa
to pass. :.
If the views of the extreme pacif
lists are right, then all policemen
should be called off duty, all war
ships should be sunk, all guns spik
ed, every nation should be disarmec
America is in the most enviabl
position of any of the nations. Thi
country has had SIX wars during 1t
existence of 141 years and has wo
five of them. 1t has declared wa
now in keping with its traditions
not to fight for conquest or aggrar
disement, but for freedom, for tn
rights of the people. The Unite
States does not 60 to war for any tel
ritory-it wants none of Mexico,
wants none of Europe-nor for an
country's trade. 1t wants Belglul
restored to her rights, it want
France to have her stolen province
it wants England to remain mlstres
of the seas; and for Germany,
would be glad to see a great dem'
cratic government so that the gel
ius of that people may express l
self in some way other than IN mi
itarism.
We we'll may feel assured that
God ever looks with favor upon W:
he approves the course of this coul
try.
The world will never be the san
anv more. 1t is a sadder world,
poorer world. We can't get aws
from it ALL Militarism will go dow
Nations will count their dead, W
sit among the ruins OF their citi
and will declare that men must al
shall be brothers. Men have becor
too semitic, war is too suicids
neither side can survive a war u
der present conditions.
Despotism is going down. II
other day the world heard the era
in Russia when despotic power W
overthrown. Rumblings are hea
in Austria. Germany promises h
people a new era Of equality aft
the war. Pride Of wealth will
down.
A certain sort Of christianity "
60, too. What the world calls chr
tanity has failed,as it often has fail
before. 1t failed in the days Of Nj