The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-29
CHURCH CANNOT HOLD. "
ITSELF hLOFT FROM
AFFAIRS Of STATE
Must Stand Behind Government at
All Times and Especially in
This Crisis

The relation OF church and state in
the present world csis was ably dis
cussed by Rev. George Buzzelle. rec
tor of St. Georges yesterday, using as
his text:
HE maketh wars to cease in all
the world: he breaketh the bow, and
snappeth the spear in sunder, and
burneth the chariots in the fire,
BE still then and know that | am
God: | will be exalted among the
heather, and | will be exalted in the
earth
1.-THE Lord Of hosts is with us: the
God of Jacob is our refuge Psalm
46, Gil.
The president of these United
States of America has called upon us
to observe this day as day of src
cial prayer for the nation. and in COM
piance with that request | ask you all
to join with me before the altar throne
of God, and there supplicate Him, the
Supreme Governor of all things, whose
power no creature is able to resist.
that he will direct and guide the civil
and military authorities of our land,
will Judge between us and our enc
mics, will use us as a nation to per-
form his will, will protect and support
our soldiers and sailors, even, where
it must be, through death, will bless
the work of relief that is undertaken
by the Red Cross and other agencies,
will support the sick and wounded,
give comfort to the dying, and rest
10 In md I'm
ally victory to our arms and peace to
all the nations
IL make no apology for complying
with the request of the great head of
our nation. | gladly avail myself OF
the opportunity. The church needs
to be impressed with the duty of en-
tering most heartily into the work OF
the great war. Ii there be any who
feel that the church has no business
sanctioning war, let me suggest care
full survey of the history Of the past
three years. Peace we pray for, and
with all the ardor Of the soul. But
before peace. we plead for righteous
ness and JUSTICE One who stands now
for peace first does so with the full
knowledge of the horrible Offenses
against the Armenians, the Poles,
SerJians, Belgians, and many others,
to say nothing of offenseS against our
own freedom and peace. The dumb
voices of d hundred dead mothers,
with their dead babes clasped to their
cold breasts, cry to heaven for justice.
and until that cry and counties 9th
ers have been hushed, the cry for
peace cannot be heard. SO we gather
today, from east and west. from north
and south, at the affairs Of the Prince
of Peace, and make supplication for
victory for our arms, that peace, true
and lasting, may come to the nations
of the earth.
And more This appeal of the prcsl-
Ge1t brings us to a realizing sense OF
our duty to the government almost
Obscured by the false and foolish cry
of the separation of church and state.
The state may try to separate itself
from the church, but at it's peril. The
church, if she is alive to her heritage,
her duty and her destiny, may never
separate herself from the affairs OF
state. For, wherever human life func-
tons, the church must be vitality IN
terested, and especially now, when
government is becoming so highly de-
veloped and specialized that it enters
most intimately into the concerns OF
all the people, the church must be on
the alert to use all of her precious ,
gifts for the purifying and sanctlfy-
ing of the forces of life