Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-17

zeiger for November Is. 1914, we read ms follows:
But the deepest and most thoaght-insplring re-
suit OF the war Is the German God Not the
nonai God, such the lower nations worship,
but our God who Is not ashamed of belonging
to ny, the peculiar requirement of heart Max
Lenz has already testified TO the revelation of the
German God and Iuther's hymn. Elm feste Burg
ist nnser Colt, merely expresses the same idea In
other words"
Doctor Bang then proceeds TO substantfate his
statements In detail by quotations from German
war sermons of which have only space for
one or two samples. III. Francke Is the author of
popular book of .war-sermons," which was
ornamented with the iron cross and published at
the request of numerous members of his flock.
Here Is typical utterancc of the many quoted
by Doctor Bang:
Promise Of the Lord.
"Fhey envy us our freedom. our power to do our
work In peace. to excel In virtue of ability. full.
ill our appointed task for the good of the world
and humanity. te heal the world by the German
nature to become a blessing to the people of the
earth. Wherever the German spirit obtains SUI
preinacy there freedom also prevails. And have
not our enemies TO fall back upon lies and ven
omous calumnies III the endeavor to Justify their
assault In the worlds eyes and their own? Does
this not prove that the truth, too is with us?
Truth and freedom, those two great blessings, are
In our gospel promised by the Lord himself
Germany is precisely---who would venture 10
deny t!-the representative of the highest mo-
rality, of the purest humanity of the most
chastened Christianity He. therefore who fights
for its maintenance, its Victory, fights for the
highest blessings Of humanity itself and for human
progress. Its defeat. its decline, would mean n
falling back to the worst barbarism"
Walter Lehman is the pastor of Hamberge In
Holstein. He has preached series of sermons
which he has published under the little. sAbout
the German God. The book is ornamented with
the Iron cross.
In sermon OF August % the question is nut.
who is responsible: the crazy murderer In Sern-
Jeyo, the weakling In character and will on the
Russian imperial throne, the criminal grand dukes
neighbors on both Sides or the deceitfnl
Islands? In any case 1T is not we" He then
lauds the Fatherland the mother tongue-it is
tor these we are fghtins;, and Germany is the
future OF humanity
He who in these days sets forth to defend tho
German hearth sets forth IN holy fight !; he sets
forth to great, fncqmparable divine service in
which indeed, one neither prays nor sings but
In which one stakes life Itself. this single sweet
beloved life for the life of whole nation n ma
tion which Is Gods seed-corn far the future,
In discourse Sedan dac September 3 Ia
rises TO loftier heights. ''Once sgain German sol
diers treading the soil OF plases rendered fa
NOUS by the war of 1sT071 Once again German
soldiers lie at ST Quentin, preparing quietly and
confidently, for the march ON Paris God writes
indeed, wonderful history
Yes. but 80 Il Is, my friends ttat glorious feat
Of arms A years ago gives us courage to believe
that the German soul IS the worlds soul Tint God
and Germany belong to one another
Here Is one from Kari Koenig the author of
six War Sermons
" 10 Coda Will
God does not win the war. but he wills that we
as Germans. shall win freedom, because other
wise we cannot fulflf our great tasks In the serv
lce Of mankind, and be enabled to become d source
Of love and light, Of trath virtue and religion.
We Germans did not VIII the war, but we did viii
and are bound to Will freedom. And because tfev
viii not let us have It, AZ was Gods WIN that We
) war "a Gods cause, in the cause o1 mankind Il
the cause Of liberty, in the cause OF our dear.
great Fatlersand. - KANSAS City Star.