The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-18

zeiger for November ID, 1914 we read as follows ::
But the deepest and most thought-inspirng re-
suit Of the war is the German God Not the ma
donal God, such as the lower nations worship.
but our God who Is not ashamed of belonging
to u.s. the peculiar requirement of our heart. Max
LEM has already testified to the revelation Of the
German God, and Luther's hymn. Elm feste Burg
list unser Gott,' merely expresses the same idea in
other words"
Doctor Bang then proceeds to substantate his
statements In detail by quotations from German
war sermons, Of which have only space for
one or two samples. II. Francke is the author Of
a popular book Of "warsermons," which was
ornamented with the iron cross and published at
the request Of numerous members Of his flock.
Here Is typical utterance of the many quoted
by Doctor Bang:
Promise Of the Lord.
They envy US our freedom, power to do our
work In peace to excel in virtue Of ability to full
I'LL our appointed task for the good Of the world
and humanity, to heal the world by the German
nature to become a blessing to the people Of the
earth Wherever the German spirit obtains su-
premacy. there freedom also prevails And have
not our enemies to fall back upon lies and ven
ornous calumnies In the endeavor to justify their
assault In the worlds eyes and their own Does
this not prove that the truth, too. Is with us1
Truth and freedom. those two great blessings are
In our gospel promised by the Lord himself
Germany Is precsey-who would venture to
deny 1.-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 a
falling back to the worst barbarism."
Walter Lehman is the pastor OF Hamberge in
Holsten. He has preached series Of sermons
which he has published under the title: About
the German God" The book is ornamented with
the Iron cross.
In a sermon Of August q the question is put ::
"Who is responsible: the crazy murderer In Sera-
JevO, the weakling In character and will on the
Russian imperial throne. the criminal grand dukes
our neighbors on both sides. the deceitful
islands7 In any 1t is not we." He then
lauds the Fatherland, the mother tongue-it IL
for these we fighting. and Germany IL the
future Of humanity"
He who in these days sets forth to defend the
German hearth. sets forth in a holy fight he sets
forth to a great, Incompatible divine service in
which, indeed, one neither prays SINGS but
in which one stakes life itself, this single sweet
beloved life for the life Of whole nation, q ma
ton which Is Gods seed-cOrn for the future"
In a discourse on Sedan day, September 2 he
rises to loftier heights. "Once again German SOL
diers are treading the soil of places rendered ia
nous by the war of 1901. Once again German
soldiers lie at st. Quentin, preparing quietly and
confidently. for the march on Paris God writes
indeed, a wonderful history.
YES but 80 1t Is, my friends: that glorious feat
Of arms a years ago gives us courage to believe
that the German soul is the worlds soul, that God
and Germany belong to another"
Here is one from Karl Koenig, the author Of
"Six War Sermons"
IL 10 Gods viii.
God does not will the war, but he Wills that we,
Germans shall will freedom because other
wise cannot fulfill our great tasks In the serv-
ice Of mankind, and be enabled to become a source
Of love and light Of truth, virtue and religion
We Germans did not will the war, but we did will
and are bound to will freedom. And because they
will not let us have It, 1t was Gods will that we
should will the war. And thus we carry on the
In Gods cause, in the cause Of mankind in
the cause Of liberty, in the cause Of our dear.
great Fatherland."-Kansas City Star.