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Of Jesus and the unchanging word AND
eternal justice Of Almighty God.
Fighting For the Saeredness Of Inter.
national Treaties.

national Treaties.
Because our soldiers and sailors are
fighting for the sanclty Of international
treaties, t.ey have the approval of con
science and Intellect. Modern civilian
ton Is based on the sacr, ness OF writ
ten pledges between individuals and
states. The farmers mel.;l peace to
ward his pastures and meadows, his
herds and tlocks, is based upon writ
ten title deed, guaranteed 10y the state,
The working man deposits his gold IN
the bank because the written receipt l.
as good as gold. by cable manufnc'
tuners In New York buy and sell In
Liverpool because business Is done on
faith and credit Men and women
marry and are given In marriage be
cause the vow represented 10y II mar
riaee license and certificate Is sacred,
Little by little nations hav" come 20
feel that the uttermOst Of Anctity at
taches to treaties between nations.
Once treaty has been signed between
the United States and Canada, the Unit.
ed States and England, that treaty has
stood as firm Us the mountains and the
stars Years ago the representatives ~
Germany and the United States, Eng.
land and France and other nations
met for solemn conference ut The
Hague, IN Holland. After long dis
cusslon treaty was signed, guarantee
ing the integrity Of Belgium and llol.
land The whole world was Mortified,
therefore. To discover IN August of
1914 that Germany sneered at the
treaty, calling It "a scrap Of paper"
that she would not permit to stand be.
tween herself and her greed to be pos.
sesSed Of the iron mines OF Belgium
and France. In that hour Germany
notified the civilized world that her
word was worthless and her honor n
scrap But doubt turns home into n
hell; doubt brings panic into Wall
street doubt brought chaos upon the
civilized states. II international trea.
ties are not sacred nothing Is sacred:
II written pledge is to be broken an1
a nation is to repudiate Its obligations,
then YOU cannot loan that nation
money nor sell her goods, for she can.
not be trusted. Life for our children IL
not worth living upon that basis. And
because England and France, Russia
and the United States believe that they
had to keep their written treaty obi.
cations even to Belgium, Germany made
/ this war inevitable for all nations that
revere truth and honor and interna
tional pledges.
The Republic 10 Fighting For Humanity
The very genius VI Christianity L. the
obligation Of the strong to the weak
Jesus taught the sscredness Of human
life. The poor peasant. the slave, the
gladiator. were made In Gods image
and we're dear to their unseen Father.
Each little child u precious IN bis
sight In the solicitude Of bis love God
neither slumbersnor sleeps. By day
and BY night he % abroad upon bis
mission Of recovery. as he becomes
bread unto the hungry. Q shield to the
Oppressed, . refuge for the poor. And
the great men Of history. the great
cities and empires. have been those
that have served the t56f and protect
ed the weak. Florence Nightingale
cares for the wounded soldiers; Father
Damien has bis fame because he helped
the lepers: Garrison and Phillips be-
came voices for the dumb slave: sol.
diers at Gettysburg died In the act OF
striking away the letters: John How.
ard reforms the prisons. and today the
civilised world acclaims Miliukoff and
the Russian cabinet because they re.
leased q hundred Thousand Siberian
conyicts. The world reveres Lincoln
l.ecause Of his great heart that beat In
sympathy with the oppressed. Hard
must be the heart Of the rich man who
can pull down his blinds and feas,
while little children In the street out.
side are poor and famished. The peo-
pie Of this republic are not capable ~
putting wax into their ears 50 that they
cannot hear the cry Of woe and want
from the poor of Belgium and northern
France. Whatever concerns these. our
brothers. concerns us. Jesus Identifies
himself with the poor OF Belgium. To.
day the republic has given millions ~
dollars In addition TO It's Turscs and t.,
agents In Belgium. because we bc.lcva
that Jesus was an huneerci and sick
and In prison. In that his little ones
we're hungry aud cold and naked.
Not . Selfish War.
In this hour, therefore. the angel OF
liberty and the angel Of love. repre-.
seating the republic. stand IN the path
Of the brutal soldier smiling down
Christs little ones nnd sends forth this
word Thus far, hut no farther Here
stay thy cruelty" For the republic Is
not lighting for Its ships, It's commerce
or for gold. II has unshcathcd the
sword In the name OF humanity. Of III
tie children. OF helpless women. ~ gen
tie peasants. Therefore II Is a wat
that should destroy all wars whatso
ever. II IL All effort to STAY autocracy
and milltarism and thus forever safc
guard democracy. Ours IN moral uni
verse. aud humanity must he redeemed
and cruelty overthrow. Take no coun
sci Of crouchlns fear. Already the first
tremor OF political revolution Is shak
ing the autocracy Of Germany. The
.kaisers land IS vibrating with coming
revolution. The forces Of hate, greed
and milltarism will so down. We are
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