The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-05

oI atrocities Of cruelty Is IN" Narl'uts !
80 tl,, cross Of Christ. William At
cl,cr vvho is working nard Tor th' "ai
critic. and whose only son Is III t"c
rru,v. saws: "Mrauwhtl" there mas pee', !
- continual waiting "i lh'''.S' "nu
chanting Of praise from ten 'iiouS"'i' !
c,,tnrdrals churches. chap"lS' CONVENT
Ia. If MI SORTS TO the Tower when IS !
supnoS, d t. hHv" nrdhllci ana !" 80"
late from moment I" moment ih'S cur!
inv srrrtaclc--tn,, Power which guides
every bullet and cnuni"rSIEhS every
Gc,th warrant Thousands Of PROBES :
,inr,l .rolur:sts for this Power are eS-
ulaininr what great designs may De
s,,upusnd to Turk behind this adplilteui!
discuncrrllng proceedings
After III. EapulruniG wars there WAS
4 revolution Of feeling against the ration
allsm that made such progress III I'M
Eighteenth Century. ana some expect "
:;,... n similar wave when ina Ih|sc!.
,,r,rv Is concluded certainly there VIII
b, in several countries more lh"lh"Hluh
towards state socialism than ihcr" was
in 1914 and II a rcg.ll"aS wave develops
i; Will presumably h" in the direction
cppnsite to socialism,. MnEy think lhht
in England there. will H.: no great differ
rncr The distinguished Professor bury
Of oxford Say&:."lS anything snort ut
urw scientific revelation. cohlp;tTapl" u!
import to those which are IsS"clilI"o
wiki the names uf tuprrnlruS ana bHI-
win. likely 10 quicken the pace r"rccntl-
hlv. even for :, time? And IL Sh"ula 'c
l,nrnr in mind that reason cannot nope
In enter into her own TIL education -
rumulclrlv reformed and all mcn arc
Taught in rhildhJnd enough about inc
GENERAL facts of tho past {" enable them
~. II .
AN incnupClcnt Providence. but the rec .
ord IF I'm uphill struggle. III which th"ir
race heavily handicapped, has accom-
plishcd wonders. In this country enu-
cation is the field in which. Immediately
after the end If the war. We hive to
hope and fear most" Sir Harry John-
Ston" the explorer; who likes To lh!hk
in historical and geological eras. places
the present war with other great oiSRS-
tors: There have been Tho IL" ages ana
the floods. tho lanhSlId"s and the sink
irrs " i'alarnlithic times: TIA" recorded
and the uurcCordcd Earthquakes, VOL
canic uutbursiS. and tidal waves; the
pcStllciicrS and tHinlncS; IN" COINS anu
Germans. thu Huns, the MhE%arS' III"
the Turtars invading Italy and Greece.
The NnrmanS attacking France the
Danes devastating ireland. the maSs;l-
rrcS OF the American Indians T.! IN"
and Tartars. the Thirty Years War be-
tween Professionals and Catholics. the
Seven Years War. and III" ruin THESE
wars brought 10 Southern Germany: IN"
Napul"Onic wars, tic African slave trane
and slavery 10 America, the cAiStrhc" N
London and in great American elites "I
swra;rd women. working necessarily
from dawn n Near midnight In gam Il
mere. piilancc: the lii" III classical ana
a :, laNs - "a
tnrmrnlS nt IN" Inuuisition. tn" prison.
orr. in The sulrhur mines. and the agunlcS
und,rtun". during III" great StcgcS al
history" Ii these catastrophcS nave
not seriously affected religion he con-
cIudrs. why should this?
strong Indication that the whole
problem Of the role Of religion III IN"
life Of England is TO be taken up scrI-
or,slv and intclligcntly. WIS given III
July at q sitting of both houses or con.
vocation Of Canterbury. 1t was unanl-
muusly resolved by the Upper House
thai the reforms OF Mr.. Fisher or thH
hoard of education should be wcIcon"h'
hut that as Eoon as such action "nald
hc taken without htndrancc 10 MT. FISH
cr'S problems a united effort should be
made TO sec that adequate religious IN
.,rLctiun should be An essential part cf
the education given. This effort was
to be made in conjunction With Catho-
lies and Dlssentrrs.
To write about tho effect Of tho war
On religion in Franco. Is FOR an Anieri-
Tan much more difficult than To write
about the effect In England. ar 10 guess
at which il will br in Germany or even
in Russia. The IMAM starting point
must be to remember the sense Of orde",
cxactn"ss and form of the French peo-
ple. otherwise it will be difficult TO UNI
,!crs,and how the Church remains so
strong when scepticism IS so widespread.
The French. even In their very language
seek always clearncss and exactness
This gives to the language pleasing
quality to the logical mind and to the
delicate taste, but at the same time