Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-16
PATRIOTIC SERMON
BY Nh. HENDERSON

The following sermon along patri-
otto lines was preached Sunday at the
Presbyterian church by Rev. Leroy G,
Henderson:
THE War, and and the Duty of Each
of Us was the subject OF a timely
sermon at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning to large congre-
cation by Rev Leroy G. Henderson,
d. D. DR.. Henderson used Judges
Z: 20 as the basis of remarks. THE
Sword of the Lord and Of Gideon. ),
ard spoke, in part, as follows:
What we think of the war, like ev-
erything else, depends on our point Of
view, our angle of vision. If you go
mountain climbing, there is first of all
the view of the mountain as you APP
proach it from a distance. 1t does
not look So large and you think you
can climb it easily. Then there is the
view after you come up to it and you
see its great sides, its rocky cliffs,
its dangerous ravines, its steep ap-
proaohes and feel it is harder 70
climb than at first sight. Lastly there
ID the view after you've reached the
top and get the ground scenery ano
breathe the pure air to come away
feeling as though You can never be the
same person again after scuh an ex
perience
So, Q year ago when We declared
war against German, many of US at
first felt it was against people al
ready weakened by three years of war,
and our entrance with Great Britain
and France and Italy would soon
bring a victory. And there were many
who didn't feel any particular respor-
sibility-not from lack of loyalty bu1
because they thought that it was only
a question of few months that coll
cerned only the government and the
soldiers. But now after a year, as we
come up closer to it, its real dimen-
sions begin to show themselves-weI
see that we are not fighting worm
out nation, but the most war-like
and powerful nation in the world
a people trained to war and Of well
nigh illimitable resources. And this
view brings everyone of US to realize |
that v e too have a part in it, just as
as M oh as the heads of the govern |
lnent or the enlisted soldiers.
What. is the cause if this war? 1t
is the conflict of two ideals, diametri- |
cally opposed to each other, The!
one held by Germany. sanctioned nv |
its government and taught to its peo-
ple, is that our power and resources
are ores to possess and enjoy, never
to bea" the burdens of the weak but to
crush and rule over them-a teach
ing exactly opposite to that of the Two
II NaEarene The other adopted by
Cromwell In England, later by France
il her republic, expounded by PatricA
Heary, when he said, Give Me Liber-
ty Or Give Me Death, and fully eX-
emplifed by that great Apostle OF
Democracy now in the White House
when he disclosed, 1--WE must make
this world as safe for the weakest
as the strongest nation to live in" and
exactly the teaching of the lowly
Nazarene. So our reason for war
with German is not merely patriotic.
1t is Christian If the Teuton wins.
then we lose not only our country and
our home; but greater than that; we
must give up our religion of Jesus
Christ. But you say the German be-
lieves in God, don't he Only an Old
Testament God, aye less than that
cit is merely the ancient custom
of their barbarous forefathers," de-
clares writer of today &c. if in
this mood these Germans gain others
desire to dominate mankind they
would restore the like of Alexander
and Hannibal and Attila and Ma
poleon as the chief figure of admira-
tion to mankind
Such being the case I call upon you
to realize that we are engaged in the
most righteous of wars and we should
consecrate our all to the winning Of
1t, and that brings up the question.
What can we do
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