The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-07-26

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In the course Of a sermon IN Louis
VILE recently. DIR. w. A. Garfield. Of
Danville, spoke as follows:
Why Awful War;
Your mind has been running ahead
OF my message. You have been walt
ing for my next question. I II God Is
here and Is great and powerful, why
this awful carnage OF war.
1 cannot fully answer-terrible ca
lamities and great rich blessings are
rarely possible OF explanation at the
moment--but this war was not or
dained nor inspired by God. Out Of
disaster and war good has often come.
and out OF this war great good must
and will come, but God did not ordain
the evil for the sake OF the good.
have been hunting for a COMPARE
son but no comparison can be found.
History fails to furnish another cal
amity quite 80 terrible and with SO
little reason. The fiercest animal.
when crowded to the corner fights
more fiercely still: the wild beast
fights hard for life; vice and temper
ance and every form OF sin die hard
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freedom Is restricted AS they are
driven to the corner they make last
fierce fight So / suppose despotism
has felt itself losing ground, autocra-
cy has felt its area restricted and tie
world now takes part in the last death
grip with this terrible monster.
Why Permit War;
Why does God permit war? Why
does He permit the individual to get
crazy drunk. beat his wife and child
rem? why does He permit man TO
rob and kill his neighbor? Why does
He permit a whole city or common
wealth TO sell the virtue OF woman
hood and strength and life OF man
hood. the happiest of homes and the
prosperity OF business for a little rev.
enue? These and thousand other
such questions / will answer. God
does not ordain inspire or even per-
NIT them Could He not prevent
them7 He could have made us with
out free will. but freedom gone. all is
gone. Surely you would not prefer
that God had left you a creature of
instinct rather than be man OF reas-
on and will. Even creatures OF in
stinct war worse than men. You boast
OF manhood's power, then you must
accept mans responsibilities, too. God
will not remove mans individual pow
err TO choose, and win. and do, but man
must restrain mans individual right
OF liberty TO choose, and will and do.
The long boosted doctrine Of individ-
ual liberty has forever gone No man
can be immoral to himself alone. Nei-
Their can a nation.
Man Fully Responsible.
Man is responsible for all his acts
and thoughts to God, to himself and
to his 6ellowmen. Nations are alike re-
l sponsIble to God. to their own citi-
zens and to other nations for their in
| situations. policies and deeds.
No man can sell his soul to sin
| without injury TO others. Fifty years
| ago Germany sold her soul and today
| the whole world pays the bill. Many
hundred years ago the great, good God
looked upon world in sin and freely
sent His only Son TO save a sorrowing.
/ sIn-cursed world. and He came and
won. His body was broken, His blood
was shed. but sin was conquered and
the world was won. Without the shed
ding OF blood there shall be no remis-
sions OF sin, whether on the scaffold
high or at the battles van
The noblest place for man 10 die
| is where he dies for man.
Today Satan has his earthly throne
| In Berlin All the hosts of sin are
fighting hard and many a mothers
only son OF sons. have gone. but men
men-men OF America-before this war
Is done the world must and will be
won, for we are in the right and right
must win God is here now and TO you
men OF faith and courage and conse-
Grafton. can say He win be with US
over there. He will be with you over
there God will be true to you. May
you always be true.