Evening journal., 1918-05-15
EpiscopaIians in Session at Smyrna
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be rid OF II forever. We must defeat
the Germans by way OF serving notice
on all Who may ever seek TO live by
military conquest that war-lords shall
not have their will while there are
men In the free peoples TO night them.
Not to lght Is 10 aid and abet them T,
anyone, no matter what his motives,
who weakens opposition 10 the mod
ern Huns. shares In the guilt OF the
murder, rape and robbery which the
Huns, II unchecked, would bring on all
the world. Serbia, Belgium, Poland.
Russia Rumania are but samples OF
what war means for all mankind. Not
10 oppose and 10 punish those VINO
have brought II Is 20 share IN their
crime. Our one duty Is 10 prosecute
the war 10 a successful Issue, both as
citizens loving freedom and as Chris
tians loving religion. II Is only sham
Christianity, AL the moro damnabe IN
1t makes piOus pretence, which by It's
action and failure 10 act aids the Ger
man cause. Genuine Christianity, re-
solute and ready for sacrifice, says and
makes Us words good, "They shall not
pass, "They shall not win" "They
shall not tbwart the purposes OF the
Prince OF Peace
been mobllzed the nation and the
church have been moblized, that each
and every one may do something TO
further the one great cause We think
much, and rightly, OF the morale OF
the men OF the front; we must not lg-
more the morale OF those In the lines
farther back, even OF those In the ut
termost rear. In this great world
struggle OF wills for peace against Wills
for war, every single will counts, Psy-
chical forces are as real as physical
though we can not gauge them IN the
same way; and the resolute VIII to
struggle 20 tho end in those far be-
hind the front lines constitutes a re-
serve force not 10 be ignored. We are
all active participants In the strugsi b.
AS the force OF each personality g
directed toward moral or lmmornei
ends, does II count on one side or the
other, not merely IN the sum total OF
abstract things, but in It's effects on
concrete activities. The combination
OF wills which we commonly speak
OF as public opinion has obvious ef-
fects on individual action.
Take our own case. We are hold
ing a battle-llne OF tremendous i'm
portance here In Delaware, a line which
we must think OF as one very near the
front. The Delaware river has very
great strategic importance. Here are
made munitions for our armies and our
alliesi here are being accomplished
special tasks In the all-imporlant work
OF the building Of ships Vital things
depend on prompt and perfect work
right here that the maximum OF re-
suit may be obtained And we all have
something to do with it. Mr.. Schwab
for example, Is all right. He Is sum
Client In his post. But 10 accomplish
his aims he must make each man in
the shipyards share his conviction that
all depends on ships, and his detcrmln-
alton that by unceasing effort and ac-
curate craftsmanship each shall be do
Ing his utmost 10 keep up a rapid sue
cession OF fresh launchings And We
close at hand all have some effect on
this AS we share the keenness and
conviction OF our leaders, and as we
make the workmen feel our apprecla-
tion OF the Importance OF the special
task, and that as a cloud OF witnesses
we rejoice in their efficiency we are
all helping. II the people OF Delaware
are filled with a spirit OF determination
and restless energy, they Will force the
best work In their borders from those
enlructed with the actual accomplish
ments OF the nations tasks. Much de-
ponds on seolhlng public sentiment /;
and Il rests with us to keep sentiment
for necessary things at a white heat.
We can all OF us get behind some man
who Is behind somebody or something
more directly In the struggle than we
and then we count. Each can contrib
ute 10 the sum total OF moral deter
mlnatlon which Is not only reused but
stays reused and which will not
slacken until lts ends are gained
I'VE are all under martial law. ready
therefore for self-subordlnation and
for cooperation with allies. II is not
necessary 10 urge response 10 appeals
from the government for giving and
doing That response goes without
saying. (For example, we need no re-
mlnder OF our duty 90 help in the Red
Cross drive next week To help the
Red Gross is as much matter Of course
as breathing. The more we have done
already, the more we must stlll do, TO
live up TO our own good standards 5
We must insist on maintaining among
ourselves the same morale that we
know 10 be necessary for our soldiers.
That means that we must address our
selves TO work 10 be done without
mawklsh sentiment. without shudder-
ing at pain with readiness TO back
leaders and workers, with good-hum-
ored cooperation with othess, with
alertness to detect and suppress trait
ors. There IL something wrong about
us II we are bewailing the fact that
our boys have to go 10 night Tie fght
has TO be fought and won; OF course
the boys have 90 go. The only pity ls
that we are not all boys TO 90, too.
Many will be killed; more will be
wounded; all OF them will suffer. That
Is their glorious privilege. Quite aparl
from the spiritual consideration that
nothing Is more worthy of the highest
humanity, nothing more truly divine
/ than TO share in great struggles and
sacrifices. there y the eommon-sensr
view that u is better, more economical
that soma die now that. the German.
be beaten, then that quite as man,
should die later, and All OF us be de
graded, by letting them win Wha
would life he worth IN a world rulet
by Germans as they now ares We wisl
to keep our boys and girls What 10,
could we have in our boys and girl
II the Germans were their mastersg I
that could be possible. the sooner the,
die, the better. The victory OF the Ger
mans would give peoples like our owl
nothing TO live for; the defeat OF IN,
Germans gives them something yer,
well worth diving for. Most OF ms ar.