The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-25
MEN, WOMEN
AND THINGS

Christians treasure the four gos-
rcls. They cherish the gospel according
to Matthew Mark, Luke and John, for
in each one is stored the teachings of
the great Nazarene.
Now comes along people long nur-
tured in the gospels of old, and in
the pride of their intellect set up a
twentieth century fourfould gospel to
do away with the spirit of the ones
enshrined in the Bible.
The Hohenzollerns set up the mill
tary gospel, that might is right. The
Hohenzollerns set up the political gos-
pei, that the state is everything, the
individual nothing. The IIohenzollerns
set up the social gospel, that Teutonic
''kultur" is to save society. The Hohen-
zcllerns set up the trade gospel, that
goods made in Germany" shall be
used throughout the world
1t has been pointed out time and
again that Teutonism is not merely
political system, it is also a relig-
ious cult. and its symbol of faith IS
Deutschland uber allies. Put in plain,
understandable English it means Ger
many above everything, including hu-
man and divine laws.
The German mind is past finding
out The Emperor is continually call
ing his subjects to witness that he
and God are partners and that he is
an instrument in the hands of his
Heavenly Father, and yet he acts as
if he was true son of Mars and
entitled to his title of Kaiser, and
glories in the frightfulness which his
legions indulge in.
Three years ago the over-vaulting
Emperor said to his troops; "Remem-
Der that the German people are the
chcsen of God. On me as German Em-
peror the spirit of God has descended.
| am his weapon. his sword. his vice.
gerent. Woe to the disobedient! Dealt;
to towards and unbelievers?'
Pan-GeTndnlSIn is DSCOHic I0Sietl
religion and to understand the mil
itary apostles of Wilhelmstrasse we
must not lose sight Of the gospel ac-
cording to the Hohenzollerns. It's the
keynote to the empire builders. for
when the Emperor wishes to win the
Sultan he is willing to wear a fez, but
in his heart keeping it hid, "Deutsch-
land uber Allah
Reference is made to the conduct
of the Kaiser subsequent to the Ar
menian atrocities in 1895: when, i'll
1898. he visited Abdul Hamid. the
arch murderer, who had massacred
thinking men were amazed The atroci-
! ties of the Turks had filled the world
with horror and repulsion. They need
ed a friend and the Kaiser went to
| them, and standing in the presence 81
the bloody handed Abdul. he said: "Oul
| greatest German scholar. Haeckel, is
Unitarian. and before long all the
! German people will be like the Turks
| The TURKS understood the halSef II
mean that before long all Germans
would become Mohaminedans. 1t was d
blow to Christian missions in Turkey
| that staggered them for years. What
| the Kaiser meant by that sentence is
difficult to tell. Many differences can
! be drawn. If he meant it in the light
| OF evangelical Christianity, to say the
least. it looks bad. When man who
| talks about being in partnership with
| God eliminates Jesus Christ consorts
and makes friends with Turks. even
for political purposes, he becomes q
| traitor to his brethren Of the Chris
!, tian faith, and Judas-like betrays the
Savior with kiss and sells his birth
| riGht for mess of potage.
| The Kaiser has given the world to un-
derstand that if politics makes strange
bedfellows. SO does religion. when USED
for state purposes II seems quite ths
thing for him to be willing to have jesus
and Mahomet share the same chamber
l~nd SEES no Improperly in having then