Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
AN APPEAL TO ALL CHRISTIANS.

Editor Every Evening Will you per-
init me through the columns Of your paper
10 appeal to the thousands of Christian
people OF all faiths in this city IN tins time
of great crisis to give heed 10 the need oi
most earnest prayer both in private ana
public worhip That We as a Christian
nation have been most neglectfui of our
obligations to our Heavenly Father; that
We have been deaf to the many appeals
which have been uttered IN our ears
reminding us Of our deserted altar5 ana
our neglected duties; that we ought 70
| confess our sins in deepest humilIty oi
spirit before we can even expect tnat
list Cod should listen to VIZ IN the hour
Of great calamity is too evident 70
require any proof Not the least OF the
weird features Of this awful war IS the
| fusomc pietism Of its chief mover, VII
| helm II The kaiser calls upon God
| for helm. assures his hosts that God rs
always on the German side aud thanks
| Him effusively for every CLEAN OF Ger
man success. Remember that the Ger
man people arc the chosen Of Tod. On
| me, as German emperor, the sWrit oi
| God has descended / am His weapon,
| Ills sword. His vice gercnt. Let All the
enemies Of the Germans perish ti9d
! demands their destruction, tIod VINO
| through me commands You TO illlii tils
/ will So i'm this terrible hour declalms
the supreme German war-lord The
| New York Life stms IL all up too truly
tThe kaiser saws he and God are work
ing together. What God can this be
| Not our Christian God, our benevolent
| Creator, n God Of love and hope and
mercy. The God that helps the kaiser
| is god Of broken faith, with bloodshot
| eyes. loose lips, and dripping sword
| He and the kaiser make A strong team
| for slaughter The only God worth
| thinking Of now IL He whom Paul knew
as The Father Of our Lord Jesus Chrsf,
the Father OF mercies, and Tod of I'll
comfort IL is He who must hc cX-
altcd in our thoughts and prayers AZ this
hour Shall we not as 3 city Of Chrs-
tian believers close our places Of business,
Law aside our war work and war plans.
cease our Goddess amusements, and with
great unanimity Of purpose and unity
of spirit 90 every one Of US 70 Or own
house Of prayer and supplicate our Cra-
ciolls Father for help and hope
In Germany this IS known rs the
X aiscrs battle on i he has Staked his
empire He says this is Gods great
hour for German supremacy. Have We
anv less confidence IN The Heavenly
Father than this blood thirsty emperor
has IN his Gsott Can wc expect the
Divine favor on any le~s terms Of devO-
ton 10 our Father than he has IN his
Tctltonic df1ty2 In this time Of such
anxiety and great resstlessness of spirit
may Nc not confidently expect that the
Father response to our united petitions
will bring us he aticcOr We 50 much nerd I.
ct us not deceive ourselves into beiiev-
ing that ne can win this war with the
weapons and tactics which Wr condemn
when used by our foes. IL IS not by sur
passing the Hun in brutality that We are
to conquer. but by manf'Illy meeting the
onslaught Of the ferocious enemy IN the
confidence begottcn by belief that We
are the agents Of the One Holy God, q
whose cause we are all enlisted. Like
Oliver Cromwell We must lnd our de
fence in having God with US, and Ike
our own Lincoln we must 20 70 God De
cause We realize that there IS no one else
unto whom NC can go. Surely at thu!
time all levitv and religious Dissertation
should cease and one and all of III ough
to put into practice the religious eiief
|, We profess this Is the time not for fHl
some PRAYERS for peace when there ca b
no peace but for deep searchlngs OF hear
and the publication of our national sou
It is indeed very true that IN this crslS
Judgment must begin 1t the house Of Coz
As in ancient days may not We today say
TO all men Of faith IN The goodness d
God. 10 your tents, Q people Of God
Faithfully yours.
Herbert f. Randolph.
Wilmington, Del, April II, 1918.
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