The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-12

: have sent NO machines and NJ dsha
mite 10 disturb Berlin
Prussia comes under and over Sc
to fight US here The air road wild
open, every German city, fort, rail
road. bridge, farm and every German
head waiting for dynamite to tal
from the skies, we NJ glect the op
portunity. Let us question ourselves
not God
Germany has been inviting eff
cient attack through the air for foul
years. raining dynamite on LondoI
and Paris meanwhile-and Berlin ia
been as safe as though on the moon.
Perhaps God allows" the war z
go on that We may learn to help our
selves, wake up. think and acquire
efficiency in time
Had not the Kaiser been an ego
tistical blunder. has he not wanted
10 hear himself called THE Great,
had he been willing like the fathes
OF Frederick. or Alexander, TO let his
son wear the title. there might hare
been a sorry story to tell 1t is bai
enough as 1t is.
God allowed the plague TO devas
tate the earth as long as man stu
pidly relied on incantations. charms
and other superstitions Because He
would not interfere. men learned to
fight the plague with their brains.
and conquered IT,
Perhaps God allows brutality to
conquer for the moment that intelli
gent justice may learn 10 conquer
for ITSELF A child must learn to
walk The mother canwalk for it
Hall Caine and the rest Of VS.
should remember that in our corner
OF the universe the telescope shows
more than hundred millions OF
suns: more OF them are born every
minute In the various nebulae Every
sun has It's family OF planets each
planet its hundreds OF millions Of
living beings, struggling. fighiin,
numbering. on the way to civilization
With such a large manipulating
suns. rolling planets, murderous in
sect men to manage-it would seem
necessary to establish permanent
laws. sort OF cosmic constitution
and let the little creatures fight It
out. giving to each group such reyela
tions Of divine truth as that group
may be able TO receive and under
stand.
Also, Il Is said: Know ye not
that four sparrows are sold for a
farthing and the Lord counts each
sparrow that falls" The demise of
each sparrow is carefully noted by
the supreme power, which knows no
great and no small. but we have OBJ
served sparrows fighting in the GU,
ters and on the roofs Wehave sen
forty sparrows attack and destroy
one helpless little field mouse going
about her business on the park grass
and never saw We a sign Of inter
ference from above on behalf OF this
or that sparrow. no supernatural help /
for the field mouse wiekedly out
Let US learn another lesson from
the efficient Kaiser who is to learn
the big final lesson from US.
He does not ask whether God caros.
Or why God allows the war to go on
He says, in his wickedness and
God and are partners
He is with me. am with Him"
This gives heart to his followers
Asking questions. and wondering
what has become OF God. is danger
'us in war time
Consider that glorious old French
tighter. Lahire. He was not a re-
igious man. But once. fighting
against a bear. and
pretty closeto the earth. hedecided
wisely that he would pray And wise
y he prayed like a brave man. fight
ng as he prayed:
Lord ask only one thing II you
an not help your servant. Lahire.
'lease do not help this bear"
He killed the bear.
II Hall Caine. the allies AMI
.snerica win 60 on Fighting their
russian bear. praying in a reverent
'ut determined spirit. asking no
avors. learning their lessons as they
ONE. the Prussian hsar. like La
ire's bear. will Sieed TO death
-arfw