Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-09
"He Hath Put Down the Mighty
From Their Seats"

W lcToRY rejoicings were trans
" lated into victory thanksgiv-
ings in the churches of this
land on the Sunday following the
cessation of the conflict, says the
Literary Digest. This is the great
est moment of all history" said DR..
Manning, of Trinity Church, except
the one in which Christ was born"
that nearly 1000, 900 attended re-
ligious meetings in greater New
York during the day." and among
them were sailors and soldiers
garbed in the uniforms of every ma
ton that fought on the side of the
Allies during the war. Think for
a moment what German victory
would have meant to us and to all
the world" DR.. Manning urges,
then offer your thanks to Almighty
God for the great deliverance that
He has given u.s." DIR. William Pier
son Merrill, preaching in the Brick
Presbyterian Church, dwelt on the
'unswerving patriotism of all the
peoples that contributed to the VIC
tory of the Allies, and added a spe-
cial Thanksgiving for our part:
Thank God that America has
played her part effectively and with
honor. God keep us humble, as we
should be in the presence of nations
that have fought and endured and
sacrificed as we have scarcely
dreamed of doing. Let us be con-
tent with the honor of having given
it in a good spirit. For the courage
and steadfastness and gayety and
cleanness of our men, for the unity
of our national soul and effort, for
the high ideals kept dominant in the
nations life, for the care given the
men in service, and for the good re-
pute won by them in foreign lands
for these and many other mercies
we give thanks to God, praying that
we may in our joy and satisfaction
be wholly free from the peril ard
shame of self-satisfaction."
The chaplain of Columbia Col
lege pleads against 'softness" in
dealing out justice to Germany:
I'VE are not treating with an hon
orable though defeated foe. We are
dealing with a criminal brought to
book and as yet unrepentant. We
are dealing with n nation that has
shown itself morally defective. How
to treat Germany is a problem of
penology."
The religious tone of secular edi-
torials dealing with Germanys de-
feat is almost as strong as the words
of the pulpit. Notable among these
is one from the Newark Evening
News. With the apocalyptic warn
ing that God Is not Knocked. And
in the day of our triumph let us be
humble before him." The Evening
News soIemnly reviews the plight of
the nation that planned the worlds
woe:
1T is not enough that the German
armies confess defeat.
ut is not enough that revolution
takes command of the erstwhile
German Empire.
1T is only enough that the doc
trine and theory of autocracy are
disproved and put to shame.
"Autocracy, militarism, can only
maintain themselves by processing
infallibility.. Autocracy can not take
counsel of democracy without dy-
namiting it's own foundations. If II
is not, superior, 1t Is naught.
KAISER Wilhelm may go down In
history as the worlds greatest viii
lain. He will certainly go down
forever as the worlds vastest fool.
There rs his downfall, the down
fall of the laboriously created iaa-
chine that mechanical and brutal
ized Germany, heart and soul. He
and his clique set at naught two
thousand years of mans develop
ment. They defied the finer In
stincts of man, debauched the holy
mission of education, worshiped al
the temple of Grass materialism
For the Nazarene they substituted a
tribal Gott.
~"Defeat and physical death do moi
kill. The NaZarene lives. In the
suffering of the men who bore the
Cross IN France he triumphs. Their
glory is imperishable. for they
wrought New World.
betrayed by materialism. that
| against which they contended is
hurled to the depths of contempt
1t is just scorn that kills.
where, to-day, is the arch
apostle of materialism, .militarism
he of the flaming sword senior
partner of Me-und-Gott? Fled