The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-16
GERMANY IS SUFFERING
WITH PARAN0|AC ku[TUR
America Must Await Repentance Of
Germany Before Extending Pardon,
Says DIR. Wicker.

America is too prone to let things
go, said Rev. ]. J. Wicker. sunday
morning in a sermon delivered to the
congregation of Leigh-Street Baptist
church. She must not forgive Ger
many until Germany repents, IL Ii takes
a thousand years to bring this re-
pentance. Mr.. Wicker's text was Luke
1913. IT thy brother trespass against
thee. rebuke him, and IL he repent for
give him. He said
One OF the greatest questions of the
hour. is--what shall be our feelings
and relations to Germany? Shall we
forgive her? when the war Is over
shah we forget the past and "fet by
cones be by-gones" or shall we keep
alive a fame of Indignation for all
that nation has committed. OF what
We believe TO be the greatest national
crime in the worlds history
Certainly this Is the hour for all
moral teachers to speak. Everybody 10
thinking and feeling and we ought not
to permit public opinion to crystalixs
II. the wrong way. / know of no pub
lie question that demands more earnest
thinking. We want to do the right
We cannot afford to go wrong on
question that has to do with the whole
world. There are some facts that Unjust
be kept In mind and we submit In the
first place. that all that Germxny has
done In this war, was executed accord
ing TO a long thought out plan Of &C.
ton. What she has done was accom-
plished with malice aforethought."
She Ia on trial for premeditated deeds.
Germany is suffering with a case Of
paranoiac kultur. This brainstorm
cannot express itself according to Ger
man philosophy in any form so we'll as
in war. War Is the only evolution OF
the superman. and the superman is the
H.
cannibal and the only diet upon which
he can thrive Is his weaker brother.
The weaker brother serves his high
est end when carved by the sword OF
the militarist. at the great kultur
feast. Thank God, sorne Of US .believe
fatal case OF indigestion awaits the
philosophic beast
what Germany has done lie too we'll
known to be repeated and yet we ven
ture the half has never been told amd
will not be known until those In. Hun
prison camps come forth to tell the
story. But enough lie fully established
to furnish evidence for Judgment
Shall we forgive them? Only X they
repent.
Jesus prayed Father furrtys ttIUyu.
for they know NOT what they do" And
so Ii was. but the Germans know full
well and boast of what they do II Ii
not case of Ignorance. but . case cf
kultur.
II II takes her thousand yeGrs 70
make right her wrongs, then let IA -
so, He'll is for all eternity and that n
the way God deals with unreptant sine
ners. A religion that does not had =
man to pay his bills furnishes n Inn
moral escape for dryfunest man. +
refuse to give a receipt until the bill
Is paid and do IL because T.heiisv~
In God, a holy God. and not MIX aad
water sentimental compromising God.
To entertain forgiveness for Germany
at this hour IL to shout out OF the win
dow to the midnight hiEhwAymAm.
.'come on with your diabolicaI past aAd
your present Internal dssigns. come ..
come on. I forgive YOU"
This nation nesda stsrhnsna. f6unAnG
on Justice and RELATIONSHIPS HsdthAe-
hood and fraternity cannot fesl rafetY
on any other foundation.
From the weak, nailIk
and water. sentimental. new tM16ieols
socdy- goody preacher and tho nf11t4Ss
emit. compromising. easy eofa 1e0
care laymen. GOOD ~ Aeliv6t
God and tbs worl IRE eAlll&f 1
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