Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-20

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association. either at home or abroad,,
which might endanger the public Sc
curity, and will inform His Majesty
of any proposals, made. either in my
diocese or. elsewhere, which might
prove injurious to the state. 1 will
preach the Word as His Gracious
Majesty dictates" That. is the oath
imperial state must take It they would
preach the word Of God,
No wonder that for half a. century,
In pursuance, Of this conspiracy blythe
military aNtocracy to become the mas
ter Of the world, the church from day
to day has coupled the name Of Deity
with the maine Of the. German Kaiser,
until today the Kaiser himself speaks
Of Deity as though He were upon the
same level as himself.
The German God is not the God Of
the Old Testament. The God Of
Joshua vas a'God that believed in law,
believed in keeping the Command
ments, and Joshua spent his last years
lin trying to bring his people back to
q realization of and obedience to the
law as it had been written.
Some one has said that this German
God wa the God of the pagans. He
was not, because even the pagan gods
had qualities of mercy. of Justice, Of
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old savage called Wooden. who, it was
supposed, was dethroned in the Ger.
man forests 1000 years ago.
Across the brow of hat German
God should, be written in letters of
flaming light, Made in GERMANY. be-
cause he has no existence anywhere
else.
And SO l. say that while it is a wal
of democracy, a war for liberty. a war
for Righteousness, a war for mercy. it
Is more than all this. 1t Is a war be-
tween the hosts Of Heaven and the
evil powers that have always threat
ened righteousness since the first
dawning Of time.
In the old wars. the defeated pa-
triot, the defeated lover of liberty, the
defeated Christian could seek some
land somewhere else-maybe own
beloved land-where. liberty of con.
he could find an exile from tyranny
and oppression. But il this war goes
against us there will be no nook or
Granny in all the world big enough
for h defeated lover Of liberty, big
enough for the defeated lover. of JUS
tice and gentleness and right.
Do you realize that Germany, the
home of the divinest music which has
ever entranced h ear, has not writ
ten any beautiful music of late years?
Do you realize that when hate enters
the human heart and dominates the
human life there are no notes in all
the gamut with which to weave di-
vine harmony? Do you realize, that
years ago beautiful. exalted, and in
spring poetry came in volumes from
the German pen? But Of late years the
only German poem Of which 1 know
that has gained fame is a. poem called
The Hymn of Hate" And the Ger
man emperor decorated it's author!
If there yer was a war in which
the clergy should be united and should.
be vigilant, it is. this war in which we
are engaged. Every boy who is wear
ing the American uniform, whether
he be in camp in, own country or
in the trenches on the other side. or
on the high seas. is your comrade.
my friends, because he is helping you
to win an everlasting victory for the
forces of righteousness, which are in
volved more than aught else in his
war. They are you comrades. They
are the comrades of all who believe
that there is a God above who holds
this old planet in the hollow Of His