The Mena weekly star., 1918-12-05
GERMANY SHOULD
PAY THE PENALTY
DIR. L. W. B. Long. in Thanksgiving
Sermon. Points the Justice Of the
CIaim-America True to the
Allies.

Long, preached at the FIRST u T.
church:
~On this. the first day of the last
month Of the year of our Lord. 1918,
and during this hour we would emu
merate a few of the reasons why we
should recognize Almighty God with
thankful hearts.
Attic a desolating war has been
going On for more tssan rons gears,
and wealthiest nations of al time
have been impoverished and unable TO
supply their needs, our own country
has not only had a suficiency, but
with conservation, plenty to spare.
The eyes Of the distressed, fright
ened, hungry world turned toward the
United States of America, and cur
country has responded with millions
Of tons, aud continued to say, DO not
despair; you can count on us
"Altho thousands of tons were sent
to the bottom Of the sea, we contin-
ued to say, You can count on us And
such telling of trees, and melting Of
iron, and making Of steel, and laying
of keels. and launching of ships sur
passed all visions.
"And then came the cry from over
and beyond the deep: Our man force
is failing; we viii not be able to hold
back the huge war machine that Is
pressing against u.s.
~Ameriea's reply was: You can
count on u.s. and in few months mil
lions of men were marching, thOus-
ands of miles from native land, with
blood fred by that one precious word,
Liberty, and all have marched to vic
tory, but some to death.
I'VE are devoutly thankful to have
been counted worthy to be called TO so
great a service, and to have added Of
our might toward the everlasting de-
struction Of the erroneous soul-blight-
ing doctrine Of the divine right Of
kings. The divine right Of democracy
has been. is now, and ever viii be our
slogan.
~Autocraey is dead; it is awfully
dead. 1t figures among the casualties
Of the late war; it exploded; il was
gassed; it was torpedoed; it was pull
verified: it was exterminated. Au-
tocracy imagined he was doing each
of those things to US, but all the while
he was doing it to himself.
In this glad day of our achieve
ments: in this day Of worldwide vic
tory over worldwide diabolism, what
should be the attitude of the victors
toward the defeated and the de-
throned? sss3
II there had been Unstable reas-
on; If there had been reasonable
cause for the smashing attack upon
an unsuspecting, peaceful, happy and
prosperous world, then conscience
might say, deal gently with the fall
len foe But as there was none, justice
demands that the central powers pay
the bill in total
I'VE demand that the arch fiend
responsible for the dreadful carnage,
which has well nigh wrecked the plan
ct, be hailed into court and at the
hands of just tribunal be compelled
to pay to the last farthing. Nothing
less would be right, for anything less
would not be justice, and justice, how
ever severe il may be, is right. JUS
tice should be melted out in copious
quantity not stintingly, but in re-
pletsness to every one who has been
guilty of inhuman, barbarons treat
ment Of helpless prisoners Of war,
such as burying them while yet alive
and shooting them 70 obtain their
| clothing.
we do demand that those guilty
of the infamous outrages inflicted up
on the innocent, the infrm and help
less, such as have never been sun
passed by savages, be brought to the
bar of justice, tried, found guilty, sen
fenced and executed, from the kaiser
on down the line until the least and
last shall have paid the penalty
VIC AAA4A u0t &sAfr ECHE1EE ven
geznce is mine. viii repay. saith the
Lord Retaliation is not in the Amer
lean heart for retaliation's sake;
thank God We have grown; We are
past that day. but we do believe in and
insist upon justice, and especially
when brought TO deal with such mo
n1entous affairs a. have affected and
viii affect the wprld for centuries "a
come. Justice for all, not in theory,
but justice applied. The spirit Of jus.
tee IS paramount with penalty at
taehnents thruoEt the divine law and
ail-wise human enactments call fer
PREPARATION. We demand restitution
for stolen property We demand m
IDENTITIES for wanton destruction %
property We are told that the Gen.
trial Powers cannot pay the bill. Blu;
then who can pay TT Who should
pay it7 Whose bin is TT Who in
CURED the debit
@Who will deny that Germany. Aus
tria- Hungary and Turkey only went
into the =ar because they Believed
they could and would capture and rob
the earth.
I'VE are very happy and thankful
unto Almighty God at this time be-
cause De has been pleased TO give
success to Us In our effort 20 over
throw weird tyrants- However far we