The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-18

ba In Is characteristic OF many In this
land of ours, and to many more the
Bible, the word~vf God. Is closed
book.
o, America. Blessed of God! In this
your hour of greatest triumph: Give
God the praise. Hear His voice as Of
old: BE still and know that I am
God" Let US remember. as nation.
we have our faults. and may God help
US to correct them.
I heard someone say the other day
that America had had just enough of
war to make her anxious to nght.
do not believe this is correct.
We are naturally peace loving peo-
Pile God grant that, in the victory He
has vouchsafM to us. we shall not be-
come arrogant, or overboastful in our
pride: God grant that not only have we
made the world safe for democracy"
but also that we shall accomplish that
even greater task make democracy
safe for the world"
Glass rule. one-man power. demi-
Eodism must cease In this country. We
must be very careful. lest some Of
the things We have sought to destroy
in Germany are not transplanted to our
own fair soil
By Divine Standards.
The conduct OF nations and of indi-
viduals as we'll must be tested by the
ulSinH SldnQaTuS. L Tie EfouHu OL CON-
domination is to be found wanting.
las darkness is the absence OF light
so evil Is the absence Of good" We
can only keep out Of sin by being filled
with holiness BE not overcome OF
evil. but overcome evil with good" To
be wanting in truth. purity, or love Is
the essence OF sin. We shall be
Judged by our disregard or detection Of
duty. not merely by our commission OF
Mare naUafivA harn1fAS
will be of no avail If we have failed
in our positive service.
Germany has failed, has been weighed
and found wanting. For a while, IN
1914, / feared that we, as a nation
would fail because OF our negative po-
sition--our sit Is of no concern to us"
attitude. when Belgian's neutrality
Was violated. and we did not go to the
rescue as England did. I thank God
that 10000 American boys, to keep
their souls alive, in 1914, enlisted and
fought under the British flag in the
Canadian army, And today. I can al
most say: Thank God. for the sinking
Of the Lusitania, II 1t took that and
similar atrocities to bestir our national
consciousness
III But the sentence: "Peres, thy
kingdom is divided and given to the
Iedes and Persians" After a verdict
OF guilty there must be sentence Of
punishment. For individuals the pun.
ishment is both here and hereafter. but
for Kingdoms the punishment Is meted
out on earth History will bear me wit
ness. The German war lord and his
vassals are being punished today.
Their kingdom is being divided and
given over To new and we trust a
better regime, Prussianisr must be
absoluteIy destroyed As The Richmond
Nirginian said in recent editorial;
mo vengeance but a strict justice"
Vengeance 6eiongeth unto me, | will
recompense saith the Lord"
Count Wilhelm Hohenzollern. for he
is no longer kaiser. should be brought
before r world court and tried. along
with his associated in crime, and the
most severe punishment melted out to
them Maybe England can get St
Helena prepared for one who had all of
Nspoleon's faults, but none OF his vir-
tues, for Napoleon never permitted the
atrocities which not only were permit
ted, but ordered by the kaiser and his
Potsdanl gang
My congregation, This nation and the
nations OF the world are passing
through the testing time OF their his
tory in these days OF reconstruction. for
world peace. FAR more than during
the days OF war
Captain Allen. of the English army
who spoke at the Jefferson the other
afternoon. said. That the next parch-
ment signed would not be signed by
the representatives OF the kingdoms Of
Italy. Belgium, England or the Repub-
lies of France and L S. A: but by the
United States OF the world
God grant that his representation
may come true and that there may be
federation of the nations OF the world
similar to our United States OF Amer
lea This is the true spirit Co-opcra-
tion rather than competition. World
" ide democracy would aid In the COM
ing of the day when the Kingdoms OF
this world shall, indeed. become the
Kingdom Of our Lord and His Christ"
When u kingdom has failed in its
"a s5sfor4 aaf3tsea ffs day 81 usefulness,
that Kingdom is taken away and given
to another. Search the pages OF his
tory and you Will ind many parallels.
Corruption. disintegration. dissolution
destruction and death are the terms
that describe the fate of people that
forget the laws OF God and humanity
What is true OF "a nation is true OF
individuals as we'll. Think of the
awful doom Of sin. unrepented aud per-
sisted in to The end Lust when II hath
conceived beareth sin and sin when
II is fuiierown. hringeth forth death"
spiritual death in outer darkness
death for tirre and for eternity.
NAY the rate or Kaiser Wilhelm, the
modern Beishazzar, though / grant you
| must apologize to that ancient ruler
may his fate and the destruction OF his
kingdom be warning to us as indi-
vtduals and as nation; that sometime
our days shah be numbered and An
ished, SO far as this world is concerned
and not only will We then be weighed
in the balances. but that also the pro-
cess of weighing Ia going on daily:
God grant that we shall not he found
wanting, and have the dreadful sem
tence OF unfit for the Masters use
pronounced upon us.
BE thou faithful unto death and 7
viii give thee crown Of life" are
words that were spoken for time and
for eternity. In the great scales of
Gods eternal judgment, even today, are
we as individuals or as a nation found
wanting. May He SO guide our steps
that II may never be necessary for
Him TO say ''Thy kingdom is divided
and given TO another"