The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-22
AN AMERICAN PEACE.
Until Heaven and Hell are synonymous
Terms, America Should Not Think
of Peace Win Unrcpcntant, Unc0n-
qutrCd Germany.

(ty Richard II. Ednonds, Editor.
Manufacturers l;ccord)
Until the Almighty makes peace
with Satan aud invites him to be It
co-worI<er and co-ruler of the uni
verse and
Until Heaven and Hell are synony
nous terms, America should not make
peace with tan unconqucred. uurc-
pontant Germany.
Unless American men are degencr-
ate sons of noble sircs;
Unless American women are not of
The stun which gave strength to the
men of Revolutionary days. and un-
lcss, too, they have less womanlood
than the splendid. heroic women of
The south and the North alike who be-
tween 1861 and 1865 laid their all up
on the altar of their country, and new
cr faltcrcd amid the sorrows of that
tcariul four years OF civil War, then
there will be no word on thought Of
peace with unbeaten Germany on the
part OF any honest hearted mar or
any woman loving womanhood more
than life.
What is life that we should count
it of more value than honor and
duty?
Shall we save life that we may lose
1t and honor, too, or shall we give life
freely that we may gain larger
sweeter, broader, hoIier life for our
selves and all the generations to come {?
The Son of Cod might have saved
Ills life. but he chose to die thai
millions might be saved.
Judson and Livingston and hundreds
Of other missionaries have galdly en-
dured hardships unto death that 9th
ers might live.
Would Mary have called her Son
from the Cross? Would the mothers
OF all the heroes who have died like
Judson and Livingston for others, have
called them from the sacrifice and
saved their lives at the expense of
others?
TO ask this question answers il.
our loved ones are Offering their
lives that others may live; that wo-
manhood may he saved; that children
may be kept from the power of the
unhunS brutcs that civilization and
liberty may not perish from the earth.
Would we call them back from such
superb heroism. such Christlikc sac
riiicc made that others may be saved ?
The question answers itself-a thou
sand times, No.
The service nag is the noblest en-
blem ever given to the breezes, as
the stars and stripes is the noblest
ilag which has ever floatcd over free
nation. And yet that is almost too
much to say of our flag as we stand
with uncovered heads before the nag.'
OF heroic, sublimcly heroic. Belgium
ana Britain and France and italy and
Serbia. Their ilags float over nat ons
who preferred death TO dishonOr.
over nations whose men and women
have matched and surpassed i'm won
dcrful heroism ANA sublime sacri-
flee all that tabled stories tell us OF
Greece and other nations of oldcn
days.
God bless the flags of these Allies
OF ours. as they noat over heroic men
ana women who have made human
history through unnumbered ccntu-
rios 10 come the more glorious be-
cause they have lived and suffered
1nd died for God and humanity!
Germany. the embodiment of all
hat is false and vile in humanity;
Germany, whose people have reverted
to th@ type OF their progcnitors OF old.
who in their wild carousals dranl,
from the skulls of their war victims:
Germany, which definitely planned for
h'lt a century, taught it i'm its schools.
preached il i'm It's homes, ana thus
moldrd its people Of all classes to be-
SIN war for world domination. has
hut Followed out It's own Iong-pro-
claimed plans OF frightfulness i'm or.
| der To deter other nations from risk
ing its vengeance.
False to Gods greatest gift To man.
except that OF Ills own Son. woman
hood AMI hahyhood. wifchood and
motherhood, false to all human Hhcr-
~ Tor all time to come is even -
l'ousht oi peace with an unwhippcd
Germany. Then put away from tn
inn'rln"St thought of every soul any
'uHf'stion OF peace, any desire Tor
peace cNccpt that peace which can