The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-11-28

coming home, most of them. Some
will be manned, or broken in health,
while some will be laft to sleep the
heroes last sleep on the soil they de-
Tended to the death. Hearts are sad,
yet even these have joy as they think
of the end of the strife and the glad
ness that comes to other hearts.
The cost has been beyond our COM
prehension. Yet money has poured in
to the Golfers of our government to
meet the expenses. Money by the
millions, too, has been cheerfully given
to provide for the comfort and spiritual
well being of the boys. Never before
has any country in the history of the
world, taken the pains and expended
the effort to keep her army clean. tenn
perate and self contented as has the U.
S. 1t was duty she owed them and
not few will come back better men
and citizens than when they went
away. For this we are grateful.
The wsye of temperance which start
ed in the conviction that we must pro-
tect our boys from the ravages of the
rum king, has spread rapidly over our
country and national prohibition is now
practically an assured fact. This Is
mighty victory for purity and right.
The liquor bill of our country applied to
our national debt would wipe it out in
few years.
On the heels of our other troubles
came the fearful scourge-a veritable
pestilence-the Flu" that in a few
weeks swept away more of our soldiers
than the war its self, to say nothing of
the civilians who succumbed to its raw
ages. In twenty six of the cities of our
land it slew more than we lost in the
war. All this means something. God
is speaking to the nation in trumpet
tones. Shall we heed the warning and
get right with God? That it is subsid-
ing we are profoundly grateful. But
unless we put away sin and the evil
that provokes the judgments of heaven,
we may expect the return of this or
some equally destructive affiiction.
Europe is seethlng yet. Russia is in
turmoil brought about chiefly by Ger
man influence and now Germany if reap
ing as she sowed and a just but fearful
retribution is visiting her. She is not
yet subdued properly. She needs to be
ruled with rod of iron, and in the
providence of God in meeting out JUS
tice she will feel the iron piercing her
soul, hardened as it has been her selfish,
self seeking, man dishonoring and God
defying deeds. But the Individual can
not escape judgment for his deeds.
1t would be we'll for US to consider
some of our national sins. Intemper-
ance is one of them, but we may be
thankful that we are doing what we can
to blot that curse out.
Mormanism is another. 1t is a grow
ing menace but politicians nurse it.
harbor it, perpetuate it to gain their
ends, but in the end the nation will suf-
fer for when the judgments of heaven
fall they will include the innocent as
well as the guilty. It is a foul stain
on the Escutcheon of our country. 1t
can be wiped out easily if the people
have a mind to do it.
Profiteering has been resorted to by
not few of late. We want to know if
1t is criminal for man or group of
men to get corner on the necessities
of life and say give US our price or
starve. They say its business! What
kind? 1t is the basest sort of trickery
on the part of rotten commercialism.
Shall we get rich at the expense of our
neighbor? That is Kaiserism CONNER
clalized. God must be reckoned with
in all our dealings and sometimes the
government requires reckoning.
We must render our account for our
Sabbaths. How do we keep them? We
had few motorless Sabbaths. Did
we suffer on that account? They were
reminders of the old time quiet Sab
baths when you could sit down and
mediate undisturbed. Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy"
We are facing great changes social,
political and religious. The church will
have to adapt herself to the new state
of things. She must meet the emer-
gency woe be to her if she modifies the
character of her preaching to suit the
demands of worldlings. More than
eyer must she emphasize the Divinity
of Christ, the necessity of atonement
for sin by the blood of Jesus, the nee
cessity of real conversion and of Cody
living. She must represent Christ in
the world and reflect His light and i'm
age. There must be less work for de-
nomination and more for the world.
But mans day is drawing near its close.
A better day is coming for this sin
cursed earth.
Creations Lord and Redeemer will
yet come and set things in order. For
this we look and long and labor and
wait. Let US praise God that it is COM
ing