Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-29
GODSPEED SAID TO
DEPARTING BOYS
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war. and nothing shall turn MS aside
-rom It until il is accomplished As
in the period o. the Civil War. So
again. our nation is headed uy @ fam
ing idraIst and all thr world reads
Our ubjac. is "a vindicate he prin-
Ciulc OF peace and Justice in the life
o. he world aS AGAINST selfish ana
agtocutic power and 20 SET uu against
the really free and self-c0ycrned pco-
pies OF me world slch % concert ot
purpose and action rs will hcneelouh
ensure .he observance sol these priu
ciplcs.
We are in The war aelins. war We
are in the wan 10 keep he world from
being converted into perpetual
armed camp The militari~is often
dcriuc his .dca They mo- mol think
wr can or ought 10 destroy war
They certainty nave the Ge.man Won
Mulkc's hearty endorsement. who
says. Perpetual peace is "a dream
and nor even 4 beautiful dream War
is an clemen- in the order of tho
world established by cod by It tha
most yirues of man are developed.
without war the world would desen
crate and lose itself in materiali-m.'
That sratcmcns. like same others we
have heard thai have passed as sus-
fal rlu,h, bears the -amliF trade
mark Made in Germany
Do the men in he war today glory
in it? Nor for a minute, They know
il to be an that sherman said OF it,.
They ore di,gusted with il, SICK dnt
tired of il and wanting to b. back
home again. But it is nasty job
that FIRST must be finished liehl and
so they are carrying on they will
see The jhug thru to the bitter end
cCs: what q mD They ar tFhtus
to end German miIidrism and u.s.
perpetual menace, hey are li-h'n%
20 pm an cud t. var A Canadian
othel SAID. I've given three sons
who have zone down in the oaftlc
gladly make M ssclIiicc II only
this thing can't happen again in The
world.
/ Jesus Christ is he p'rt,ct reyol
alton OF God then war has no right
Eel place De " ,"r lie n. t-ne 81
earth Men were created or broth
erhood. jus ice. peace. Righteousness
eyalts q n:ti1n. not ~pr + @ I'M
sprod prophet on an ancient day
looked forward 10 day when nations
would
beaL their swords into
plowshares,
And heir spears into pruning
hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword a
sainst nation,
Neither will they learn war any
mere
When Jesus the Chris. came IN
4 Bethlehem mmger the angel chorus
announced Peace on earth, good viii
to man" Jesus IS HE Prince OF Peace,
the King OF an Empire OF Love, The
! Head OF the Kingdom OF God, a king
dom OF brotherhood under the common
/ fatherho0d Of God Today we are
4 fighting q nation that does not be-
! lieye this. Their gospel is one OF
/ blood and iron, the survival Of the
/ littist, the course Of ruthless con-
quest This German power as the
man in the White House declares, is
a thing without conscience or honor
or capacity for coevenanted peace
aud 1T mus be crushed No other
means will remove the menace
| We are in the war then, not be.
cause We are warlike Uncle Sam is
I not a big bully with Il chip ON his
shoulder anXiously wishing for some
one to knock l. on We did NOT want
war We he1o not been militia i,',C.
We have nor had top heavy arma-
monts nor a sanding army Even
al or a year OF war we have still TO
/ be on "A fighting footing as BELTS The
dignity and power of this great ma.
ton
We are in he war moi FOR tewi-
torial expansion We have no lust
for q bigger place in ,he sun The
United states Is not land grabbing
nation exploiting the weaker nations
Of earth We paid for Florida, l.ousi-
ana and Alaska and refused 10 an
mex Cuba at the end OF .he Spanish.
American var When the war he
tween China and Japan revealed
ChiuaS imrotcncy and he big pow
crs pounced upon her for geuerou8
slices Of hel territory in 1899 it was
John Hay, Secretary Of State T jhe
United States, who ad rcsSed 4 note
~ the Niviseding powers inviting
them 20 Join the United States in pre-
serving The status Wo in CANA. Sell
respecting nations could net REFUSE
aud China was saved from dismcm
berment For that maguanimous
nay jus aC'. China recently erected
IN Pckin statute IN memory Of John
Hay China holds us in loving 70
membrWcc for our JUS stand il he
behalf
We are i'm the war to make IN,