News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1918-08-07

the battlefield. Must we of the Home
land be urged to more extreme emergen-
cies to learn 10 avail ourselves OF this
mighty power for consolation and for
conquest of the forces of evil which con-
front us on sea and land?
But coming closer in thought and APP.
proach to the theme set before us in this
association, "The Church as Unifying
Force in Divided World" what is the
promise of prayer in respect to this?
Who shall outline the proportions of the
altar of elf-etfacing con secration, which
can bring into oneness again the little
com pany of those calling themselves by
Chrlst's name as they went forth to do
his bidding in preaching His gospel to
the ends OF the earth, from that prayer
room at Bethany, that band now
separated into 220 organized bodies. each
bearing its distinguishing title and each
calling itself by some other name than
the name that is above every name that
can be named in earth or Heaven, com.
peting, crowding, disputing over the
spelling of a word or the amount of
water to be used in a symbolic act?
Something of pride and prejudice, con-
ceit and selfishness must be taken out of
Christendom as it stands today, before
the kingdom of our Lord will fill the
earth. The church divided into factions
can no more start forth as champion
leader of the nation than can house di-
vided against itself. She must put her
self with all might, mind and strength
into alignment with the word and spirit
of the one common prayer, "Thy King
dom Come" before she can lead the
nations iuto a common fellowship and
unity. Thank God, she is doing this
And what about a divided world7
Never since the sun and stars were APP
pointed to their places in the heavens
have they looked down upon such indie.
scrlbable scenes of horror, cruelty,
bloodshed, devastation, as are seen to.
day. 1t will take a mighty God to bring
life and light and order out of such
physical and moral chaos. 1t will take
mighty Saviour to make atonement
for the sins of the nations that have
plunged this whole wide world into such
war And what are the causes and
who are the instigators Of this world
wide destruction? We must read slowly
the pages of history which record the
silent forces that have been making
ready for this outbreak through the
years. NOI alone III men auQ guns ana
gas and airship and internal machines
have the military authorities in Ger
many been preparing for this event
The power behind these material re-
sources is an invisible one. 1t consists
in the religious and educational thot of
German teachers and leaders and preach
ers. The Subtle results and influence
of Germany's rationalistic theology has
undermined the confidence of the people
in the Bible. Her instructors in phIloso
ply and religion have eliminated from
the Holy Bible such words as its "Kul-
tur" did not fancy and incorporated the
authority Of the God Of the Bible into the
personality Of the Kaiser. He stands as
arbiter of destiny for the souls and
bodies of his subjects. And now the
nation that reconstructed the Bible after
its own mind and enthroned the Kaiser
as its Deity has introduced on earth
He'll of its own a thousand times more
devilish than the most extravagant in
terpreter Of the Bible ever imagined
Americas battle with the Huns canno