The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-05-10
HATE OR ANGER

the speaker At the court house /.
square demonstrated last week in the
urgency Of his spirit advocated that
Christian people should unIearn much |
Of what they had learned from Christ
ana begin to hate the German people. I
{ cannot believe that ne meant all he
said prefer 10 believe that he
meant to stir the Indignation Of the
people 0ut not TO incite fhem ii ma
tred OF their fellowman There is a
world Of difference between the TWO /
Hate il malevolent passion It's ex- I
preston Is destruction It. is born
of the devil and shows itself in dev
ilish deeds ON the contrary indig
nation Is the righteous reaction Of a
normal human being AZ the perpetual |
lion 81 orong-1oing. II seeks TO curb |
ne uyong-doer not necessarily 1es-
roy aim, although it may lead 10 shat
extreme Indignation may be a god
ike passion ana it smites The evil
deed while it would save the sinner.
We cannot afford TO plunge into al
career Of hate It IS un-Christian
and anti-Christian The divine Law Isl
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
myself Love Is one of the corner
stones 81 al las. order ami progress.
While Aa are seeking ID restrain a
yAr-m1d nation from continuing itsI
career 0G crime ami lust we must
not inaugurata an era Of hatred. Wei
must discriminate o1eweeu hatred
4ud anger
] We must De indignant a. tha crimes
81 Germany. if We have any moral
fibre in us The man or woman who
il not indignant at thesa nendish
deeds approves 81 rben and must be
counted with the perpetrators as en-
enies Of the race And being thus
ndignanl He viii seek all possible
means ol disabling Germany and rem
derlng the German government IN
able 70 continue to perpetuate ner
crimes
+ The message 81 Christianity to the
world is one of love. 1t will be the
breakdown Of all the teachings Of re-
;Igion If the would should enter an
iara Of hatred
Is is hatred wnIcn mas caused this
world var For centuries the races
OF Europe have mated each other. and
plotted against each other This is
the reason for the secret diplomacy
which has 5own such accused seed
in European politics for centuries
Il has been this that has built forti-
fcations or every boundary line and
kept large standing armies and built
enormous nasies. The policy has
grown cut Of envy jealousy. suspl-
ion ana lear
L has bee2 haired that has been
se motive u most Of the frigAriul-
sess that has made Germany infa-
as. Thi- isnoble passion famed
Up IL the flynn Of Hate which was
AIKEN In and sung throughout the
Empire f was THIS hat led to the
rape OF Belgium. the fespoiling Of
Poland the wreck Of Serbia the van
ton ruin ri Northern France. All
egi. things are possible when people
hata each other Ii ought 80 be re.
menberad that France today is fight
Ing not aroegh aat4 bat ouc Of love
Of France
Tie American IS not bull- taat way.
w fought Great Britain IN 77G ana
in tSl4. but He have no Qualifications.
no armies along the 4.o10 miles og
the Canadian border North and
south .ousht each other I'll the sixties
but the wounds 81 that sratricidal
war nave about healed. ana We have
exhibited a unique spectacle of q ma.
ton once mortally divided being now
in5aparabIy united We Americans
are good sports, We shake hands af
ter the fight and cherish no hard
feelings in the civil war it was the
man VINO did not fight much that kept
up the war after 90 And in this war
the United States will fight Germany
to the bitter end, and whip her at the
bitter end, but we must not be
taught to hate. Let men who are in
the wrong hate if they viii. but let
American citizens rise above such ig-
noble levels
John r Hernd0n
-w.S.s.
In the magnihcent Address made hN