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Christ into this war against /,

/, the German menace began to dawn
on my mind, l was led to consider
, whether there had over BEEN before
IN history such an emergence Of Sat-
anism, such a desperate onslaught
| upon good. inquired Of course
whether Napoleon Bonaparte had not
seemed in his later career to repre-
sent the incarnation OF Evil. | re-
called Victor Hugo's solemn interpre-
tatlon Of Waterloo: ''The divine
equity had reflected. Napoleon bothA
cred God. His fate was decrced."
But nothing Of the devilish in Napo-
leon was comparable to the vast
moral rebellion of Germany He was
an individual, obsessed with his per-
sonal ambitions; Germany Is more
than q Kaiser lusting for personal
glory. Napoleon occasionally did
fendish deeds, as in the case of the
Duke Of Enghein, and he professed to
repent of it; Germany plans fright
fulness, and processes 1t as religion
"a new sort Of Righteousness which
the German GOD has ordained. 1t
appeared to me that here was an un-
paralleled moral spectacle Of Satanic
empire challenging the kingdom Of
God to an issue--unparalleled, unless
----. The Gross Of Christ thus loom
ed out Of my questioning. What does
1t mean? l got beneath the surface
Of events. ] conceived the spiritual
forces arrayed definitely in the path
Of Jesus. The Prince Of the Air, the
| Rulers Of the Darkness, the spiritual
wickedness in high places hoarsely
disputed with God. ! saw the anti
Christ madly desperate. What did
Jesus do? Here the light fell. He
Ywent to war! EIe argued no more.
His shrinking and His patience were
ended. He flung himself upon the
evil hosts. All nature quivered when,
Jesus" went over the top" He died
In battle and in victory. lie slew the
evil with His body. Slain Himself,
He tore down the standards that
waved against God.
The Fellowship of the Cross.
have often pondered Pauls ex-
preston about "the world crucified
at the cross Of Christ" 1t became
clear to me now. The world-the
evil world-slew Him, but He put an
end. to its high hopes Of dominion
over goodness. The weakest good
can defy it. Its visible force is still
| immansa but in ratroot' TIC en,,;o,t,
are multitudinous, but under the
Judgment Of Gods doom. So 1t has
continued in appearance, hardly sha-
ken and towering, like Goliath con-
fronting the armies Of the living God.
But the foundation Of it's strength is
everywhere denied. I Now 1t comes
again In Germany, but despair is
creeping over its heart and the con-
sciousness Of its impotence and mis-
cry will again be confessed in the
repentance of the German people.
For me, then, to offer myself, my
son, my young men and ~all my coun-
try to resist the enthronement Of
that Evil Thing in this world, which
| ASoiNOhI " liooh has 81 FlSluly ulS-
cerned and described, Is for me to go
with Christ And as I go-hating
war as believe He hated it, loving
peace as I believe He loved it am
lifted to the side of the great White
Comrade, "E'en tho it be cross that
raises me-"
know. the military men, eyAn in
this country, who have been trained
in the German army ideals, are
many OF them-moved by the usual
military motives. But America as a
whole Is not. The average man in the
trenches Is not there under the hila-
rious enthusiasm of the drum and
fife. saw the men about to go upon,
the transport vessel at Hoboken. 1t
was the spirit of a sacrifice. They
stood all potentially dead, the cham
pions Of cross. Dimly enough, to be
sure, the moral issues involved were
formulated in their minds; but the
fact was cutting like knife at their
hearts that they had cup to drink
which the world knew not of.
Yes, I am Pacifist-big "P" and
every letter italics. If you please; but
the Cross of Christ has illumined my
way, and know that the salvation of
the soul Of civilization is crying for
American blood.
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CALOMEII SALIVATES
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