The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-12
OUAKERS SHOULD
STAND WITH j. s.
SAYS SPEAKER
Relation of Friends to War
Discussed at Opening Ses-
sion of Hicksite Meeting.

I'D rather be Quentin Roosevelt to-
night. dead. than the Crown Prince OF
Germany, with twice his present
strength" stated Wilson S Doan of
Indianapolis, in his address Sunday
evening at the yearly meeting OF
Hicksite Friends held in North A
Street Friends church.
1.-The war can be characterized by
the opposing religions of the combat
ants" the speaker said, the religion
of William II on one side and the re-
ligion of our Abraham Lincoln on the
other. We can recall the humble
prayer of Lincoln in time of stress
during the civil war-'Oh God in
heaven, give me wisdom in this con-
quest'-and turn to hear that OF the
German ruler-I am God, and my
army will win this war One prayer
is the wisdom of humble child look
ing up to it's Father, the other comes
from a despot with a heart OF hate, a
declaration of the divine right Of
kings.
1T is up to the world to make the
world democracy safe for humanity,
and it is up to the Friends to stand
for their principles and doctrines OF
peace on earth, good will to men,
but, my friends, this black cloud has
enveloped not one nation but to hemi-
spheres and the struggle has become
ours. We can not retire to our meet
ing houses. as monks to their monas-
teries, and say we will have nothing
to do with the issues. The true
dn W ha
ences of the views of the Friends and
those who favor militarism must be
laid with law, reason and conscience
as their basis.
All Must Give Service.
Friends have said, will not do
military service. They have been
honest in that, but, my friends, with a
nation at war you can no more distin-
guish between various kinds of service
than you can draw line through a
pan of water. You can not mail let
ter tomorrow morning without con-
tributing to the war. You sell your
hogs, your wheat your corn and rem
der military service. But-you will
say this service is not voluntary that
you must do these things in order to
live-that you do them in times Of
peace. You cannot logically draw the
line there for If you did you would
have to say that the drafted boys in
training camps are not doing military
service because they have been told
to do so, and have not done it volun-
tarily. No, there is only one place to
draw the line and God has drawn it
there-'Thou shalt not kill The
congress of the United States recog-
nized this as the line and drew their
line there too, making a distinction
between combative and non-combative
service. Those who have been thus
distinguished must do all in their
power to help their government as
their consciences will direct All hon.
or the Quaker boy, who, standing by
the principles Of his church also ral-
lies round the Stars and Stripes"
I'VE are all struggling to make this
war the last war That should be the
ideal OF every thinker whether he be
militarist or not. Our ideal must
be for a time when we can have a
police force of the world which will
have to act as nothing more than a
body to remind people of the arking
laws to make people and nations think
internationally. If that is not the out
come Of the war it will have been in
vain.
S5 Delegates Present.
About S5 out-of-town delegates from
1ndiana,l Ohio and Illinois are attend.
Ing the sessions which opened at the
10 o'clock Sunday morning service
The speakers Sunday were Dr. o. Ed
ward Janney, of Baltimore Yearly
Meeting, whose text was Pilates ques-
tfon, What is Truth" Edith Winder,
Anna Janney. Of Baltimore, Thomas
Scott. Louis laval who lead the de-
votional, Charles Hopkins, Reuter- Rob-
erts and Francis Robinson.
AT the afternoon session Wilson
Doan of Indianapolis gave the opening
prayer which was followed by an ad-
dress by Alfred j. Brown of Indianap-
oils based upon the fact that the
standards of the past will not all serve
today in the present conditions.
Friends have a humanism now
which may sweep away fundamentals
OF the future" he said. Some of you
have sent your sons to the army, the
navy, the coast defense. to this or that
field, where they are doing their duty
as they see it. We must stand by our
spiritual ideals, which must some time
surely tame OIL the DdCkS Ol men CnP
taxation, the misery, the sorrow OF
war"
Business meetings will be held each
morning at 1870 o'clock during the
meeting, preceded by devotional at
$3.50 o'clock There will be special
meetings each afternoon at o'clock
Monday evening DR.. o. Edward JAN
ney OF Baltimore Yearly Meeting will
give a lecture on Religion as a Mo-
tive Force"
Tuesday evening Mrs. Janney will
talk on social service and ]. Bernard
Walton, general secretary OF the Ad-
vancernent Committee of the Hicksite
Friends church will talk on Recon-
struction work
Wednesday evening DR.. Janney will
talk on The Bible and it's uses, and
Margaretta Blackburn will lead
round table on Sunday school methods
CAMPBELL FUNERAL FRIDAY.