The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-07-10
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ieven more fully in coming days. de-
elared the Rev. Mr.. Mccoy. Before
US are class wars, trade wars religious
indifference, reaction from deprivation
to luxury and the need to stabilize our
many restless laborers and in each and
levery one unselfishness must be the
road to victory. Our might and our
power as a nation cannot win this
spiritual battlein God alone can we do
it. Americas problem is how can we
set the world free and keep it free. The
answer is that the Truth and the
Truth alone proclaimed by the linear
nate Word can set men FREE,
Rev. Mccoy urged America to con-
tinue to follow the guidance of the Al
highly whic hhad brought victory to
the Stars and Stripes. GOOD was
in this war, " he declared. ssDarc we
leave him now? 50, let our ain be
to build up the walls Of Jerusalem by
application Of spiritual principles, BY
trusting not to our force, our claver-
,aess and our resources, but to our grasp
upon the truth Of the Incarnate God
and DIR determination to do His will as
this nation has dope it in the past. -
A Season for Victory.
At the Grace English Lutheran
Church, the Rev. Fl. T. Gebhart, D. D.,
chose.>as his text for the Victory Ser
mon, the words Of Solomon, t:fTo every
thing there is a season aud time to
Ievcry purpose under the heaven; a
time of war and time Of peace Y The
Rev. Gebhart paid fitting tribute
both to the soldiers and civilians who
had periodically supported the war. He
said in part
There is a time for war and time
for peace. The time for war is when
there are enemies to fight against The
Church stands for good government and
for good citizenship, and most clearly
outlines our relations TO the State, and
declares that the Christian has not
discharged his full duty, when he sim.
ply obeys the laws Of the common
wealth. The Church asks, Are you
interested in the political questions Of
the day. Where do you stand with
reference to law enforcement Do
you vote at every election9 What are
! you doing to suppress crimeg Admit
ing that social and civic conditions are
not what they should be, what are you
doing to make them betterg'
1.-THE ideals of 1916 are the ideals Of
today. The principles for which our
forefathers contended are the same as
those for which the millions of our
young men offered themselves so re-
Gently. These young men are returning
to civil life, but they have not forgot
ten neither will they forget why they
wore the uniforms of our nation. They
and every patriotic citizen say, Dear
Uncle Sam, we love you. We have
] planted our fields; we have labored in
/ the factories; we have sent our train
loads and our ship loads of supplies to
the uttermost parts of the cart, that
our ideals might live and might illum-
mate the lives of countless millions Of
the earth s oppressed. Dear Uncle, we
Hove you, because your laws and your
institutions were born Of the travail of
the prophets, to whom God gave an
understanding of His word. ~
i 1.-THE Work of the Lord
Independence Day, the homecom-
ling of our victorious soldiers, the sign
ling of the peace treaty and the end
OF the world war, all fill our hearts
with thanks to the Lord of Hosts, =
| declared thes Rev. Carl Bucnger in a
stirring victory sermon at the Evan
gnliaal Lutheran Friedens church.
Let the words Of the psalnlist guide
and direct cur hearts that our Thank
offering may be pleasing and accept
able to God, fCone behold the works
Of the Lord, what desolaticn he has
made in the earth. This horrible war.
this glorious peace are alike the work
Of the Lord. Bearing this in mind
we will not unduly laud and extol our
wonderful achievements NOR will we
seek undue vengeance on our defeated
enemies.
| "Be still and know that am God :
Let us learn that great lesson the Lord
teaches through war and peace. May
the day come when the Lord God shall
be exalted among the nations Of the
world. Let US in true faith acknow
ledge the God Of Jacob as our only
refuge and salvation. Let us dwell to-
gether in unity and peace to the glory
of the Lord -