The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-22
SOLDIERS OF PEACE"
 SERMON-DR. DILLARD

The service at the SouthSide Baptist church yesterday morning was fea- tured by the unveiling of bronze tab let in honor of the members of the church who saw service in the war. pr. billiard preached an eloquent and appropriate sermon and said in part:
 Today we of the Southside. Baptist church unveil bronze tablet in honor of the 131 members of our organiza- tions who offered themselves in un- stinted service and sacrifice to their country and to the cause of humanity. We thank God that of this goodly num- Der, while several were wounded. only two were called upon to make the SUI preme sacrifice. We'll nigh all the rest are with us again and have taken up the work here at home as valiant in times of peace as they have been in war.
 Tt is fitting that these names should be inscribed in imperishabIe bronze and placed upon the walls of this church house. Their names are more lasting than the bronze, for they are inscribed also upon the tablets of immortal hearts and the cause for which they so heroical1y fought is as sacred as that for which this edifice was erected. They fought alike for the glory of God and for the liberation of man from the thraldom of cruelty and oppression.
 Perhaps, in the long history of the human race, there never was such war as this, and never such soldiers as these. A people who loved, peace and despised war fought the greatest of wars in the hope that'war shall be no more. The victory gained upon the battlefields was preserved in the peace council and let us trust will not be inn periled by those who, like dogs, fight fo he a h1a To fail to preserve this peace which has been made possible would be to break faith with those who fought and those who died in this holy cause.
 'tOur men well knew, as did our Christ, that there is false peace as we'll as true peace, and they were in- patient with those who cried Peace, peace when there was no peace. They were willing to sell their garments to buy swords that they might bring to earth a peace of justice. and right.
 Well did they know that things are never settled permanently until they are settled right; and they are never settled right until they are settled ac- cording to the teachings of the Prince of Peace.
 "The Master taught us the principle of non-retaliation. He said, If you are smitten on one cheek, turn the other also,f but he never taught us to stand supinely by and see the weak butch cred women outraged and little chill dren crucified. When an Individual or a nation runs amuck, every sentiment of justice and humanity demands that a halt be called and an accounting made.
 The world is but an aggregation of nations and a nation is only an aggre- gation of individuals. It matters not how many treaties are written or how many Leagues of Nations are formed there never will be permanent peace until the people want 1t. You cannot make peaceful world out of lovers of strife. Out of the hearts of men come wars and bloodshed
 @rhe ultimate peace is the peace of God in individual hearts The peace which passeth all understanding, a peace the world cannot give and can not take away. When this peace is in all hearts, there will be peace in all the world and the kingdoms of this world will become the Kingdom of our Lord. This peace is the peace of which the angels sang that Christmas so long ago when the Prince was born It is the peace on earth to men of good will. This peace is the peace of forgiveness and reconciliation, of mutual confi- dence and harmony of aims, of brother 1y love and mutual he1pfulness For this kind of peace, let us as soldiers of peace consecrate our lives and fortunes and our sacred honor."