The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-12
GERMANY LIKE UNTO ASSYR|AN EMPIRE, DECLARES DR. KIRK
Lecturer at Presbyterian Church Draws Comparisons From Biblical Narratives
 to Present Age

Dr. Harris E. Kirk of Baltimore de- livered the third of his lectures, on world conditions last night at the First Pres byterian church. The house was filled to capacity. These lectures have the book of Isaiah as the basic theme, but are comparisons of the conditions of Isa- iah's time and the present age. The lectures are given at 3:30 and o'clock daily.
 Speaking of the condition in Israel, just before the invasion of the coun- try by the Assyrians, he gave the inclina tions of the different classes of people. The soldier wanted to fight. The business man said: Buy them off The trained diplomat said: Form an alli- ance with Egypt The prophet said: Follow God and trust Tn Him
 SAW FAR AHEAD
 'The prophet saw far ahead-to the day when the Assyrian forces would be battering down the gates of the city, and the people would be rushing about in terror and dismay. There is the an swer for his statement, Line upon line precept upon precept' The invasion would be lesson. Every stroke of the battering ram, every arrow sent over the walls, would serve as Line upon line, and precept upon precept,' in the great lesson they were to learn of the returns of their infidelity to God.
 "Assyria was Gods ax-his rod of chas- tisement He took up the ax to hew the timber as he wished. When he finished he put the ax back in it's place, it's work ended
 "The main theme and object of the As syrian empire was organized materlalty and efficieney-just like Germany. This was opposed in Israel by moral realism by true sense of ethics. You under stand the similarity of conditions, don't you?
 THE AK WILL FALL
 When the Hun drive in the spring of 1914 was in full swing, some of the soldiers expressed dissatisfaction because a counter attack was not launched at once. The news came to Foch. General Foch is man of few words. When he heard of this unrest, he said: When the turtle extends its head far enough, the ax will fall So it was with Assyria
 "They hit off a piece too big to swal- low. T'.ey stretched their huge army out over such great distance that they were unable to use it with effect. ITO understand the conditions in the world at present, you must Know that there are three classes of people in the world-the pack, the 1lock ana the hiNe' The pack, aggressive, destructive; the flock more on the defense than offense, herding in the fold for protection; the hive capable either of offense or defense, but mainly for the idea of social ad- vantage and mutual protection.
 GERMANY WOLF-PACK
 "Germany was the wolf-pack, ever on the outlook for some chance to plunge the world into a reeking vortex of de- struction and anarchy. The pack will fight bravely as long as it is banded together, but lone wolf will not at ,ack anyone. So lone German, or maybe TWO or three, would raise their hands and cry 'Kamerad when confronted oy one of our allied soldiers
 But, when aroused, the peaceful na- tions, built on the solid foundation oi moral realism, overcame the aggressive pack which had as its basic idea the principles of efficiency and organized materialism."
 Dr. Kirk concluded with vivid des- cription of the causes and principles which brought about the German mill tary regime, and touched on the condl- tions at the present moment regarolns the peace conference, which he will takl up fully tonight.