The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-01-10

about the foe that excluded God from
the universe and trusted in its arm of
"There is his downfall, the down.
fall of the laboriously created machine
that mechanical and brutalized Ger
many heart and soul. He and his
clique set at naught two thousand
years of mans development. They
defied the finer instincts of man,
debauched the holy mission of edu-
cation, worshiped at the temple of a
Grass materialism. For the Nazerene
they substituted tribal Colt.
Defeat and physical death do not
kill. The Nazarene lives. In the
suffering of the men who bore the
Cross in France, He triumphs. The!r
rest is perfect in His peace. Their
glory is imperishable for they
wrought New World.
- BETRAYED by materialism, that
against which they contended is hurl-
ed to the depths of contempt. 1t is
just scorn that kills.
"Where today, is the arch-apostie
of materialism, militarism, ne OF the
Flaming sword, senior partner of Me-
und-Gott? Fled across the border to
neutral Holland, shameful in defeat
and daring not to face the people ne
betrayed!
"Where are the clerics who swore
that they alone knew the real god?
"Where are the diplomats who
made faithlessness their creed and
tore apart the scrap of paper?
"Where are the thousand profes-
sors who protest that might was
right?
+ "Where are the ten thousand serv.
ants who declared that their materl-
aIism bought them invincibility?
"Where are the hundred thousand
officers of the kingly caste to whom
the citizen was dirt, and who wrote
their creed in flame and sword on
Belgium?
Theirs is shame, the shame that
kills. Of all history, they are the
worlds supreme fools Their sword
struck through the superficiality, the
carelessness of a seemingly spiritu.
ally inert world. That world flameC
back against them, and from east tc
west, from pole to pole, from Chris
tian to freethinker, Mohammedan tc
heather, it declared their creed &
hateful vanity.
Cali things seemed in their hands
The world was drifting under theil
spell. Their espionage, thei1
lmateriaistic skill their materialistit
philosophy seemed to be overcoming
the nations. Hardy in confidence
they struck, struck with the weigh
of forty years preparedness.
"But not in Belgium, nor il
France, nor in Servia, nor on TIT
shamed seas could they defeat tn
Power that rose to meet them. Meth
er the stricken fields nor the redden
ed oceans gave back victory. Eve
; new forces rose to hurl them bacl
and the solid line of the struggling
lemocracies bent and swayed blu
would not break. Then came tn
turn, and four months were enough
"Autocracy and militarism ar
dead. They are dead because the
had no inner life. Revealed, the
, are utterly put to shame, made tn
subject of the scorn and ridicule o
the world. 1t is that fact, the shame
that has killed them in the day an
) hour of their failure. Theirs arch
priest dares not face the ruin h
wrought and runs away. That is thei
end"
Since the Church of the Livin
God is the pillar and ground of tn
truth, the question now arise.
What is going to be your attitude
as an Individual, toward both Chris
tianity and the Church? Will yo
ally yourself with the Church and tn
cause of Christ, or will you by with
holding your support and co-opers
ton. defeat, to the extent of you
ability to help the work which tn
Church and Christianity are seekin
to accomplish in the world? Will yo
continue to enjoy the blessings whic
the Church and Christianity bring
the community without giving thel
your aid? Will you live the life {
| the parasite and play the part {
the Stacker?
= An American visitor at the FrenC
!: front was allowed a three hours col
/ ference with Marshal Joffre. 3
t said that the most impressive incidel
!, of the conversation came when Il
{. Marshal drew from an inner peck,
Il a we'll worn letter written by
: French mother to her son in Canad
e and with unsteady voice read thi
"My dear boy:-you will be griev.
to learn that your two brothers ha'
$ been killed. Their country need,
Z them and they gave everything tn,
o had to save her. Your country nee
:. you, and while / am not going to su
e gest that you return to fight f
y France, if you Go not return at ono
> never come"
e Muititudes are living in that spil
o today. He must have a callous SO
- who can pass through times like the
and rot hear a voice whose call M
p must answer, or else lose their sou
J. The Church needs you, the cause
e Christ needs you, the welfare
a your country, your community, yo
le home, needs you. Will you com
n, Are you willing 20 go "over the to
ID for Christ and your own souls s.
n walton?