Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-01
DR.. BOWIE ASSAI[S
HARDING FOR PLAN
TO SCRAP LEAGUE
Duty of Christians to Sup.
port the Covenant, He
Tells Congregation.
RECTOR DELIVERS STRONG
SERMON ON PEACE PACT
Many Hear Exposition on the
Chureh's Responsibility for
Security of World.

Declaring Il the duty Of ali who
believe in the responsibility Of Chris
tians for the establishment and per-
petuation OF peace In tho world TO
shun adherence TO leader or party
freely admitting the lack Of any con-
strnct!vc program toward the at
;a!nmen. o. this end. Rev. ". Rus,
sell Bowie, D. u. rector Of ST. Paurs
Church. last nigh; preached strong
sermon 10 large congregation on
The Christians Responsibility for
World Peace" with special reference
TO the league of nations.
DR. Bowie made reference to other
statements on international profile
by Senator Harding beside that OF his
| admission that nc had evolved no
definite plan to- the formation OF a
new world league which should. be
| free OF the features which he and HE
party object TO In the Wilson cove,
nart The rector scorncd the Repub-
| licnn candidates declaration that he
could put into operation successful
! court o! arbitration by allud!ng to
the fact that ther, arc now twenty
J aine Of tho powers o. .hc globe. allied
lin. the live and functionlns league.
! In Response TO Appeal.
Dr.. Bowie's sermon was delivered
In response to an appeal that was
sent 2u, from group of New York
ministers to tho Clergy OF the entire
country, asking that they expound the
text sndh theories of the league cove
nRnt in>, their pulDits yesterday.
Through Absencc from the city he
was 10: ableto preach on the subject
! a weo,: ago. Syhsn, by proclamation
OF Governor Davis. all the churches
OF tn s;ate wer& requested TO dcvo,e
some PORTION or Nheir services to a
| discussion of the Nprinciples OF the
league in order tiiRt the electorate
might vote more inteJiigently in tho
national elections this @eek.
Or. Bowie prefaced hisNsermon with
a reference to one delivered by him
on Palm Sunday OF 1917. when the
country was waiting to hearS Presi-
dent Wilson'S decision on enfer.ng
the war. At that time he stressed as
the greatest evil confronting Tho
American public the moral dangen
that existed OF the destruction OF
/ faith in Gods powers Of redemption.
F.. He dwelt upon the sacrifices that war
entailed upon the motherhood OF the
! country. and referred to them again
last night as one of the most poten.
reasons for supporting whole-hear,.
etlly national administration which
should strive to uphold the Ideals for
which America fought and at the
same time negotiate a peace that
would he just to all and leave no
openings through which strife might
again overwhclm the world.
Detnils Wilson's Course.
After detailing the course which
The President pursued all through
1917 and 1913 in pursuit OF the ideals
that he haa publicly approved as far
back as 1916 in speech supporting
former President Taft's league to en-
force peace. DIR. Bowie brought his
sermon up to the time of the return
from Paris with the Versailles treaty
containing the league text. Said DR..
Bowie:
There is much in that treaty
which is iniquitous and terribly cruel
to The unofending colonies Of the
former German empire: In 1t there
are many blind. cynica. and delib.
crate repudiatIons OF the PRINCIPLES
o. the original fourteen points,; it
,is unfair in it's economic throttling
OF many peoples and its exploitation
cf others. but the covenant of the
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