Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-10-22
SHALL WE DAM OUR PRAYERS?

SHALL WE DAM OUR PRAYERS?
The strong deep tides of spirit Great
ing and guiding civilization are making
races on the earth, the goal to be
reached came up into sight from the far
dense smoke of war. The living and the
dying in suffering. and prayer appealed
to high heaven for relief from guns
and ornaments, and for justice and
The fullness of time had brought. a
condition on the earth calling for the
nations to organize ito promote inter-
nesca nnd ana eec@rty Se
Changed the barrier separating nations
to world commons. The wide seas are
their ships to meet and pass laden with
things and men.
The deep paths of the seas open the
for thought and action to play from
continent to continent. The sea of a
common atmosphere over all is trav-
ersed by the air ships unvexed by water
lightning speed, in radiant waves car
ries thought to thought to all peoples
on the earth. The physical progress of
modern civilization has changed the
to a. condition calling for interdepen-
dence and mutual cooperation No
nation of strength, and self respect
own selfish ends Physical conditions
and the principles of brotherhood and
fraternity have come together like
hand in glove.
pies Of all nations that the earth was
unit and that all nations dwelling
thereon should become unified. IN
tense nationality armed to the teetn
on the awful struggle of the most
dar1ning war ever waged on the earth.
The prayers and sacrifices of the chill
dren of the Prince of Peace. long since
had been offered for the coming OF the
kingdom of righteous peace. and JOY
on the earth and among all nations
and ~races Of mankind. G2d dr moves ~ SIN IN
form. Who would have thought that
in the forge and furnace Of 'devastat,
ing world war, the mould for a World
peace would be formed. Yet out OF that
furnace heated seven times hotter than
the usual fires of hell, came the first
great draft Of justice and mercy IN the
Nations, not for a balance Of powers
amony armed sections OF nations, OUT
for the unity and cooperation OF pow
ers for international peace. protection,
river that moulds and forms a chan-
mel for the guidance AMI control OF It.
self in it's onward progress to the seas
50 the prayers ana sacrd lo,siae % and and
formed a channel for their 1ulhllment
among the pations of the eartn througn
the channel Of the covenant Of the e
deepen. broaden and be changed here
and there as time and necessity de,
1nand, but the channel is now cut ana
carved by the stronS, steaaE c on ia
EARTH On November 2. 1920. when the
voting citizens, men and women OF h the
United States cast their ballots, snai !.
~ hn
p1ayers? Shall we damn our PRAYERS
Nearly all the national meetings of the
great religious bodies of the l'n1ted
States have registered theat stronG * AZ of
the United States entering into that
league at the very earliest opportunity:
81 missionaries in fGreign ah hsd Hea are
fairly consumed WIN nope e a am+e Ha ;n to
thc League of Nations. The con-
Silence Of the Christian. everywhere.
if fully enlightened. by world VISION
that casts the vote next November with
a ballot fayora BILE to the peace making
and not war breeding League or
Nations. This is the gay ana j, op fun-
damental things Of human progress ana
christian civilization. The appeal 70
the sacred and selfish the coyetous ana
the Unrelated and the unjust, spirit of
man is now being made to you as
voter to cast your ballots against the
League of Nations. Shall partisan poll
tics shut our eyes to the vital and tar
reaching effects Of our decisions in this
great question? Effects not only TAX
ing place during a four years adniniS :,
tration of our government, but in al II
lands and for all time to come. VIII
we, the men and women voters or nu!.
country. dam our prayers at the ballot
box? j am inclined to think If we
then dam our prayers, we will also
damn our prayers.
D. M. Brown.
Vawter Mimi.