Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-31
Possibility of Real Result
From Farley Trembles
in Balance.
TAKES HIS TEXT FROM
PROPHECY OF ISAIAH
Rector Stresses Conviction
That End of Wars May Be
Brought Near.

The possibility of real resul, rrcm
the conference on limitation OF ar
mamen,s. about to open IN wash
inston, trcmblcs in a balance into
which the organized opinion of Chris
tian people can cast the deciding
weight" said Rev W. Russell Bowie.
rector of ST. raui'a Church. in a SER
mon ON What Shall Christians E.x-
Fect OF the Conference" at ST. paul's
church last night DR.. Bowie took
ms text from the prophecy OF Isaiah
Many people shall go and say. Come
yc' ana let us 20 up to the mountains
"i the LORD, to the house OF the Cod
OF Jacob. and He will teach us OF
HIS ways and we will walk in Ills
pains And lie shall judge
among the nations. and shall rcbuke
many people. They shall heat their
swords into plowsharcs and their
spears into pruning hooks. Nation
snail not lift up the sword against
nation. neither shall they learn war
any more"
To the men Of Isaiah's time" said
Or Bowie. that prophecy must have
seemed like madness. The world
shook to the tread of tho Assvrians
marching in one brutal conoucs.
after another across the nations in
thcir path. So. in the centuries since.
sun the prophecy has seemed a for
iorn and empty dream. In the face
or the hope that nations should not
'c"rh war any more, the long success
SION OF an almost endless strife has
huhS tie taunt OF its contradiction
ret nevertheless, deep instinct i'm
an men nj faith has made them feel
as' generation by generation, thev
read the prophets words. that he
was right in great. far sense. which
tiihe should vindicatc. His eyes wer.
on the horizon OF Gods future ana
above the darkness should climb nj
length tho day.
Significant Spiritual Fact.
THE most significant spiritunl foc,
IN our own time In regard to war Is
inc increase of the conviction fhot
IN spite OF every contrary appearances
thc end or wars may be brought
near There are many cynical forces
IN our world which give this hon.
deliberate denial. These forces viii
be present when the conference meets
IN Washington. There will come th4
WEAKNESS of the Old World. the dis
'I'"''O'"'cHt W nitlrNS caliouSci hv
me loss and slaughter: and. worse
IMAM that. the cheap cyf,:ciSm of men
IN this New World who, Tor partisan
ENDS. snecr at the possibility Of avoid
ihS war, whose price they never paid
i'ut there is in America u great auirt
iorce OF different sentiment. Il force
that wells from the instinct of the
plhin people. that gathers in tho spir-
itual reservoirs of the churchcs--the
force OF Il conscience ana will TINT
can prevail.
Men are determined to see to It
that some real effort be mado TO
prevent wars. because they have be-
gun to realize. as men never singular
ly could realize before the hidcous
cost OF the last one. We remember
that ten millions OF mon lost their
lifes in battle. the very Hover OF the
race. We look at the staggering fig
nres which tell us that this last war
cost the world SiS6.00C. 900. 600, more
than eight times the cost of all the
wars in the entire century priced
ing We know. Furthermore. that out
or the unprccedented taxation to
which the citizens OF this country are
now subjected. over 81 per cent goes
to pay the cost OF wars already
fought or wars prepared for.
Very Imagination RccoiIs.
In the second place. men are de-
tcrmincd that something shall be
done toward the prevention of war.
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