Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-12-07
BIBLE sTUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
Mcmorializcs the international Arms
Conference ut Washington.

at Washington, D. c., has thus me-
morialized the International Arms
Congress assembled at washington
at the present time:
AS Christians earnestly striving 10
follow the teachings Of Christ Jesus
our Lord and His apostles, we hold:
That war is Il relic Of barbarism,
destructive Of good morals, and re-
proach to Christian peoples.
That the principles taught by the
Lord Jesus Christ preclude conse-
Grated Christians from engaging in
war, bloodshed or violence in any
form.
That no nation can be said to be
truly Christian which fails to adhere
TO those principles taught by tho
Lord and Ills apostles.
That the ruling or governing fac
tors Of the nations commonly called
"ChristcndOm" are now, and for
some time have been. TO wit. Finan-
ciai Princes, otherwise termed con-
trollers Of commerce, statesmen or
political leaders. who formulate the
laws. and clcrgymCn and other &c
clcsiaStical teachers, the last named
both Catholic and Protestant, hav-
ing. contrary to the word Of God
joined hands with the Two first men,
toned factors (Which three COmpO-
ncnt parts here mentioned. We for
.t.,, Ey, to-, Il
nate 'Thc Rulig powers.D
That the delegates and rcprcsen =
tativcs Of the ruling powers, now as
Scmbled in International conference
the limitation Of armamcnts. and in
so far Us possible for the establish =
ment Of conditions Of peace and pros ,
perity among the people, have be-
fore them laudable Objective
But we may be pardoncd for hum
bly, suggesting that the end desire |
cannot be attained by Il partial o:'
even complete disarmament of the
tions will not result from the destruc-
tion Of arms, but the genuine rcfor-
nation Of men will lead automati-
cally to the complete destruction Of
all instruments Of war and all forms
OF violence. While war is terrible
beyond description Of human phrase,
yet 1t is not the worst thing to be.
feared.
Hl<.1 a ic a n ~
monster, is knocking at the door IF
every nation. and .he destruction Of
all law and order is threa tened. To
prevent such terrible disaster and TO
save the people from indescriba BILE
suffering is the tremendous problem
which. we submit. requires more
than human wisdom. We. therefore,
suggest that the needing of Divine
wisdom and tho adoption OF the Di-
vine remedy as prescribed by GOd's
Holy Word is vitality essential il, This
time.
The kingdom OF Christ. the Mes
siah. for which lie taught His dis
ciplcs to pray, is at hand. This is
evidenced by the World War, fa N.
inc, pcstilcncc, social uphcaval, dis
treSs OF nations with perplcXity, rtc.,
all of which constitute the fullillmc int
of prophecies made by Jesus Himself
as relating to the present time. With
in a short time His kingodm will DC
fully and completely established and
hn nlI nrInr thinps ntn "
gone. TO that kingdop, all earthly
powers must be subject either will
ingly or unwillingly. The trouble
upon the nations beginning in l9l 1
geance against all unrighteous sys-
tens in the earth.
The holy prophets Of Jehovah in
dicate how thai the kingdom Of ;he
Christ. the Messiah, may be estah
lished without great suffering to hu
manity, provided that the Divine wa y
be adopted. You will pardon us,
therefore. for calling your attention
to those Divine prophecies long ago
recorded, which in substance indi-
cate what the proper course is. to-
wit:
|. Let The financial princes. ;hc
controllers OF commerce. cease pro-
htccring. cease exploiting and de-
cciving the people by systematic pro-
paganda. and be content with rra
sonablc income sufficient to insurr
th"ir own maintenance and support ;
let them use their power for the gen