The daily times., 1921-12-08
RESOLUTION
The International Bible s

Association, in convention assembled
at WASHINGTON. d. G.. be 5 leave !
III st respect ul!v to temor. llize the
'ernatio. =, ns Congr, now "a
.bled At 'hington, d as fol-
IS:
t.. mas len handed Us by Alr
A. y. Massey OF this city with re
quest TO publish. 4
AS Christians earnestly striving TO
follow the teachings OF Christ Jesus
our Lord and his Apostles w. hold.
Ihat war is a relic OF barbarism.
destructive OF good morals and a 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 anv
form;
That no nation can be said 10 be
truly Christian which fails to adhere
TO those principles taught by the
Lord and his Apostles;
nat tne IulInS OF governing fac
| tors of the nations commonly called
"Christendom" are now and Tor some
! time have been, to wit, Financial
Princes. otherwise termed ControIl-
ers OF Commerce, Statesmen or po-
| lltlcal Leaders. who formulate the
laws. and Clergymen and other Ec-
= clpSi;tS icaJ Teachers tbo 1,st ,a,,a3
| both Catholic and Protestant hav-
ing, contrary to the Word OF God,
| joined hands with the two first-men-
F, toned factors (Which three compo-
convenience and identification desig-
nate THE Ruling Power");
! That the delegates and representa-
tives of the Ruling Powers now as
at Washington for the purpose of the
| limitation of armaments. and inso-
far as possible for the establishment
of conditions of peace and prosperity
among the people, have before them
a laudab!e objective.
Eut we may be pardoned for hum
cannot be attained by a partial or
even complete disarmament of the
nations. Reformation of men or ma
tions Will not result from the de-
struction of arms. but genuine re-
formation of men will lead automat-
ically to the complete destruction of
all instruments of war and all forms
of violence. While war is terrible
beyond description Of human phrase,
yet it is not the worst thing to be
7 tfeared
monster, is knocking at the door OF
every nation, and the destruction of
all law and order is threatened. To
prevent such terrible disaster and to
save the people from indescribab BILE
suffering is the tremendous problem
which, we submit, requires more than
human wisdom We therefore sug-
gest that the needing of Divine wis
dom and the adoption of the Divine
remedy as pre- cribed by Gods holy
Word is vitality essential at this
time.
The kingdom OF Christ, the Mes
siah, for which he taught his disci-
pies to pray, is at hand. This is evi-
denced by the World War, famine
pestilence, social upheaval, distress OF
: nations with perplexity, ETC., all OF
which constitute the fulfillment OF
: prophecies made by Jesus himself as
relating to the present time. With
in short time his kingdom will be
!: fully and completely established and
the old order of things completely
gone. To that kingdom all earthly
powers must be subject either will
ingly or unwillingly. The trouble
is but the expression of Gods ven
geance against all unrighteous sys-
TENS in the earth.
The holy prophets Of Jehovah in,
dicate how that the kingdom OF
Christ, the Messiah, may be estab-
: lished without great suffering to hu-
manity, provided that the Divine way
be adopted. You will pardon US
therefore. for calling your attention
! to those Divine prophecies long age
recorded, which in substance indicate
|
FL % Let the Financial Princes
the Controllers of Commerce, cea {
z profiteering, cease exploiting and de
Z ceiving the people by systematic
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