The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-11-19
PLAGUE, FAMINE AND WAR.

PLAGUE, FAMINE AND WAR. 4
The Church her lany that God may spare His chill,
that the Almighty egn avert the that human
existence and happiness From experience does she the
disbursement of mortal life From things therefore does
she pray that God may deliver
these destructive from the violence Of
natural forces others arise from the Of d nsat t
of earthquake plague famine AND WAR are OF the
stability mankind Christianity upon each of these with
equal dread and this fear she joined by all the peoples OF
asking God to free dangers that emanate from
the antics of Nature acknowledge our impotence and mpoe
from of the human will beg assistance
that our inelects may be cleared our wills fortified
War the snthess OF all the worst elements IN the nature
of Man epitomizes greed hatred sness cruelty and the
type ambition ignores the commones the most primal
instincts of justice Usually is the concrete expression OF the
most despcabe qualities socaed leaders of people
always involves injustice the of at least one Of the con
tending parties Seldom does people as whole really desire
punging the population into Of aggression mania for
ing than the device of the rober to prey upon the
less fortunate Defence become the highest form OF
OIL the Tree Oh reason $50
Heogabaus the in history The
like Alexander Cromwell and Napoleon:
men who rode on the crest of personal ambition IN the
They sought to overtun kingdoms and peoples for the mere lust
poured affairs of sacrifice by the peoples whom
they Ieondas ON Washington put forth Hereulean
Npoeons made the earth red with the rivers of their nqu
America stands forth the most dsnerested OF modern
TONS Having power and wealth. brains and she is oae
these Of defence Recently through her
leader invited the nations of earth to gather and
discuss manly plan to obviate the erors OF universal warfare
Easily might she make alliance with the most powerful peoples
and crush the less fortunate did the ran mentioned above
But No. she would her mighty forces to dsspa the horrors
of and to unite all nations the bonds of lasting
becomes brave and reasonable She believes that the vitality
of the better conserved the mankind ne
the channels of the efforts that spent in excogatng
of mutual harm and destruction Already has SHE reached
starving In youth delivered the death blow epotism
since has she sought bring the blessing Of freedom to those
nations whom she could reach IN peaceful manner
Today the city of symbol Of
country Officially may not be- Christian nation but our people
believe overriding Providence and leader fears not to
lands Believers every persuasion under the action Of
their spiritual heads mplorng Almighty God to give light
has tired of the ambitions of the ruthless must be
his ragged Valley Forge stood vany around
e fidelity that heartened the Of liberty Today
Loyalty do the people of America stand about President Har
dead justice died there
who the face of universal horror and the defiance of his people
shall still advocate the holocaust of mankind in the of
wiped midst people,
he is the enemy of the children of earth
Our Secretary Of State has proposed plan and feas
be for minimizing the dangers of universal destruction If 9th
have better pan let the leaders of earth assembled
capital bring it dying
nowhe result of the latest conagrato-be heard
in the council chambers Washington Let the people
take determined stand behind their President and let the mil
in other lands force their official in midst
individual great and small throughout the EARTH sppicate the
for ALL and that might degn place
able barrier before those three most terrible enemies of His children
| Plague, Famine, and WAR.
Cecil later added pos Amen in who has but done his duty anc