Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-14
REV. FRANCIS SKUNK DOWNS
On a Substitute for War

"JUMANITY is engaged in another world
IL war;" according to the Rev. Francis
Skunk Downs, of Market Square Prcsbyte-
rian Church, Germantown. at is the greatest
Of all wars 1t is the war against war. The
hour has struck when all peoples every
where are rising III their might to do away
with this monster that would destroy the
race. II is not the opinion of few or the
conviction Of certain interested groups.
consciousness that is world wide is moving
along the avenues of human activity ana
II public opinion that transccndS national
boundaries is beginning to make Itself tclt'
"Our chemists tell us that future wars
will be more dreadful and destructive thnn
any in the past; our economists prophesy
bankruptcy for the nations that engage III
them our sociOlogists are not mere alarm
lists when they point 80 civilization tsell
decaying under the suck and strain OF war.
and our biologists fcnr for the breed itself
il the best blood is to be led to the shambles.
THE instinct of self preservation is
rousing the race TO action
"Rut there are more tender and more
personal Influences that are playing about
the hearts Of millions today. Fathers anu
mothers, sisters and sweethearts cannot tor-
get the boy who gave his all. And those
who died for us will not let us forget. AS
we think of their sacrifice, the Immortal
words Of Lincoln ut gettysburg come 10 VS.
with fresh meaning: The world will little
note nor long rcWember what we HmE ,,S hore' horo
but it can never forget what they did mere
1t is for us, the living, rather, to DC deli. !.
cnted here to the unfinished work when
they who fought so nobly advanced:
"Tnless VIC enlist in this war against war
and find some remedy or substitute TOT II,
will they not have died in VAIN!
Seeks Way Out
a., 4, a,,. T',u ,,n min in thiG q
war on war? How can we overcome TINS
evil and ncutrNlize the probabilities OF II IN
the future? l declare unto you there is only
one way under the present arrangement OF
things on the earth 49,,
"In the home of II friend tonight lamp
"a burning brightly. The mellow light gloWs
through a shade that Is pictured with me
battlefelds of France. The body OF the
lamp is ccntimetcr shell. across whose
base is etched these words: They shall peat
their swords into plowshares, ana theli
spears into pruning hooks. 80
"WhatcVcr our view OF the lhihehhluhl
and the events that lead to it, the prophet
hns here revealed a secret that the world
needs to know and to make use OF today.
- Don't scrap your swords and spears,
Substitute for implements OF warfare tmple.
ments Of usefulness! Convert your sword
into a plowshare" ,-,s co
"Can substitutes for war he found! Car
great ends be placed before humanity which
| viii take all the fighting stuff of the race
| to achieve them? Has the day not dawneo
when men are beginning TO feel that 1t Is
! worth blood tax to build up the life Of
| man on the earth'
I'VE must war against disease and ths
| conditions that make for disease. II. g.
| Wells could sag only few years ago that
nothing Is more striking than to compare
| the progress of civil convPnienCeS TO the
Urocrcss in military apparatus during the
! last few decades. House appliances Cr
| England) are little betterSthan they were
6ftv wears ago. But the rife or battleshiT
of ffty years ago was beyond all comparison
| inferior to those we possess No one has
use now for such superannunted things
''The cost Of one bnttcship would buill
| 5000 modern houses.
| 1--WE must war against the habits Rnt
indulgcnces that destroy the purity an(
the strength Of the body. Proper recreation
must be furnished for all. COMPETITIVE
snorts afford an outlet for the fighting spirit
Of youth and are n mighty force upon the
side of world peace. Individuals and I'm,
tions must let off steam. Let us harness
these energies IN our fight against all force
that break down tive bodies of men.
Would War on Ignorance
LET us war against the ignorance thai
holds mems minds in captivity One -hal
of earth's millions today can neither read no,
i write. heard DR.. Samuel s. zwerner rs.
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