Evening journal., 1921-11-07
WORLD PEACE IS
CHURCH PRAYER
Pastors Devote Sermons to
Limitation of Armaments
Conference
MANY PREDICT
HAPPIER ERA


mington pulpits yesterday and also /
the subject Of forum held by the
mems class OF West Presbyterian F,
Church. Eighth and Washington !
streets. The forum was attended
by more than 100 members OF the !
class The Rev. DR.. u. Franklin I
Smiley, pastor OF West Church. pre- !
sided.
Three general divisions OF the sub
ject were considered by the forum. |
These were: First, What War
Costs" introduced by Merritt ID. !
Fisher; second, THE Principal Es-
sental for Universal Disarmament"
introduced by J. E. Fuller, and third. !
what the Church Offers for the
Solution OF the Problem" presented
BY Frank Sheppard.
The sums OF money spent in tho
World War, running into the billions
Of dollars. the tremendous loss OF
life. comprising millions OF men. and
the general effect which the war had
upon the whole world. were covered
by Mr.. Fisher, who opened the dis
cussion. 1T will take the world
centuries TO recover from the effects
of this great conflict" the speaker
said. in closing his topic.
The duty and obligations of all
nations to see that their neighbor-
ing nations get along was referred
to by Mr.. Fuller IN the opening OF
his topic on the principles essential /
for disarmament This nation. or
any nation" he declared, must not
hold aloof from the rest OF the world. /
We can not hope to be prosperous
ourselves when some other nation Is |
starving to death, and its economic /
system is broken down"
THE world must realize" he con- /
tinued, that, though we may limit /
the armaments OF nations. there will |
stili be the same causes for war as
there were before. Human nature
Will not change. and, even though
=e may not be armed. the causes will
remain-greed. selfshness and hate"
"An international spirit Of unsel-
hshness is necessary. We must learn
to give and take. and not want every
thing ourselves. We must not carry
out projects that may meet with out
approval. but will act as a detriment /
to the other nations OF the world. /
We must learn to sacrifice something. |
we must treat all nations the same. |
We can not allow trade wars-which
Invariably lead to other wars
''The whole conference will fail II
nations enter into II suspicious Of
the other nations, Four things are
necessary II the conference is to meet
with success. First. the principle
contained in Woodrow Wilson's four
teen points. that open covenants
openly arrived att second. a recog-
milton and preparation for the open
oDor--a worldwide open door; third
equality of race. We can not face
Japan at the conference on an equal
footing and then spit in her face by
declaring she is not our equal.
Fourth. we must agree upon some
plan 10 settle any disputes that may
arise. without war"
Mr.. Sheppard based mis- remarks
upon the fact that there is no other
foundation upon which a peace low
ing nation can rest other than the
teachings OF Jesus Christ The
church says all men are brothers. he
declared. Artemas Smith. W. II.
Redmile, Harvey Walker. J. II. Mid
dleton and others Joined in gem
cral discussion of the subject.
The meeting was opened with
PRAYER by ]. f. M. Burns. Pyie's
orchestra assisted by Mr. and Mrs
s. Harrington Jones provided mu-
sic
In W m inster Presbyterian
Church. Pennsylvania avenue ant
Rodney street yesterday morning
the Rev. Charles L. Candee preach
od on the subject, "shan There y,
Peace2"
At the Hanover Presbyterian
church. the Rev. Charles II. Bohne
spoke on The War Against War
and treated the theme In a highl
eniighiening manner. This was tn
beginning Of a series OF addresses OF
this subject that viii continue 10
the next three weeks before tn
mems class OF Hanover.
The only way to settle difference
between nations Is through an inter
national tribunal OF nations whom
every nation will trust. and will
power 10 back up their judgment
declared the Rev. u. Franklin Smiley
pastor Of West Presbyterian church
last night in a Disarmament Day
sermon on the theme. "A VARIES
World-the Dawn OF the MiHen-
iun.."
Or. Smiley spoke Of the Biblical
&rophesy OF the millennium. which.
he said, is divided into two parts.
the prophecy Of a religious revolu-
ton and the day when every man
shall sit under his own vine and ng
tree and none shall be afraid" The
religious revolution is already TAX
ing place. he stated, and there are
two things now indicating the dawn
OF the millennium
standing just as we do" he said
at the back door OF thei worlds -ter,
rpie catastrophe 81 seems ain,os,
incredible that the time shall como
"nen men shall cease 10 war arains,
eaeh other. It seems that do,,-
through the ages about All mon
nave done is TO lift the sword. ons
against the other" ''
I'VE are confronted ,,i,h a..
greatest question that ever oco,,,t. y
the minds OF men, Have We ~
49, come 10 the point where men ehs,
cease 20 act like animals ana hos.i
TO live like human beinEs7' Tbe
all want peace-Great Rritaf,
France, the little fellow and eve
China want it, II Japan win i
her have It,"
There are two things to ba 90