The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-09

AS Christians earnestly striving ~tC
follow the teachings Of Christ Jesus
our Lord and his Apostles, we hold:
That 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 il
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 the
Lord and his Apostles.
That the ruling or governing fac
tors of the nations commonly called
"Christendom'' are now and for some
time have been, to-wit, Financial
Princes, otherwise termed Controllers
of Commerce, Statesmen or Political
Leaders, who formulate the laws, and
Clergymen and other Ecclesiastical
Teachers, the last named, both Catho-
lie and Protestant, having, contrary
to the Word of God, joined hands with
the two aforementioned factors
(Which three component parts here
mentioned we for convenience and
identification designate The Ruling
Powers"D;
That the delegates and representa-
tives Of The Ruling Powers now as
sembled in international conference
at Washington for the purpose of the
limitation of ornaments, and inso-
far as possible for the establishment
of conditions of peace and prosperity
among the people, have before them
Ia laudable objective.
But we may be %pardoned for hum
bly, suggesting that the end desired
cannot be attained by partial or even
complete disarmament of the nations.
Reformation of men or nations will
not result from the destruction of
arms, but genius reformation of men
will lead automatically to the COM
plete 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 feared.
Bolshevism, as a great menacing
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 indescribile suf-
fering 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
as prescribed by Gods holy
Word is vitality essential at this time.
The kingdom of Christ, the Mes
siah, for which he taught his disciples
to pray, is at hand. This is evidenced
by the World War, famine, pestilence,
social upheaval, distress of nations
with perplexity, ETC., all of which con-
the fulfilling of prophecies
by Jesus himself relating to
present time. Within a short time
lis kingdom will be fully and com
3letely established and the old order
If things completely gone. To that
all earthly powers nut be
either willing or unwillingly.
The trouble upon the nations Begin
in 1914 is but the expression of
Gods vengeance against all unright-
'ous systems in the earth.
The holy prophets of Jehovah indi-
ate how that the kingdom of Christ,
he Messiah, may be established with
ut great suffering to humanity, pro-
-ided that the Divine way be adopted
vou will pardon us, Therefore, for call
your attention to those Divine
OPIlOolCO OlS o5O dOu3 W11SL
n substance indicate what the proper
curse is, to-wit:
10 Let the Financial Princes, the
,ontrol1rs of Commrce, cease profit {
cease exploiting and deceiving
ne people by systematic propaganda,
nd be content with a reasonable in t
ONE sufficient to insure their own |
maintenance and support; II. them use {
power for the general welfare of I
people to the end hat the idle v
lay be employed, the hungry fed, and s
ach man be afforded an opportunity
j, provide for himself and loved ones 8
lie things decent and honest in the a
!ght of God and men. v
(2) Let the States of Politicians 8
Ease to act as instruments Of selfish 8
overs and selfish interests and D
enceforth honestly. and impartially v
and safeguard the interests Fl
Id general welfare OF all the people. n
60 Let the Clergymen n other O.
Teachers, who claim to be d
inisters of Gods word and therefore "
g mobiles among the people, divorce D
emselves completely from CONNER
al and political affiliations, return r
their first love, recognize Gods n
ord as truth, honestly and faithfully =,
the people the principles taught :
Jesus and the Apostles, and there :
prepare the people to receive the
ngdom of Christ, the Messiah, who
one can and will establish peace on
nth and good will togard men.
Let the Ruling Factors by example
we'll as by word thus lead the peo-
: in the right way and prove that
ey are the real friends Of the peo-
}; and let all the people heed the
,rds of God, refrain from violence
every kind or form, seek meekness
d righteousness, and the occasion
: armament and war will cease.
ese things done, the kingdom OF
rist, the Messiah, will be establish