Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-19
Savior Being Born in Wash
ington Today as Surely
as in Bethlehem.
DECLARES WORLD WAR
a DEVILS INTERLUDE
Out of Conflict Has Sprung
Sincere Longing of Ma
tons for Peace.

Speaking on the subject. "Thc Com
ing OF Christ In international Ar
fairs" at Seventh Stree, Christian
Church last night. Rev. II. -. G. Mac
'achian, d. j., said that Christ wax
being horn in ashington today as
truly an lie wfs born in Bc.l.. .rn,
200 years axe. and that this gen
Grafton. like Simeon and Anna. could
count themselves blessed because
their eyes have seen Ills salvation!"
Taxing as has tex, the ards.
"Giorify God In tho Day OF Vista
ton" DR. Nnc.achian pointed out
that Will. God is ever p-cy.n. in
human affairs. there IL a sense In
which He visits Ills world in an
especial manner. or this type. he
said. have been ALI prophetic mes
HaTes. all forward movements Of the
hun'-h spirit. all social and moral
reforms. and. suprcmcly. the coming
OF Jesus In tho flesh. born OF the
same spirit and guided by tho same
grace is the conference on liinita-
ton OF ornaments now meeting In
Washington he declared. continuing.
only within the Last twenty-,hroe
concerted recognition OF the claims
or Christ In the dealings of one ma
tlon with another. The star first
shone in tho sky when In 1899. tho
hrSt Hague peace conference as
srmbled. and though the Immediate
results were small the seed was sown
which. terminating underground. has
now al last thrust its head above the
ground. a tender. but living shoot in
The present conference"
World War D~,Irs In,crIudc.
The world war" he said, was
"hiy hrvifs !ntcriudc-thc last de-
HpairinS effort OF tho Prince OF this
world 10 STAY the infant Christ I'm Ills
cradle. But God has. as always. made
the wrath OF man to praise Him and
out OF tho nerve wrack ana heart
wrench OF the war has been born
~ all the nations OF the world. a
sincere longing for peace. which. for
tho hrsi time in history. Is something
more than physica or menta! exhaus-
ton.
III was with no very high homes
that most OF us watched the assem-
ping oi the conference. but. "a, the
very first session. II became evident
'ha' u new spirit was hrooding over the
assembly. In spite OF diplomatic ira
delegates found themselves movinu,
in tho unaccustomcd ways OF broth
orhood and good Will. And. while III.
nigh hopes 9. the idcaiists may have
been disappointed. certain positive
Christian results have been achieved
naval holiday agreed npon. .
100000 tons OF iron-clad murder IN
DO scranped, the ratio of 5-5-3 ey-
tahiishcd between the three leading
MAYA! powers, the Limitation OF land
forces proposed and accepted by "a
majority or tho powers. the case or
China heard sympathe,ically in open
court the luadruple league es,ab
lishcd on the Pacific
Advance ON Rond 10 Peace.
Who would have dreamed a veor
ago. That the nations OF tho world
would have been advanced even TINS
FAR on the road to peace? There &c
good reason, too for believing thot
hut for the desire OF Great britain
To conciliate public opinion in Amer
lea at any cost short of honor while
the Washington conference was in
progress. the negotiations on the Irish
question would have been broken Off
before tho final word OF couciiiation
was spoken.
But. the decisions OF tho confer
ence must be ratified bv IN. neonIa,
concerned They VIII be ratificd-
even by the Senate OF the United
states; yet this is not enough. The
peoples themselves must nourish the
spirit OF peace with their prayers
and earnest thought. so that IT shall
develop into world conscience. and
when next similar conference shall
meet, the Spirit of Christ. even more
than In the conference now sitting.
nave Tree course and be glorined.'