The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-11-10

III Lu6 W0r OI lO1Z the great 1tuA
battle of New Orleans was fought
! after peace had been declared, be
cause it took weeks to get the newS
to all the belligerent forces. Today
an armistice is signed and not in
weeks, not in days, not even in hours
but in minutes the civilized world is
rejoicing with mighty joy because
the carnage of war has paused. In
ventions in communication have
brought the nations of the world to-
gether in marvellous unity of life.
! Business is no longer matter of one
nation, it is a world matter. The
world is both market and producer.
One country has one product, another
different, and the two would trade
! sether-without interruptions. And
any world disturbance disrupts the
/ business of the world violently Bus
/ mess welfare and stability demands
/ settled conditions and so business is
becoming increasingly force for
world unity.
We are witnessing today united ac-
ton of various organizations and
agencies throughout the world. In
one recent year 100 world congresses
were held in Belgium alone. In the
middle of October there convened in
Hawaii the Worlds Press Congress,
and the keynote sounded by the Pres
ident stressed the opportunity Of world
journalism to maintain the sacred in
situations of life, to promote and fur
ther world peace, to make for larger
and better life for the whole world
Every world congress, whether Of
, educators, of doctors, of business men,
of labor, of welfare workers, is an
agency to unite the world in thought,
in activity, in. very being. We see
also an increased friendliness among
the nations, not always maintained by
leaders perhaps, but evidenced by peo-
pies. At the time of the Messina
earthquake disaster in 1909, within
few weeks 100000 francs had
poured in for relief, half from Ger
many. The call comes, help the starv-
inb millions of China, and TIE world
gives, sometimes out of plenty, but
sometimes when the giving means
the pinch of sacrifice. We see
growing spirit of friendliness among
peoples.
The nations, the peoples Of the
world, are becoming in very fact
neighbors. and in this solidarity of
life lies the hope of world peace
neighbors, whose welfare will be
furthered not by mutual suspicious,
not by each maintaining costly arma-
ment against the other, not by each
going about with a chip on shoulder,
but by friendly consideration of mu-
tuai interests, by constant working
together for the common world vel
fare
But we see one further potent fac
tor for world peace. The thoughtful
student of history cannot note the
constant trend Of progress upward
without feeling that in the progress
of civilization there is ever the dir
Getting, coprolling hand of divine pro-
violence Behind the dim unknown,
standeth God within the shadow keep
ing watch above his own" God is
still directing the welfare of human
kind, and his mediation through hu-
man instrumentalities will be the
final factor for world unity, for world
peace. We have no greater sugges-
ton of the controlling power of God
over the course of human affairs than
that account Of Hugo's of the reason
for Napoleon's defeat ut Waterloo, an
account that thrills one rs he rereads
it: "Was it possible that Napoleon
snould WIN TINS pattie We answer,
no. why. 5ecause OF Wellington
because Of nlucnef! no! because
OF God- ~ Mae time TINS vast man
shoulo 1aH Inc excessive weight OF
tnis man IN human destiny disturbed /
!ne e0plhpfium. Napoleon nad Deen
imPeecned before ne infinite, ana ms
Iali WAS oecreeo Ae vexed GOD. wa
terioo "a not Z Dattae; = u . cnange
OF 'front.' OF tne universe And IN
Iaa1 msIance Tod merely USED ram
sL9rm Ine nlGnt De1ore tne battle 70
oeMy tne opening q tne battle TILL
.Dout 1000 9te that Napoieon
lost WIN the Arrival OF new troops
ASainst MN.
God is still working His purposes in
the world to The end ofSthe Welfare Of
the children ct n,en- In the last cen
tury His principles Of life have been
gaining ground apaes IN the hearts
and lives q nsn ard in The relation