The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-05

Declaring that the psychology ore- ated by the recent great war is largely responsible for the disergard for law and human lives of the past two or three years. pr. Stuart warned against the danger of this psychology breaking down the laws, and urged support of all officials re- gardless of what party or faction they may belong.
 After also paying tribute 10 the judges, commissioners and sheriff, as well as police officers of the city and county. and declaring them to com pare to degree with those of any other city, Dr. Stuart denounced mobs as cowardly and wrong in prin- cipie, saying: T do not care what your spirit is and what your purpose is, when you join a mob, you help to stir the flames that are in the lowest members of that mob"
 Dr. tSuart's sermon follows;
 Every war, great or small, cre- ates a sociological psychology, in common language. social mind in the people. This psychology or mind of the people culminates strongly in two points-di sregard of law and disregard of life. As soon as war is declared there is a kind of feeling in everybody that all law is for the time being annulled. This spirit ac- counts somewhat for the unspeakable atrocities committed by the Germans during the first year of the World war. Liberties everywhere were granted soldiers and taken by sol- diers which would have been intol- erable In times of peaes. The proverb: "'All is fair in love and war seems to have obtained and the spirit of general lawlessness seems to have possessed the mind of the people. After law has been temporarily dis regarded, there naturally springs in the mind of the people the spirit of lawlessness which, in times of peace. must be corrected.
 Object to Kill
 The object of war is the destruc- ton of life. TO kill Is the program; {; to destroy Is the objective. Where ever an enemy opposes, shoot him down-that Is the psychology. When peace comes this same dangerous psychology fingers for time with us Life has been cheapened; mur- ders become common. After the war is over If any enemy opposes you. the psychology Is kill him;' If your mother-in-law interferes with the home affairs, shoot her; If the father- in-law becomes a nuisance In the family management. kill him; If any body in the community crosses your path or your business or interferes with you in any wise, kill him. This dangerous psychology which follows the war must be slowly corrected by f.~t,k tkought-a correct moral psychology. That Is the purpose of the sermon of the morning and the sermon of the evening.
 PauIs Psychology
 "For this correct teaching I have selected the statements of Saint Paul, which embody the teaching of our Savior on these points. The scrip ture I have read to you represents four fundamental principles govern ing society.
 "First-He has used the graphic picture of the human body. We are all members of tho same body. The hurt of the least member of the body, according to this theory, brings pain to the whole body. We are all of the same family; God is our Father and thus the brotherhood of man Is es- tablished as fundamental principle
 "The second principle Is that we should be kindly affectioned one to- ward another, in honor preferring one another
 "The third principle Is that ven geance belongs to God and govern ment. and that all individuals of a government should seek redress from these sources.
 The fourth principle Is the neces- sity of rendering the highest honor to government and the rulers. The spirit of anarchy and mobism Is fos- tered in the violation of these funda- mental principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Primarily. all govern ment centers in honor for law and authority. When God nationalized Israel and gave Ills 10 fundamental principles. it Is quite remarkable that five of the 10 embody one prin-