The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-25
PATRIOTISM OF PEACE.

% % PATRIOTISM OF PEACE.
In thousands of churches throughout the yester
day plea was made to the of the world to find
ST. council Of churches to 100000 congregations
M to observe Dec "a world Sunday. The in
H which the world celebrates the birth of Christ
when thoughts of others are uppemot in our minds
hearts proptous in which to plant again and again,
spreven and bring lasting For it is the forces
ne of greed which precpate The aggressor in
~ rich pe to dress his vanglorious person
mot the dcender There are two forces contendng o1eed
and the voice which that right maintained
81 for right viii be fought out rs between INTELLIGENT human
ts being "d not G"tS striking with the blind passion Of
eggreed
70, r. @'a b@@nnr& 10 realize that tne greatness of a
nation " rot "on her conquered wealth the bent backs
1901 m9 nix ?" me Ere ueve wealth. the natural resources
eand p ire Industry, the intelligence and the peacelovng
capatrj OK 2>@y individual citizen For the individual
Icanh4 % F'>n ne IS busy destroymg Neither can the
tanato" b" " Hgn is engaged in of destruction
- N't raI H% more and more that true patriotism
(which Cj in the standard dictionary love of ones
tHcount g2 Tlscd in living for ones country we'll
s1LVE fo cao' county. When the late COL Robert G. In
gersoI f|ET IN the French capital statue to Pasteur
jhe cN2;.i1@> Il &GC my hat and with all my heart
oohonor people who have erected such memorial in the
amaG2 OF VINO his life not to destroy people but
poy32. Ii this memorial which grew of
great ~ pIebcte conducted by one OF the great jour
na!3 OF Paris in which the people of France asked to
name in The odcr Of their choice the three greatest in
the hi" TIC F2nah people. Paseur who
whelmirzly hoAor>d with first choice 1t Victor
Il Hugo, tEc great pocc0sopher the thinking and loving
patro c i;lc No Won second choice, and 1t was Ma
polcon tie @alrl2r deyasator of France who with all
i bihis po2 ~ parade 4 poor third in the
ls Ali tn. is manifestation of the growing appreciation
ot the n&ln Of OF concrete application of the
spirit ct religion ne in2truents of politics. 1t very
specic and encouraging demonstration that the world
aadvanc2s Thought and in education and in intelligent
ilseco, the animal inst nets OF must give way to the
II sheart and BRAN impulse Of conscious
lla The patriotism that is founded the principle of
II %death is founded upon false principle 1t false patriot
sm. We it is often pointed living commercial
sassertion be denied that the instincts
gof this age wthuot their service the
world We enjoy afluence and prosperity which
based distinctions only through construction
land construction is conquest The continents be
made yield they will yield when they the
of battle but they will yield when they the of
ndustra peace The school, the university and the abora
ory well the work shop to be the battle fields of
3 Time was when individuals settled their disputes and
conenons with big sticks pistols but the intelligence
hat manner of settlement is no longer manly it base and
beasty. Real settle their disputes in of peace
ith the growth of the conscience and the intellect einq
hod of collective society has of the individual the time
amust come, indeed almost it has when
the nation which refuses settle dispute
peace and that animal instinct physical
% be looked upon with profound contempt by enlightened
naons just brutal man held in contempt by enight
Iened
9s The world is fast becoming intellectual The
houghts of all the property of all In like
fashion the world has become unit The
ens of business flow through all nations alike; whatever
sturbs part of the organization dsturb all parts The
boundaries of nations really signify than
ares of counties states; only diplomacy
erves conceal this fact The past losing hold How
8Iast reaching the told in the lofty story
f the Christ figure the Andes. In the last boundary
ute between Argentine and Chile these republics
about to when wisely last resort they con-
ented to submit their differences court of international
rbitration The verdict of this court obviously
4hat both nations agreed throw into common melting
ot the bronze of thousand artillery pieces and with this
ey cast mammoth figure of the Christ which they erected
pn the watershed the boundary line high up the apex
f the Andes and that lofty pedestal inscribed Sooner
Sha these mountains crumbe dust that Chile and
rgentne shall break the peace which they have at
he feet of Christ the Redeemer to preserve
her this patriotic devotion to Christian prin