Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-26
UNITED CHRISTIAN CAMPAIGN
 TO PREVENT FUTURE WARS

lIlG sermon DIedGnGu SuE4blhlaS LhbEN-I ing at Trinity Episcopal church by Rev. J. Eldred Brown, the rector The church was prettily decorated and the snscial muKic program added much .a tie attraetiveness of the service.
 Rev. Mr. Brown took as his text, St. Luke 2:l4. In part he said:
 Four years ago our Christmas was made exceptionally happy by the com ing of peace. We had seen four long years of the greatest and most frishtful war in all history. But the war had st length come to an end and had endsj by the triumph Of right against might. against the liberties Of the world and the noralities and deeencies Of ciyil.- | ration. And all the prosTessiye and lib- eFty-loving nations had risen up as one body to defend and make sure the mo- ral gains of the ages. Moreover. Ue had for some time become accustomed | 10 think that this war was a war 10 end var, that the peace was to be made en- during ey the union of the nations in a great association which should preserve the gains of civilization and insure them for all time against further as Sault
 But what do we sec today, four years after all this hope and expectation? wa
 see the chief nstionaf offender in the
 late war ignoring Its obligations and
 evading it's promises, nursing a spi-!t
 of hatred and revenge. and even going
 10 the verge of deliberate national l bankruptcy, in the effort to escape the
 just penalty of it's cruel and atrocious l deeds.
 We see the old, suspicious d.shones-
 ties and corrupt btfkaiRinEs. which had
 characterized 8 diplomacy we supposed
 we had once for all repudiatod, rising | up again in all their former power | breeding, as of old. feaTs and jealous
 ies among the nations and sowing the
 seeds of future disseAsions and war. | We see the Near East in a perfect ferment of unrest and turmoil, the Turks not only repaatins their worst
 cruelt!es Of the war, but even bending
 every energy to rid their domains of all lresident Christians, depriving many
 thousands of homes and posse$sisns aiid
 setting them adrif in the world, with out mercy. We see the nations which
 were supposed to be yictors syer th7
 Turks, haegiing and baIsafnfnE with
 them for every slightest eonesssion.
 We see the European world m a S-~
 nigh hopeless state of bewildernent and
 chaos, it's commercial and monetary
 systems so upset as to render irnprae- ticable that interchange of trade, which
 is so essential to the welfare of all the peoples of the world.
 We see preparations for future wars
 going on, in the shape of new and move
 formidable equipment for fighting in ths
 air Rnd under the sea. And when va
 look ovAr the relations between capita and labor, between class and class, Tt
 see the anne spiFft of distrust, opposi- ton and ill@Fill that we see among saI
 nations. The strikes which have beer , so characteristic of the past few year: have not only added to the spirit of uh rest so prevalent among us, but hay. laid a heavy tribute on our purses aHt greatly incfeased the difficulty of living , bringing suffering on the poor and th' : unemployed.
 have not begun to exhaast the nun
 Der of symptoms of confusions and un
 rest. have. however. na4ied enousl 70 to prove that the present state of tn r world Is anything but peaceful or &a sirable state.
 The present confusion and chaos c il the world are beyond eur most fea-fu i. dreams or imRginings and the only ra' . of hope I can see for any psrn1sRen = improvement upon the current state c n things Is in a united campaign on tn a part of the Christian nations for wasless weFIdi for the universal seos Is ton of those principles of arbitrstio V and international law, whereby nations 1. disputes and disseasions may be settle n reasonably and peacefully, without T. sort to the methods of the jungle. e The churches have been preaching th r. Christian dectrines Of goodwill sa r. brotherhood but the churches themseiye e have not been united. Not seldom thel s. attitude towards oRe another has bee d one of not merely Of sepdrstion but . l. III will and opposition .el At any rate, untIl now they have hc d been able to get together to put dcp :, war and build up a world of good vi r. We may well take shame tc ourselye $ that the teachIags of our Lord and Maj el ter, the Prince of Peace, have not bee s. In this great cause.
 ie1 As said before. up to this time ther n has been no concerted eifoEt to abolis le war But today four great organization IS in this country are uniting in a nstior -t wide campaign to concentrate attentio il'I upoa tho supreme issues which are no T. before the world, which grew out of tt d. war. The four cooperating organization Y are The Church Peace union. The Worl d. Peace foundation. The Federal Council ( | tue NuuTChcc ul ShAiUN lu <AAHigtASA al h' Tue World Alliance for ln0na4ioni o~I Friendship. They repreaen in the pr membership all the chssShes and reiii Ious organizations of sAtnsriea- The ol ,I alternative to war ig conference. Thei .o never can be Q varies world until V se succeed in establishing world organiE' = tion.
 To quote the words of an0ther: '1n
 time so critical aS this, when the who future of civilization. h may be, hani az in tho balance. it is time for the Unit States to xeconsider very seriously whel "a It shall stand. It is uuthinkabae that ' ,I should long maintain our present pei. {. of isolation. Pride, ssif-intStest, duty all summon us to new point Of visw ar -. a new policy in keeping Htth our gre
 tradltions."
 A. How, thea, eaa we as individual ChFi eI tisas hslp along this great osuSe of sA ,n ing var RAd bringing !n chrigt's rsisn :, peace? FfrSt of all, by praying for
 eyery day. Then by watching the pr
 geam Of tho four rs4nizations which q
 proneting tt, and making our indivfau
 sEerts te help earFS the pregTan to lX saeeAasfui inme,
 E. And, finally ey va4cAiaE sar seaata ae and repreeeHtstiSes and urging theEn t. support wha4evAr eRes<s OUT preade re may make to bring the aid of AMefl sh to . WSr-tern and distfacted world. Sur
 I 1y, yA must all agree that nothing ! he could do ropld De mere h line with | 5 OhrlElmas nne0ege of "Pesce on ear, be good viii towards mem
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