New Britain herald., 1923-05-03

can kill war. Without God We ar'
 without hope; without God We ar
 lost" These were the words of Rev
 James Gordon Gilkey Of Springfield who spoke at the convention Of th' MeAll association last evening at th' south Congregational church,
 Civilization has been shattered. saif Rev. Ar, Gilkey. The people af'
 looking out from the ruins on thu
 menace Of another world war. H'
 compared the world of today witi
 the ruins of Pompeil after the ernp'
 ton Of Nesuyius, saying. "Will the
 volcano erupt again or will We be all
 lowed to rebuild?"
 "can we hope for world peace or is the international structure of peace to so down in sudden disaster" asked tho speaker. According to him. there are several facts which bring fear Of another world war, as the matter Of increased armaments.
 The speaker told Of the numerous engines of war and destruction that are being invented, poison gas, dead- ly to vegetable and animal matter as well as human beings; powerful X-rays operated from aeroplanes. which can kill thousands: noiseless steel pieces, and others.
 Sees Era of Peace Approaching
 Are we living in fools paradise?" asked the speaker, "or is there some thing that gives us grounds for our deeper thoughts?" Below the sur face. he said. there are great spiritual changes that give us grounds for the feeling that an era of perpetual peace is approaching.
 One of these changes, according to Rev MT. Gilkey, is the new attitude of the world toward war. In the past and in the middle ages war was looked upon as glorious venture. That it was a glorious venture was made clear in the histories which made all warriors heroes. In many of the hymns now sung in churches the same idea is portrayed.
 However, people are now dream thoughts" he said. War is not glori- ous, it is hard and bloody People are thinking anew about the stupid murder of those with whom they might be friends. The world has abandoned one of its oldest ideas"
 Another change is that war is too expensive. The wars of old were comparatively cheap affairs. as reck- oned according to the wealth then and wealth now. The last war cost $1o,- 000,00O an hour. To emphasize the greatness of this sum the speaker said that if all the money from Spring fields factories was to be gathered in a huge pile to pay the expenses of the past war, all that money would last but three hours, s3O,OO0,0OO. In re- gard to human life it would take four months for the ghosts of the soldiers killed in the war to pass a given point, walking 20 abreast, without break in the line.
 Another change, spiritually, is the increase in human kindness, he said. The old world was q callous and brutal place. Rev. Mir. Gilkey said that 200 years ago the insane asylum of London were the show places of the city. Anyone could go in and have a hearty laugh at the antics of the people confined there. If one of the inmates became angry he was pun ished with club.
 Today, the speaker said, the agen- cies for good will have increased to such an extent that 1t is now a prob- lem for the well-to-do people to keep them all going, contributions are so constantly needed. "The new spirit ,ays, War is too awful, too cruel; we must have world peace ,' said Rev. Mir. Gilkey.
 One hundred years ago, he went on, slavery was a firmly established in- stitution. It was supported and justi fled by an minimizing people in both the north and south. However, some | thing strange happened. Sudden