Seward daily gateway., 1924-06-07

volunteer to tell you that they have had their prayers heard and favors granted in fullest measure, if you want to fool yourself good and plen- ty.
 If clam in all it's composition striv- es to see in order to enable it to, nrain- tain life and go along easier, nature has tendency to satisfy such crav- ings when kept up for generations, in this case by the species of clans, the developing organs naturally adapt ing themselves to the surroundings, shell sand and salt water. Snpposing such endeavor existed within the fam fly of clans, it would constitute the clams' unison prayer to nature, liable to be granted in the fullness of time.
 Men are individually inter-depend- ent on each others; it should be easy | to see that nations are subjects to the same principle, yet man destroys man, one nation the other nation or tries it's level best to annihilate it's neigh bor's chances to live, lessening theret by it's own opportunities. When man. kind sees the uselessness, futility, harm and crime in wars, the desire from within ourselves for peace will develop stronger, more intensely than at present, and enduring peace will be | established.
 Do you remember how Wilson be- fore he entered the war issued proc | lamation to pray in all the churches in the United States for the speedy ter imitation of hostilities in Europe? The clergy responded gloriously. Here in Seward we had at the time, a very jealous representative of his cast who did his very utmost to fulfill the pres ident's message. When the prayer was going to come off solemn dignity in face and bearing, was his play. His descent from the pulpit to the plat form below, only few steps, gave the audience the desired estimation of his importance and of the gravity of the situation in Europe. He kneeled, he raised his eyes to the ceiling, his arms towards heaven, when his slow and mighty river of trembling words be- gan. At first modulating his voice in- to the most pitiful application, he proceeded to reason with the Almighty | what a relief a speedy action would mean to all mankind and he seemed to be on the very best of terms with his heavenly master, in spite of his servil- ity. His river was ebbing and flood ing. He quit assuring himself and the audience that his prayer had been granted. A long pause, painful still ness of death; lowered head; arms hanging Imply at his sides. Returning to the pulpit even his backbone re- gained it's original dignity. Wilson's ruse had been fulfilled by a most faithful servant No human could have worked harder to induce the almighty to stop the hostilities speedily. SUD- pose the performances all over the country were equally spectacular. Will son watched his chance. The war broke out. It is unbelievable to me that Will son could have set his faith in a pray CT of this kind. Had he kept us out of war it might have strengthened the be- lief with some supestitious people in the efficiency of prayer. As it now happened, no single act of any man has ever had an equal effect on eman- cipation of the masses from the ab- feet submission to farcial prayer as a means of salvation
 Now which is better to acknowledge the truth when we have found it, elim mating all falsehood and superstition, and to make a new start with logical facts or to tolerate the falsehood and superstition, stunning to acknowledge the truth openly, and to get along ln the same old ruts as in the past, ig- noring sound and logical thinking. l say let the truth be shouted from the house tops that we may have less sham which means more sincerity, more truthfulness in our lives, stricter compliance to natural laws. That is