New Britain herald., 1925-11-09

10 understand this necessity. And so must we. This ancient prophet saw very clearly that the swords of the nations would not and could mot be beaten into plough shares, nor their spears into pruning hooks before or until law was es- l abolished in some international Zion. Nor could there be any per manent peace until the word Of i the Lord was recognized as the supreme authority in some new 1 Jerusalem.
 "Isatah dreamed his dream, and was called 10 his reward. This dream and a new idea Of God are all he left us. He died in hope. But we have entered into his labors, Though l We may never have recognized our selves as his successors before, here we are today face 10 face with q definite effort to establish and main l tain world court at tn" Hague, similar in some respects to that the ocratic court which Isaiah would . IlhN VI o't tR ~ Apllh htp at b'l " salem. Nor ts our hope Of attain mont as distant as was his, Things i have happened in this world, since 1 Isaiah walked the streets Of Jerusa- lem. Christ has come. Christ Is ! here,
 "With Christ's coming there has arrived and still remains a marvci- ous new power will 10 make this dream of justice and mercy and peace and service between men and nations a reality in this our world. AS We sit here this morning, all over 1 America, our people arc being faced with the opportunity 10 place war | forever on the scaffold and law for ever on the throne. Thousands Of ministers in thirty-four Protestant denominations are asking their pco- pie 10 consider the claims of the world court upon our country. And every one Of them, fl he is doing his duty, Is urging the right Of this world court 10 recognition and sup. port. Isaiah's vision is before the eyes of tens of thousands Of Ameri- can Christians at this very moment. But. remember. these preachers | impractical men as some would have us believe-are not the only spokes- men. also, have added and are add ing their backing 10 this great at tempt to bring America into tho world court. and thus 10 place this country before all the nations on the side of law in place of war.
 Do you know that six American presidents have specifically advocat- cd an international court Of justice
 Mckinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson Harding and Coolidge Do you reali ize that two American secretaries oi state, Hay and Root, instructed the
 United States delegation 10 thC
 Hague conferences of 1892 and 190i
 to work for the ablishmcnt of q
 world court? An American capital.
 ist, Andrew Carnegie. q passionate
 lover of peace. put millions and mil
 lions-long before the last great wal
 into the business of organizing
 such court in tho hope Of mobiliz ing for peace! Are you aware tha
 one American statesman. ElihJ
 Root. has taken a distinguished par
 in planning the details of a porma nent court of international justice Today, another American authOrit! on matters Of international law
 John Bassctt Moore, is sitting as on , of the judges on this supreme bcncl , of the nations.
 This very instrument of juS'iC
 has been in part made possible
 through American ideals, American
 activity, and American philanthropy Nor are these recent efforts all. Fo decades now. the peaceful scttlemcn , of international disputes has beer an American ideal From it's founda tion' --- writes former Socrctar.
 Hughes -- This government ha' taken q leading part in promoting the judicial settlement of intcrna
 tional disputes. Prior to the tlls
 peace conference at The Hague i, 1S99. the United States had partici
 patcd in 57 arhitrations, % o which were with Great Britain. Nothing" Wrote Secretary Hay some years before his death. Moth
 ing can secure for human govern mont and for the authority of law
 which 1t represents. so deep Q ro , spoct and so firm q loyalty as tb'
 spectacle of sovereign and inde
 pendent states lowing with rcHcr cnco before the august supromac, of those principals of right, whicl give in law its eternal foundations
 "The prophets dream, ou , dream, Is already beginning t come true: A world court is evel
 now established. In January 1922
 it met for its first cXtraordinar,
 session. And In June of the sam
 year, 1t began it's work. Laugh a
 dreams as you may this dream i
 something 10 ho roCkonod with Forty-scyen states have signed it
 protocol. Thirty-siX have alrcad,
 rompletei their formal ratification
 All these other nations have seCl the vision and paid the price of it
 acceptance. Our own country ha shared In setting up the court. Bu America, as q nation, has not ye officially recognized this world court These are hard facts, my friends but we must face them.
 Two years ago last month. ou Congregational council voted ap , proval of the recommendation of it :, honorary moderator, the prc>iden of the United States, that we ente the world count. It definitely state ] that such an entrance would be 7 most important step toward worl I peace Other Christian bodies l s this country have taken similar at , tion. Two days before his death. th
 late President Harding released ht , farewell message
 ' "A nation which believes in th l reign of law as preferable to the rui