The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-12
WaR'SFUTILITY
EMPHASIZED BY
CITY PASTORS
Pray for Peace Without
End in Churches on
ArmiStice Day.

Emphasizing the futility of war
and praying for peace without end,
ministers from Indianapolis pulpits
Sunday eulogized World war heroes,
who fought and died in the inter-
national shambles ten years ago.
Excerpts from some of the ArIn1-
Stice day sermons follow:
To-day we can take new courage
in the belief that the conflict we
engaged in ten years ago actually
was war to end war. The signing
of the Multilateral treaty opens the
way for the same degree of order
illness in international affairs that
we experience in interstate affairs
in our own country. THE Rev. Will
liam I. Caughran of the First Con-
gregational church.
"Every cross above a soldiers
grave is a message to the living to
gremove war from the earth. Our
practical efforts to make peace in
the world more certain have been
too slow and too spinelesS. Some
thing more is needed than senti-
mental paciflcism. Peace follows Sc
curity. Protection of nations and
peoples by international justice is
the one wise and effective prepara-
'tion for a warless world. 1.-THE Rev.
Orien w. Fifer, superintendent In
.s,dianapolis Methodist Episcopal
I church district.
Urge Spirit of Galilee
"War is the result of economic,
political and psychological mis-
understanding AS long as we
think of America and Americans in
terms of world political and economic
advantage or of our inherent
superior qualities, we, like Germany,
Shall be preparing for the downfall
that surely awaits u.s." The Rev.
Elmer Jones, st. Paul Methodist
Episcopal church.
a WAR will be abolished forever
when the spirit of the Man OF
Galilee dictates the international
policies of the governments of the
earth. Jesus leads the way to uni
versal peace. To follow him is the
paramount need of humanity to-
day." The Rev. R. S. Parr, First
United Bretheran church.
1.-THE Paris Peace Pact now Is be-
fore the world. 1t was signed by
fifteen nations and forty-one adj
ditionaI nations have beenu asked
to affix their signatures. Efforts
doubtless will be made to block the
ratification of the pact. One-th1rd
of the senate can block it." The
Rev. Virgil E. Rorer, Meridian Street
Methodist Episcopal church.
Warn Against Secrecy
THE mere singing of the Multi
literal treaty outlawing war will not
i'm itself Danish war from the earth
any more than the adoption of the
eighteenth amendment Immediately
banished all drinking of alcoholic
beverages. The Christian scitizen
needs to make it known clearly that
he expects the senate of the United
States to ratify this treaty and that
he will vote for the men who are
devoted to achieving the ratiflca-
ton" the Rev. H. L. V. Shinn of
Emmanuel Reformed church.
Let us have peace. Let us dare
to put Christian content into all
our relationships with other races.
3The world is now neighborhood
and the Christian way of living will
make it a brotherhood" the Rev.
H. A. Long of North Park Christian
church.
!. "Seclusiveness and secrecy are the
.ear-marks of the old world and of
the old order. Let the American
read with pride the records of Shaw,
Parker. Marshall and others and
know lat it essentially is American
to tt assure her martial heritage,
yet ever to be actuated toward in
ternational good" the Rev. w. A.
,sShullenberger, Central Christian
church.