The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-11-15
Economic Greed is
Cause of All Wars
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there Are many white crosses over
the many graves. of American SOL
diers With this inscription, 'Here
rests in honored glory an Ameri-
can Soldier known but to God. "
This is. price that has been paid
for peace And it is only part OF
the picture. The blood gof man
kind has been split every genera
ton of our history to establish a
condition of right relationship be-
tween nations and sections. And /
say that in as much as one soul,
made in the image of God, is pre-
scented as a living sacrifice for
mere land, more power or eco
nomic gain, that that one soul rs
worth more than all the land and
wealth of the. combined nations. of
the world. No piece of property,
nor worldly power, nor economic
gain is worth the tremendous price
of one soul, no not one.
"You remind me that we of the
world war, as well as those of the
wars that have gone before, did
not fight for gain, for land, for
power. God knows that we thought
we did not fight for such ends.
But history does not bear out the
thought. / admit that l did not
go to war to make America more
powerful or more rich. l went,
like the rest of my comrades
went, so that there would be no
more war. History alone will
show whether our war was in vain
as far as the ideal for which we
fought is concerned. All wars
have been conducted by greed or
to improve economic conditions.
"These are the facts of history.
We went to war. We will go again
if need be. l have two little boys
that some day may have to go.
But when they go they will know
the facts of the cause of war. Ma
tons in the old days boldly stated
why they went to- war-more
land, more power, more human
slaves. But today no nation will
take the blame for any war. l
maintain that we who have to go
to war should know the why and
the what. God did not mean Paul
to say that we present our bodies
a living sacrifice to something we
know not Of. And as Christian
l maintain that l shall raise my
voice against the wars that have
an economic background anO which
gives to the soldiers a mere SEN
timental reason why we should go
to war. Let US cease talking about
the glories of war and let us be-
gin telling the truth of war. Let
US put in our public parks and in
our school text books pictures anc
monum ents of boys ON barbeG wire
entanglements; the borrow of gas
as registered off the faces of those
dying from its effects; the scat
tered bodies Of soldiers who were
blown to atoms from the high ex-
plosives. Let;us tell the truth that
the neE. war will be,a war of gas,
electricity, radio controlled aero
planes. That there will be no es-
cape for any one. Gas, and shell
is not respector of persons.
The history. of the world can be
written thus, Christ is comings
Christ is coming; Christ is coming
again. Our task then is to present
our bodies a living sacrifice that
through him we may have the pow,
er, the courage, and the purpose of
bringing peace to earth, and good
will among men. The Kellogg
Peace pact is a help-but nothing
will help unless in our hearts we.
have a love for Peace that comes
only through a love for Christ and
our fellowmen. To this cause |
say, present your bodies a living
sacrifice"
The presentation of poppies to
the Gold Star Mothers was made
by Commander Arthur Wiesner,
H. ]. Sauer read the roster of the
dead. The solo by Fay Cooper
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