New Britain herald., 1929-11-11
Common People, Not Statesmen, Can Create Peace, Clergyman
 Says In Armistice Day Sermon

upon the mind and will of the peo- pies of the world. In short, it de- bends upon just such folks as you | and me. If we take it seriously and | insist upon it's being taken serious ly by all those in authority over us' as the prayer book describes them. l then the pact of Paris will indeed | inaugurate a new era in human his tory. It will be an era freed from | the wrongs and tra gedies. the disas- | ters and costs of war and prepared | ness. It will be an era glorious, with scientific and social progress, and with that hitherto unknown economic prosperity and general welfare, possible only in a warIcss world,
 'Now, in adhering to this Kellogg peace pact. the nations have under taken a number Of important obli- cations. And it is well that VIC try | to understand them all.
 "First-Thc nations condemn ro- course to war for the solution Of l their international controversies and i renouncc it as an instrument Of na- tional policy as we have stated.
 'Second-They promise never to | seek the solution Of their Controver- sios. whatever their nature or origin | may be. except by pacific means
 'Third-They declare that all l changes in their relations with onc.t another should be the result of a peaceful and orderly process
 "Fourth-They state that any signatory power which shall here after seek 10 promote its national interests by resort to war will he denied the benefits furnished by this treaty.
 "Fifth-Implieit in this pact is the obligation to avoid policies l provocative Of war and so adopt policies in keeping with the spirit and intent Of the pact
 ''SiXth-Also implicit in the pact 1 is the general policy Of reducing armaments from war scale 10 dimensions suited only for police 1 service Nations Must Develop Confidence And I submit my Christian ] friends, that when America and 45 other powers Of the world set their names 10 this pact they assumed. in so doing. stupcndous undcrta king 1 One does not need the statcsman's experience in leading large bodies 1 of men to accept and adopt q new idea to appreciate this fact, The truth is, nothing quite like this has ever happened before in human his tory. We may almost say, nothing at all like this. For this Kellogg pact calls for nothing less than a complete reversal of age old habits 1 of mind and action on the part Of all the nations. If these same sigma tory nations really make this peace pact work, they must change their war minds to peace minds. They must substitute a world peace sys- tenn for the old War-syStcm of the past. They must develop confidence in each others good faith in place of dcCp-scated suspicious and all the fears and hatrcds of yesterday and today, You know and I know, that these changes will require re- educa- ton. That means the re-education not merely of statesmen and social leaders in every land, but the re education of those millions upon millions whose ideas and desires ultimately determine all national and international policies. What is more. wc know too that if this re education is to hc accomplished in timc. it must take place i'll all the major nations of tho world, simul- taneously. and it must begin now, For this is a very obvious fact, no one nation, neither America nor any other great power. nor any small group of nations will or can carry out the obligations of this Paris pact alone!
 Churches Committed to Peace
 Right here, then, is where you and I come in,
 "Surely. we make no mistake.
 when we assert today that tho Christian churches of America and
 England and all the nations of the
 world. arc in principle today com
 mitted 10 World Peace.
 
 yes. and our church right here in
 this city is included in that great
 body of forward looking humanity these churches constitute the great est available moral force for creating , the informed public opinion now , needed for achieving this stupendouS
 program. Without world peace. the
 establishment Of Gods Kingdom on , earth, that great ideal for which we all pray, is quite impossible of achievement. Active support then,
 Of this and every church in America and in every land is essential to the
 success Of the pact, and the actual , establishment of a world ruled in justice and governed in peace. Warns Against Mistakes
 "But before I go any further, let
 me warn you that there are two mis-
 takes, which we may all make, and
 easily make in reference 10 this
 great treaty. We may take it cynical ly. or we may take it thoughtlessly.
 'When I say we can take it Cyni- ,, calIy, I am thinking of some men. know, who do apparently take il | CNnlCally even tOdaN! lncN speak or
 this treaty. which has cost life un- , told. money. unCountcd, and thought for years on end, as only n scrap oi ; paper and a mere gesture. You have heard them speak thus and SC - have I. And may God forgive them for their sin and ignorance and lack r Of faith both in the Almighty fathcl
 and in humanity. His children Whenever I heGr such cynical talk r as ihis. do you know what l Want s to do? want to march that particu- r lar CyniC into a corner and then an y swcr him. wis a wis. something lik, Q "A scrap of paper, mere gcsiur"
 a pious word, is it? We'll my friend
 it may he that. Hut it need not h.