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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1918)
4 ; TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, " DECE3IBER 1, 1918. ' ' REV. CHARLES L. WHITE TO OCCUPY WHITE TEMPLE PULPFl Baptist Home Mission Society Secretary Well Informed on War Situation. j; iN'E of the important eventa In , current aeries of sermons on "Great orw iraKeaics, . wun mo topic me Tragedy of a Soul," this morning- at 11 o'clock. At 7:30 tha fourth in tha series of studies In the book of Daniel will be "The Test by Fire and the Test of a Creed." The topic on Thursday even Ins; at s o'clock will be the second in tha "Studies in the Life of Joseph." I I church Ufa of tha city Is the visit v-f of Re. Charles L. White. D. D.. executive secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, Dr. White Is a speaker of National note and will speak at the morning; and evening; services of tha White Temple today at II and 7:30 o'clock. Few men have been in closer touch with the war situa tion and the present peace develop ments than Dr. White, and he is one of tha best-informed men In the coun try regarding the present attitude of the church and its outlook for the fu ture. This morning the Lord's Supper serv ice will be held and V- White will give a snort address. This evening; a mass meeting hss bean called to hesr his address on "The Mission of. the Church in New Conditions." Dr. White will address the Union Ministers' Conference at the Y. W. C. A. tomorrow morning at 10:30 and to morrow evening he will address min isters of tha Baptist denomination at the White Jemple at T:5. Another important feature of the White Temple programme Is the Vn listirient week campaign which begins today. This is a movement that is being carried on In the Baptist denom Inatton throughout tha country, and is meeting with great success. It Is something analagoua with the war-roll of tha V. M. C. A, In which a renewed enlistment and allegiance ara entered Into hy toe; members of the respective churches aa well as others. A bouse-to-house visitation will be , . the order of the day. and some 120 vls l Itors will go leto different parts of the city calling upon all the members of the church. It will be a gala day, in whfch both visitors and members will n)r the most cordial and heartiest fellowship. Tha funds evening forum will be resumed at tha Church of Our Father (1'nltarlar.r.- with a discussion this evening of "What Should be the Peace Terms' led by Richard W. Montague Tha questions outlined for Clsrussion this Winter will pertain chiefly to re construction. Rev. W. N. Coffee, pastor of tha Cen tral Free Methodist Church, has re gained his health sufficiently to resume services and praacning will oa nein this morning at 1 1 o'clock and tbis evening at 7:30. Special music will be given under tha direction or Mrs. Fannie Herald. 'Wil.on'. Peace Terrru" Is Topic of Sunday Sermon. First Methodist Chare Plans Re eeptloa for New Members. PASTORS WHO HAVE ENTERED NEW FIELDS IN THE CITY. Tha Realisation Tragus will hold morning and evening services at 1 Fifth street today at 11 A. M. and P. M. Rv. FMward H. Mills will speak on "After Thanksgiving. What?" and Thinking With tha Heart." A chil dren's church I conducted also at 11 'clock. Dr. SL J. Held, who has supplied Im portant pulpits In tha United States and In Canada, and who tlas held a suc cessful evengeltstic campaign in and around Portland, will surply the pulpit of Montavllla Baptist Church for the month of December. In connection with tha general observance f Enlistment week by all Baptists of the Northern states. Dr. Reld will preach this morn ing on "The World's Greatest Worker." A special rally will be held this even- Ing at the church to hear Ir. Reld'a sermon. "What Christ Came to Do for Men." a a a At Millard - Avenue Presbyterian Church today. Rev. W. Lee (1 preach a Thanksgiving sermo subject for tha evening services will be "The Question of a Murderer." Sun day school meets at 9:50, morning services at 11 o'clock. Christian En deavor at (:t3 and evenlns; services at 7:30. a a a Tier. W. St Gordon, pastor of the Sellwood Methodist Church, will preach this morning on "Balm for Heartaches." Sunday school meets at 10 A. M., church services at 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.. Junior League at 3:30 and Epworth League at :30. Rev. Mr. Gordon's evening topic will ba "Things That En dure." a a a 'Dr. A- I Hutchison, of Piedmont Presbyterian Church, will close tha REV. JOSHUA STANSFIELD will hold a candid discussion of tha essen tial principles of a permanent world peace at the First Methodist Church this evening. His subject will be: "Wil son's Peace Terms and Others." Monday evening the women of the church and the official board will hold a reception for 150 new members. A 11 friends of the church are invited to at tend. A memorial service for the men of the Church of Our Father who have died on the battle field will be held at tha church this morning under tha direction of the pastor. Rev. William G. Eliot. Jr. This evening the Sunday Korum will reopen for the Winter be ginning a series of discussions on re construction problems. The discussion this evening. "What Should Be the Peace Terms?" will ba lad by Richard H. Montague. "Prayer and God's Fstherhood" Is Dr. Milligan's subject for the evening serv ice at Rose City Park Community Church. This Is tha third of tba series War and Prayer." Morning subject. "What Is Christian Faith V On Friday evening the church held membership rally, the roll was called snd every member was expected to re spend to his name, or through someon c!e to give a reason for his absence. Ci - -is'i - : Iff: ' K .V V s W : W Iff - - ' h : - 1 j . r f II ' V ar 1 ' ill i jlu 7 - Iert to night Rev. Ira Harrier, IV err Pastor of the Seeoad Church of the United Brethren. Who Becently Came to rgniaan r rnra neara. r. u. ir. nyron a. nan, ew castor or tae f lrt Chnrrh or United Brethren. W ho Has Been In the Ministry for 3J Years t Rev. K. Benson. Kormer Pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, ' Who Recently Has iihi ine liar cjushdiuos ana win jrracuce Ejaw, A service of unusual Interest will ba held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the High l.ind Congregational Church. It will be one of acknowledgment of the part played by women In "making the world safe for democracy." There will ba song service led by a strong choir and other suitable music, vocal and Instru mental. Address on "The Aid of Worn en In Winning the War" will be given by Mrs. !. Gerllnger. vice-president of the National Woman's Service League, and Miss Dorothy Wysor. executive sec retary of the American Red Cross. The morning sermon by the pastor. Rev. Ed ward Constant, will have for its title "The Dethroning of the Money God." . - Demonstrations and a lecture will be held at the Independent Bihla and Spiritualist Church this evening at t o'clock at IS East Fifteenth atreet North, by Rev. I. C. Schorl. Se-rvires will be held at 11 A. M. and a'. S P. M. at Universal Messianic Church today. The sermon topic will be "Nothing Beyond Creation." Study classes meet Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. All services are beld at room 318 Ablngton building. At the Rodney-avenue Christian Church. Rodney avenue and Knott 'rT Tn I street. Rev. J. F. Ghormley will speak lOn. Ill 11 A VI nw hi. K . ... T V, . Dawn." This will be the first of a series of Christmas sermons. At 7:30 P. M. his theme will ba "Tha Christ In History." Bible school Is at 10 A. M. and Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:30 P. M. Special music will be given under the direction of C. H. Dougherty. The Sellwood Spiritualist Church of the Soul. Inc.. will hold services today in Strahlman Hall, corner of Thirteenth and Spokane streets, as follows: S P. M., Dr. R. MrL. Angus will lecture on the subject. "Modern and Ancient Spirit ualism." followed with messages. At 8 P. M. Mrs. F. Lyon will lecture on tha subject. '"What Is Our .Duty Toward Man?" followed with psychrometio . readings. ' "Higher Ministry of Music" First Christian Theme. Important Chnrrh Conference Is. Planned tor Present Week. il o CIO T tha First Christian Church at 11 ock this morning tha Rev. Harold H. Griffis will emphasize th place which music has in tha religiou life, taking for his subject "The Highe Ministry of Music" At the evening service at 7:45 Rev. Mr. Griffis will speak particularly for the benefit o those who may be confused as to wha constitutes tha essence of tha Christian faith. Tha topic for the evening dis course is. "Being a Christian, v. hat, How and When?" The ordinance of Immersion will ba administered directly after tha evening sermon. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week there will be at tha First Christian Church Important conferences to which all of the Christian ministers of Oregon have been Invited. These meetings have been considered so vital that to Insure a large attendance com plimentary transportation has been ex tended to all of the preachers of the Christian churches In the state. The conferences will be conducted by national secretaries, who have been touring the whnla Nation and visiting congregations with a view to prepar ing local leaders for the task or the church In the reconstructive period that shall follow the world war. On Tuesday, evening at 8 o'clock these national officers will give an Illustrated lecture on "Christianity and tha World's New Seeds. . Rev. W. B. Hlnson, pastor of the East Side Baptist Church, will preach this morning on "Why Our Prayers Are Unanswered." This will ba the second sermon in a aeries on prayer. This venlng Dr. Hinson will preach another sermon on the series on ine second Coming of Christ." The ordinance of tha Lord s supper will be observed and the hand of fel lowship will be extended to a large umber who have united with the church In the last two weeks. The ordinance -of believers' baptism will be administered at tha evening service. Preaching services at the East Side Baptist Church are held at 11 A. M. and 10 P. M. Sunday school opens, at :15A M. and a young people's service will be held at 8:15 P. M. s a Rev. A. A. Morrison, rector of Trinity Church, will preach this morning at 11 o'clock on "The Preservation of Na tional Peace." This evening his subject will be "The Psychology of Religion," the second of a series of sermons. At Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church the pastor will preach this morning on the subject, "Christian Problems of Re construction." I CHRISTIAN SCIENCE churches and In the evening he will preach on the J Society of the city will hold eerv- Science Churches to Hold Regular Services! eAncIent and Modern Necromancy," Tople of Sermon-Lesson. theme, "Faith, Fearand Love as Life Motives. Next Thursday this church will give a "community party" to give people of the section opportunity to meet their friends and neighbors and discuss com mon problems. Rev. Ellas Gjerding, pastor of the First Norwegian Danish Methodist Church, will preach this morning at 11 o'clock on "The Christian 1n the World." This evening at 8 o'clock his subject will be "The Stewardship of Life." A string band will furnish mu sic In the evening. The Evergreen adult Bible class will meet at 7 P. M. Tha Spiritualist Church of the Soul, Inc., will hold services today at 208 V4 Third street as follows: 11 A. M., Dr. R. Angus will. lecture on- the subject. Try Ye the Spirits." followed with messages. At 8 P. M-, symposium: Ad dresses by Judge Plggott and Mrs.' S. B. Selp, followed by messages by Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Lyon. Mrs. .Elkenton, Mr. Partlow and others. At 3 P. M., circles will be held in the church, conducted by Mras. C. Littler, Mrs. Barber, Hw. Lyon and Mrs. Selp. At 8 P. M., the pastor will lecture on the subject, "Whatsoever Measure Tou Mete, It Shall Be Measured Unto Tou," followed with psychic manifestations. The new Christian year will open to day with the rirst Sunday In Advent. On the four Advent Sunday mornings the pastor of St. David's parish will preach a special course of sermons on Mankind and tne cnurcn." in tnese sermons It Is intended to emphasize from the Christian attitude the spiritual need of a new international- Ism and the contribution each racial group can make to the enrichment of the world's life and the fulfillment of the will of God. Theviilght sermon will be on tha Fifth Commandment, or "The Child of Today and tho World of Tomorrow." The church school meets at 9:30. There are classes for all. an interesting nd constructive course of study and welcome for all interested In earnest , religious education. I ices at their respective places of wor ship this morning at 11 o'clock, except Fifth Church and the Society repeat the service this evening at 8 o'clock. The subject for the lessonsermon this week is "Ancient and Modern Ne cromaney, Alias Mesmerism and Hypno tism, Denounced." Testimonials of healing aro held at all churches Wednesday evening. Sun day school is held by First, Second, Fourth and Sixth churches at 9:45 and 11 A. M. Third Church also conducts two sessions, the first at 11 A. M. and the second at 12:10 P. M. Fifth Church Sunday schools meet at 9:30 and 11 A. M. "Tha Teaching of the New Christian Church Concerning the Bible" is the topic announced by Kev. Wm. R. Reese for today at 11 o'clock at 331 Jefferson street. This is the second of the series of special missionary sermons being given the first Sunday of each month throughout the year. This address is especially designed to help those whose faith in the Bible has been shaken by the assaults of the higher critics. Services will be held as usual this morning and evening in the Comforter Center, Assembly Room, Portland Hotel. Mrs. Florence Crawford will deliver both lectures. Tho topic for the morn ing will be "Gather Up the Fragments,' and in the evening, "The Fullness of Faith." Special music will be given in the evening by Mrs. Zulima Brown, pianist, and Miss Mathison, violinist The meetings are open to all. Street entrance to Assembly Room on Mor rison street, between Sixth and Broadway. Rev. H. B. Morse will preach this morning at Sellwood Nazareae Church on "The Smitten Shepherd." This" even ing his theme will be "What Shall the Harvest Be?" On Monday, .Tuesday and Wednes day Important conferences will be held at the First Christian Church, Park and Columbia, for the ministers and missionary workers from all the Christian Churches of Oregon. The conferences will bo conducted in the I main by National secretaries who have been touring tha whole United States and visiting congregations with a view to preparing local leaders for tha great task of the church in the reconstructive period that shall follow the world war. These meetings have been considered so vital that to insure a full attendance complimentary transportation has been extended to all the preachers in the state among'the disciples of Christ. A prominent figure in ' the confer ence will be Dr. W. E. Mackltn, for 39 years a leader of religious and political forces in China. Dr. Macklin was active in the Chinese revolution and helped in tha capitulation of the city of Nan king. , On Monday morning at M0 o'clock tha executive boards of the Christian Women's Board of Missions and Ore gon Christian Missionary Society will hold their regular sessions. On Mon day evening at 7:45 the ministers of the state will have a mass meeting. Tuesday morning at 9:30 o'clock the National officers will meet all the Ore gon preachers for thorough discussion of the budget plan and "Every Member Canvass." On Tuesday evening at 8 there will be an illustrated lecture by National specialists on "Christianity and the World's New Needs." with special musi cal programme. This lecture will be entirely free and the general public is cordially invited. On Wednesday morning, beginning at 9:30. the Christian Women's Board Of Missions officers will conduct an all-day efficiency institute for all the missionary women. This institute will take the place of the quarterly meeting of the Federation of Christian Church Societies. For his subjects today Dr. Edward H. Pence has chosen two striking top Ics. "The Man and the King" will bo discussed at 10:30 A. M., while at 7:30 P. M.. "When God 'Turns Detective will be the theme. At both of these services muaic will be featured. Wilbur Methodist Church, the young est congregation of the denomination In Portland, is now progressing rapidly in its church work, according to Dr. Fran cis Burgette Short, the pastor. The Sun day school Is organised with J. J. John son, superintendent; Robert H. Hughes and Samuel Cornell, assistants; Miss Jessie Farrell, secretary; Miss Lillian Taylor, librarian, and Rowland H. Brad ley, chorister. Tha programme far today will In clude a sermon by the. pastor on the subject, "The Inner Spring of Life," and the Sunday School will hold its session at 12:15. "Some of the most encouraging things in our church plans and planning have taken place this week, and our assurance for a steady growth and the accomplishment of a real work In Portland becomes more and more assured. "Unless our cities are gripped by the heart and the hand of Christian brotherhood, the Nation will go to the devil," said this down town pastor. ' The church has been making soma very needed repairs In the basement and It will be ready for use by the Sunday school this morning. The pastor. Rev. EL O. Shepherd, will be in the pulpit ;ln the evening. . '. '. Rev. C. P. Blanchard. pastor of;the Fourth Church, at Tremont station. Will preach Sunday morning on the theme, "In the Upper Room." and the evening I theme will be "Life's Choice." t "The Three Temptations" 16 Be Sermon Topic. Major T. A. Mills to Speak at First Congregational Church. ' ' "The Problem of the Age" to Be Topic of Sermon. Bishop Waahlnger to Speak at Third United Brethren Church. AJOR T. A. MILLS will speak .at the First Congregational Church this morning at 10:30 on '"Tha Thrca Temptations." This evening ho will give a eermon-lnterpretation- of Jack London's "The Call of tho Wild." ITha communion service will be observed; in the morning with the reception of iiew members. Bible school will be held at 12 o'clock and the intermediate Chris tian Endeavor will meet at 6:30 P. .M. Major fllls Is giving a series "of practical discourses from, the pulpit which is attracting a wide audience "of church members and strangers in tha city. At the W'averly Heights Congrega tional Church, . East- Thirty-third and Fremont, Rev. A. P. Avery, of Cali fornia, will preach In tho morning at 11 o'clock and in the evening at 7:45 o'clock. Everyone is extended a cor dial welcome. Rev. J. Q. DIfkensheets will be' the speaker at the Atkinson Memorial Con gregational Church, East Twenty-ninth and East Everett streets, at the 11 A. M. service. No evening service at present. REMAINS TAKEN TO ROME Body of Projector of Bologna Ar rives at Vatican. ROME. Cardinal Gusminl. arch bishop of Bologna, and Monslgnors, Menzani and Belvedere, traveling in! a special car, brought the remains of San 1'etronius, projector of Bologna. R' EV. BYRON J. CLARK, pastor of the First United Brethren Church, Fifteenth and East Morrison streets. will speak to his congregation this morning on "Sacred to Memory," and in the evening on "This Infected Religion." Special music will be given by the choir. At Second United Brethren Church, Twenty-seventh and Sumner streets, the pastor. Rev. Ira Hawley, will use for his subject In the morning "Behold the Great Sacrifice." His theme for tha evening service will be "Tour Neighbor." Bishop William H. Washlnger will be at the Third United Brethren Church, Sixty-seventh street and Thirty-second avenue Southeast. Sunday morning. His subject will be "The Problem of the Age, and How We May Help Solve It." to the Vatican lust week. They wera received by the major dumo. Mgr. TaccI, and taken in the. Slxtine Chapel, where religious ceremonies were held. Tho Pontifical gendarmes acted as a guard of honor. In the afternoon the Pope descended to the chapel to venerate the relics of the saint. Yesterday they were trans ferred to the new urn in the Roman style constructed In Milan. The urn also holds the bones of San Zeno, first archbishop of Bologna, and of Saints Ambrose and Felix, the three being the Bologna martyrs of the persecutions of Diocletian, Vitellius, Agricola and Proculus. The final ceremony was marked by a discourse of the Tope, to which Cardi nal Gusminl responded. S. A. T. C. SONGS TO STAY Chorus Singing Becomes Popular' at Agricultural College. "" OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. Nov. 30. (Special.) -Although the S. A. T. C. will soon be gone from the college, there is one feature of ita life which probably will remain as a part of the student life on'' tha a campus. Under the direction of Dr. C V. Poling, of the Y. M. C. A., '-the boys learned to eing in chorus.. The songs have been taken up by the g-rrs and civilian men of the school and are now included in college serenades and gatherings. All the songs which, the boys sing have a catchy rhythm and have become popular. " The favorite song of the unit Is the mess song the story of the week- tn the camp. As each verse is finished the preceding verses are sung as a chant. AMERICA'S PART IN WORLD WAR REVIEWED BY DR. BOYD Precious Treasures of Liberty Endangered by Imperialism and Autocracy. (Thanksrivme address made by Rv. John self that an army of 8,700.000 men has H. Bojrd at First frubunu Cnurcb), Whoever undertakes to apeak of the world situation at this time deserves and should receive the sympathy of his audience. There Is a largeness In what has bean accomplished and a glory in tha victory won which refuse to be aet forth in mere words. Tha successes attained, in the wonder of their com pleteness attd reach of significance, -cannot ba rasjla manifest: the forecast ' of tba future? tha beneficent changes which ara to come, the larger security to ba felt, tha nobler pathways in which we trust humanity will hence forth walk, absolutely refuse to be for mulated In language. Any kind of thinklnc la difficult and adequate tnought la Impossible. It Is not an hour for thought. For four years our minds have been Intensely engaged in thought concerning war and latterly tn devising ways and means which hava led to the success of tba present hour. This thought has been mingled with painful uncertainty about our great National enterprise. and often touched by the keenest anxiety of personal concern. Now, with success at hand, and no longer the need of energetic thought concentrated upon tha activltlea of war. having no longer tha burden of uncertainty and anxiety resting upon us. tba hour has com not to talk, and not to try to think but to give ourselves up to the absorb ing abandon of Joy and' satisfaction. Great Work Aeeaniallahca. Yet. you hava asked ma to speak, and I hava chosen to speak to you concern ing our part In tba winning of peace. Tba topic la very pregnane One Is tempted to move out Into that vast field of enterprise and achievement which created military power and won victory. Our practical minds desire above all things to know tha method of success ful action. I doubt not that tha keen deslra of our minds at this tlma is to know tha economic history of Germany durtng four year of blockading. How was It. possible for this nation of 70. 000.000 people, environed as they were by walla of -watchful enemies, to live during that tlma and to maintain themselves from starvation and their armies Inefficient might? How eager ly shall we hear tha story of how Ger many carried on that fierce submarine warfare upon tha great deep, so pow erful and so effective that It cama per ilously near success. How did they do It? t So. as wa wonder at Germany's meth od, so, I doubt not. that yonder In the minds of that defeated paopla Is a con suming curiosity to understand how America could achieve tha things that aha has dona. Here is a vast composite nationality of 100.000.000 people, loose ly associated, according to tha idea of autocracy; with unasslmllated ele ments, soma antagonistic to tha cause of the Nation and tho allies, with tra ditions anti-militaristic and spirit peace-loving; starting with an Army which was Indeed contemptible In tha ayes of warlika Germany. Tat. within 1 months, this peace-loving, composite Ration has so arisen and organized her- been put onto tha field of action! Th Atlantic has been bridged! Mora than 2.000,000 of man are upon the battle fields of Franco and Belgium, ready to ba thrown In lrresistless might against the German lines! There has never been tha equal of this American achieve ment. in the organization and opera tlon of this vast and triumphant power. "Oar Part" Only One Part. The part of America was not a dom lnating part In tha great war. It was not an essential part that is, not asaen Ltlal In any sense that we can usa tha word of ourselves and deny it to an other. "Our part" Is to be equalised and co-ordinated with the allies asso ciated with us. On our day of jubila tion, when we celebrated the signing of the armittlce there were thousands who felt willing to wear a badge and flaunt the words "The Yanks, did It.' Unde that simple sentence la i large error. There is an Ignorant boast fulness. There Is a mean and un courteous Injustice In the Implication of It. America had no more essential part In the winning of victory than be longs to alt of our honored allies! But for the two weeks gained by the resist anca of the army of Belgium against the Invasion by the Germans of that little country, the whole Issue of tha war would bava been altered. Tha vie tory which was consummated before tha walls of Sedan and Ghent two weeks ago depended upon the heroic action of the Belgian army In tha forts of Llega and Namur four years ago. hen Llega fell before the Invading Germans, there were but 13 living Bel. glan soldiers found within Its shat tered walls and. therefore, very Justly, one of the strongest books of all tha war period Is entitled "How Belgium Saved the World." Other Natlaas Eulogised. Turn from Belgium to the achieve ments of tha armlet of Great Britain, that far-flung battle line of tha great Empire coming from England and Scotland and Wales and Ireland and from tha remoter parts of tha sea. New Zealand. Australia. South Africa, India and Canada! These untrained armies. fresh from the. factory, the shop and tha farm, upon tha fields of France and Flanders, threw themselves poorly or ganized and Inexperienced against tha seasoned force of Invasion and died by tha thousands whlla other armlet might ba prepared. But for that hero Ism, tha war could not hava been von! Let ua turn to Franca. W hat word la adequate to describe tha heroism of magnificent France? Ona man In five of all her mala population has In torn way entered into the great conflict. At we tea their serried rankt upon the hard-fought battlefields of that heroic country, wo know that without that spirit, that Indomitable courage, that resolution to dla for tha great causa they represented, the war could never hava been won! Turn to Italy-her part may ba lest than that of others and with her mo tives for entering tha war mora quas It should never be forgotten that long before the hour -of decision to cast in her lot with tha allies, she gave Franca to understand that there was nothing to fear upon tha Italian frontier. With that assurance, four hundred thou sand French toldiert wera taken from tha Italian border and thrown agains tha viotorious Germans. The result was tha first triumphant battle of tha Marne! Comparisons Declared Unjust. Let us make no comparisons' Com partsons are odious. Comparisons are erroneous and. unjust. Our part in the great war, while not the dominating nor peculiarly essential part, has this distinguishing and peculiar cnaracter Istic: We went into the war, after It had continued for a number of years, with great dellberatenest, with our minds penetrating Into every meaning and implication of the conflict. W e came to our decision after all the is sues of the war had been clearly defined. Wa alone, of tha great na tlona of tha world, stood in a position where wa could see with a penetrating. clear eye, the fundamental principles and significance of tha war. Franca could never have seen the war In Its universal, essential featurea Nursing her 40-year-old wrath and in dignant with the Injustice done her in tha rape of Alsace-Lorraine, she fos tared a spirit of revenge before the draped figure of Strasburg for nearly half a century. Her Ufa was in danger by the war. If defeat came, then sha would hava been forever a mere vassal of triumphant Germany and her hon ored place among tha nations of the world would have been lost- Amid such passions of prejudice and mem ories of past injustices and fears of degradation, tha was unable to tea clearly, to think dispassionately, and would never bava been enabled to understand and Interpret tha war in Its ultimate terms. America Coald Sec Clearly. The same was true of Great Britain. Tha rivalry for commercial primacy between Germany and Great Britain had become so heated and hating that there was no capacity for clear thought remaining. Britain understood fully that with the sea coast of Belgium and part of Franca along tha channel within tha control of Germany, the freedom of English seas would have been forever lost- The Integrity of tha empire, whose vastness was tha ult of tha slow processes of tha centuries, was endangered. Thus with mind and heart In the grasp of his toric prejudice, and national disaster threatening. Great Britain was unfit to discover and evolve tha deeper causes and implication of tha conflict of which the was to large and vital a part- But we, in our remoter position, here In America, with calm, alow dellber- ateness, came to aee clearly the world meaning of the war, the essential root Ings and foundations of the great con flict. Thus wa wera prepared to be come tha most accurate and authorita tive Interpreter of the world war of the 20th century. This Is one of our world how to think. We conceived the causes, the principles Involved, the present-future significance of It all. The strong words, clarifying phrases and analyses of terms and reasons are tha production of American thought. Tha coming generations of mankind will conceive the American manner. Freedom Is Endangered. Wa entered into the war without tha fears or prejudices which marked the other nations. Tha integrity of our ter ritory was not endangered. We were not involved in racial or commercial rlvalriee as other combatants were. Our rights had. Indeed, been Invaded, our citizens had been murdered. There was a mam fest duty of self-protection. That was not tha thing which swept us into tn war and upon which we now rest with satisfaction. Wounded prlda or indlgna tlon because of violated rights could never have furnished tha motive and tha dlvina passion which made us a tri umphant Nation as wa are In this hour. It was because we fait that in this great adventure of human life, with its problems of relationships, with its difficulties of Just and equitable or ganization, there had been slowly ac cumulated amidst struggle and tears and blood and infinite agony as the centuries went by, precious treasures of liberty. Men had Come to see along the horizon the glimmering of light. were hoping for a new day to break over universal humanity. Touched - by the teachings of the holy Nazarene some tenderness had gathered itself Into human feeling, and men were ask ing- at least if it might not be pos sible to be brothers, and if human rela tlonshlps might not be attuned to Jus tice and unselfish affection Not much freedom had been attained. Justice and goodness were still weak. but what had been done was Infinitely valuable, and there lay that little pos session of liberty and feeling of kind ness, with increasing justice and equity, and the possibility of further advance. Wa saw that that treasure was endan gered by the success of Germany. It Imperialism and autocracy became dom inant In the world, all that the cen turiea had accumulated, amid contest and sacrifice, would forever be lost to mankind. Lincoln's Words Quoted. More than E0 years ago, one who stands In colossal dimensions In his tory, and abides In fond affection with in the heart of every American, stood upon the battlefield of Gettysburg, and he said: "Wa recognize the sacredness of this soil, wet by heroic blood, be cause here men have died that a gov ernment of the people, with all the im plications of popular power, popular rights, popular Justice and popular happiness, the fond fulfillment of uni versal dreams of a redeemed humanity might not perish; that the treasures of liberty and human hopes represented in our Republic might be conserved and established." Because of this Gettys burg became a consecrated place. So Mr. Wilson, speaking for the universal Intelligence of America, and in the pas the heau-t of the united Nation felt, recognized that tha battlefields Flanders and of France were consecrat ed Places, because the divinest treas ures of humanity were being contended for and were to be protected. So. when we come to sit down yon der in the council chambers of peace, where the mighty men of earth repre senting victorious nation! shall coma to deliberate upon the world's course and condition of tomorrow, and tn question is asked of our commission ers: For what purpose nave you com Into this council chamber of peace What personal wrongs are you asking to be righted? Exhibit the -extent of violated territory and aesoiatea cities. Then our commissioners will lift u empty hands and say to the assembled mighty ones of earth: We come with nothing personal into this council cham ber. We have no rights endangered which have not already been safeguard ed. We have no fears that hava not already been dissipated. There Is not a single personal, selfish consideration that we have brought with us. We come empty banded, clean handed, into the oouncll chamber of peacel Restoration of Peace Our Reward, "What Indemnities are you asking present your claim, and let us see where for monetary losses and expenses and how great the tax is to be laid to re imburse you. Again the clean and empty hands of our commissioners will be reached out as they say: "We come, asking no return for twenty billions of dollars expended. We lay that at a willing sacrifice upon the altars of hu man service. Our reward It the satis faction felt In having done what we could to restore peace and open the way for a safe and better world." Then for what have you come? If your heart is not moved by anger. If you have no wrongs to be righted, no indemnities to be claimed, why, have you come Into this council chamber of peace r "We have come into the coun ell of peace because we entered into the war along with other struggling nations In order to conserve the precious accu mulations of human liberty and human equities and rights, to keep open the path that leads into the land of prog ress and perfection. We have come here in order that an abiding and stable peace may be set up for the fam ilies of mankind. We have come here in order that the rights of every .racial unit and ambitious nation shall ba conserved. We have come here to see that .he chains of thralldom hall be broken from every dependent and helpless people In all the world. That la the reason we have come Into the oouncll chambers of peace.". Germany's Dream Shattered. There la still another important aspect of our part in the war. The German Kaiser in childhood, plays soldier, develops tha martial spirit and glorifies power; in hia mature years, when tha empire rested upon him, he dreamed a great dream of German majesty and German power. Germany must have a place in the tun! The prosperity and the honor and th must, in a peculiar, exaggerated way, rest upon proud Germany. He dreams of the time when no question between nations can be settled, ndtreaties can be signed, without the recognition and the consent of the German Kmptre! Germany shall be respected and con sulted and revered and feared and obeyed! By what means? By the sheer force of a might so vast, so ma jestic and Invincible that men every where shall hear the tread of march ing armies triumphant upon the land, and watch the invincible armadas of the German navy upon the sea, and seeing that army and that navy shall tremble and bow down in reverence. Thus Germany is to win her place In the sun, and secure recognition of her mlg-ht among the nations of the world. What has become of this dream of world-empire? Yonder he lies fallen today, uncrowned, stripped bare of authority, a menace to the people among whom he has taken reruge. The hour Is coming when none will be so poor as to do him reverence. The words of Victor Hugo describing the fallen Napoleon may be well used of the mute, lonely. Impotent Kaiser, the immense somnambulist of the shattered dream." America Haa Place In Sun. What of America? Here is America seeking no place in the sun, without ambition for universal and interna tional recognition of her might or her right. Here we were, guided by the counsel of the great soldier and first President of our Republic, avoiding entangling alliance with European politics. We did not ask that anybody should come and bow before us in reverence nor to consult ut in the councils of nations. But what it America's place today? She has a place In the sun. The unclouded glory of a day of transcendent peace is breaking over her. Every eye as far universal mankind. Is looking toward her while the sun of righteous ness beams upon her. Weak, dependent peoples seeking a way into liberty are turning toward ut today at their deliverers and guides. The hour has coma when in our mag nanimity and generoaity we are going to feed the hungry nations of the world, even our enemies, un stintedly, without a passion of re venge or hatred in our hearts; with no ambition to beoome the domi- ant, ruling power of the world but imply a nation loving honor and right. nation of unselfish purpose, a nation willing to climb the Golgotha of sac rifice to suffer, if need be, in the darkness, if ony the race of mankind may be saved. Republic Hat Weighty Responsibility. Such Is our position among the na tions of mankind. The greatest hour of the Republic's life hat dawned a day not of deterved honor and praise alone, not a day of far-reaching Influence, but day of weighty responsibility. Every atlon looking in the direction of larger liberty and the finer humanity is look ing toward our inttitutiont and toward The hour may speedily come ,jhen American sympathy and American wis dom shall unite in assisting the United States of Germany to form a stable re publican government. The United States of Austria is upon the horizon. .Tho United States of Balkany Is not a. re mote possibility, and even the United States of Russia. Nations are seeking to embody our methods, our laws and our Institutions. Therefore, the su preme duty falls upon us; we must make the democracy of America the consummate success of all the nations of the world. Citizens of America, the world la looking toward us. The world is. de pending upon us. They have recog nized our leadership and they are fol lowing us. We cannot afford to dis appoint them. We must put the Idea of failure far from ua! Yet. understand that this matter of democracy has not been wrought out into perfection. It la by no means certain that mankind ran exist century after century under popu lar Institutions and popular laws by the intrinsic force and JuBtice and wisdom resident In the masses of mankind. .. Problems Still I'nseltlrd. For one hundred and forty- years we are satisfied with the progress made. But there are Inequalities which are still unelimtnated. There are pro'. lems that are unsettled. There am masses of things which loom up, dark and ominous, before our eyes today upon the horizon of the Republic. As the soldier In that dread, awful hour that comes before the signal -of command to advance is given redodi- cates himself to his country, lifting his heart to the eternal spirit of the uni verse, and in memory sees the altar fires of home and love, so the hour has come for us to stand amid the hush, the solemn quietude of peace that has come under the blessing of Almighty God, and before the altar of the eternal right and the holy altars of home and the Republic, to rededlcate ourselves to a finer, stronger citizenship which will make our country what it ought to be. Thus consecrating ourselves to this high purpose, we set also in the midst of our hearts the determination never to allow another flag, a rival flag, .or a flag which suggests shame and ruin to our Republic, ever to float along our streets or in any place or manner flaunt itself before the eye of loyalty. This flag here, consecrated anew by a year and a half of sacrifice, in which wa have spent our billions and con served our resources and sanctified and glorified the blood of a hundred thou sand heroes never one star upon its field of blue shall be dimmed and never a red or white stripe shall be tolled by treachery and disloyalty. Under thla unsullied, unrivaled banner we will, go forward to seek nian't highest estate and destiny. Come, come to the altar of God. Come to the altar of the Eternal Christ. Come to the altars of liberty and brother hood. Come to the altar of country and humanity. Let us dedicate ourselvet tionable; but Italy did her part nobly, unique, essential parts, .We taught the sion of bis own manly heart, telling as power of the nations of the world our spirit to imitate, in order to work to great living amid the reconstruction! out along our lines their own destiny, and possibilities of tomorrow.