PACIFISM IN THE UNITED STATES
ADDRESS BY DR. RALPH HARLOW
“The peace feeling in ' the United States is so strong that it would be difficult for the Government to go to war,” said Dr. Ralph Harlow, of Smith College, Massachusetts, in the course of an address to the Peace Pledge Union on Tuesday night.
The speaker explained his position as a Christian pacifist, stating, that his pacifism was - the,; r result of definite philosophy of life, namely, that man is a’ child of God, and an immortal spirit.- He' contrasted 1 the attitude of the early Christian Church with that of the modern church on the subject of war, and said that our Christian thinking to-day was “shot through with paganism. He could not understand church assemblies passing resolutions that “war is contrary: to the will of God,” and- yet continuing to give support to war. ; Pacifism, he said, was a power to be reckoned with in the universities .of America. An immense number of ministers of religion were definite and determined pacifists. 'Among these were some of the foremost clergymen of the United States. - -
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22513, 22 September 1938, Page 4
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