THE CHURCH AND WAR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 10

THE CHURCH AND WAR.

;''Sir,rrln. ; I ybur I /aiticldv-ih wtdnday's - tissue. -dealmg' : with/.Bishop. ; .WalHs's ,'address Itplxtho : synod, you correctly say,in'the .closing seii•;tehee's,'; thtf world never, .-in the/.'iiature of,''things',■ be;: other!,'than '■ the : armed camp ;- .which.-iall;.h\eii''vfpw;: '.as; , Edward I. Grey . v .l.{ But.,';]et,?nie. -iaise,-' the.' ques'i ,'tioh:';'SVbat'/.is ;it'.'that 'causes.all men ';% . ,'mbre'br less view', withydeep regret the hor- ■ rQrs...pf v and,.:, why ;is".that principal;'pi" '.power-whicrk'.causes ,such' 'regret: not <'move sincerely laid, hold of, ; ; cultivated, and .put into *\ practice 'by, r (snsteiidbih_R;\':.To';-.an'BWflr. ; this,'we 'are 'forced- to.; the'; necessity "of 'rai's: •ihg ; ; a_;Secp'nd'../question:; .totally "depraved,'.; and' cursed;; by'.God,; •'his' : of - is r he: not'.'th'e' "child of ; . : a. Divine; Eatner,'. w.s- ----: ' sessihg'. : that inherent,'.principle-.which;, wnen , sufficiently. Enfolded,' V will,;lpok! upon, the evjils ■ ■ of:;nbt'only,war..but every other:- thing ; 'w}iioli ; ;prbduces T :misery; with disgust, .and. seek;;to '■ iremoye it?' :I : ani,awaro that ithia.- raises' [: iwhaVsbrhe may- say is outside the subject, [ but:'.l contend. :thattit.'is ; the foundation. _on I ; which .every permanent-:':refofm, -. war ;ini eluded,' Brest's- /Why)' 'then; fdoes. not? the i' iGhiir'ch^,'.begin;.at ! ;the and settle : . !tho''.quesfciqri: as it intends hola- ,' ling-, tot .the old dogma -of man's ■ de-' i 'pravityor'not? If that position is sound, it [• ;is'Usele'ss':tp' ; ;talk-6f|abolishing'.War';' in fact, i. ■ ; it': i wbuld;,il)e.vin-'"Ppppai^n--;tb';;tn6.''Cnihroh , s .- :tea'chings:tb)'db: so,-beeauso;it-contends that i wars- .will until', Jesus'; comes; down ■I !to'e^rthv.'in person, /to reign,oyer it,' etc. l , I ietc; '-''I, do hot'.agre'p.;,with .that'view; though i I feel the deepest' sympathy with- every :sin- '■' 'cere ipersbn'-in .any w'iy connected withjytho i 1 .Church.' ■■^::,/-'-; : o.' : ' : .'i -""'I- ■'':•.'■'■'■ : .?:.- ; '. ; -. '• >• ':■■ l. contend'.that, man: possesses ~tho principle ,-.' ;or divine life which', is; rapidly; unfolding, and i 'which■':is '.that 'which 'makes-every \ person si ;mpre'. ; orl less I.disgusted.' with;', all maimerof - [suffering, criine,.'and'.Qy!il, and;if the;press. I 'and pulpit.-.used-.;its:;.bost.efforts;.in', appealing l i.to .thdt:diViriityMn:ni3n| ; -thoreby'lifting/him j on'.rational ,:grbutid/'.teaching him 'to. become 3 S ;less"selfish," organising.for'higher and purer }; 'administration of the products'of his labour, i ;also. a. federation./of;..the. Christian world.,, in' ? ".favour"of 1 helping'' such 'a movement forward, 1; |muoh,.iasting. goqd. would be-done..- In such b' ii''mbveirieht,';."there /Inped. her'noilquibbliifg -, .about 'crecds,';\dograas,,and; church,, ritual:, a': Yet;,it-would-: be- ,tho .promptings;, Of »the I truest religionyl-namel.yythe binding together •'- of that,-which .is badly .broken.. To'' be pret a;.necessity,

-but to more forward in every civilised • land , as indicated is a greater necessity, because it is of a higher order.,..' Just , think of : the effect for. igood if 'from' every.•'church..and; every laboUr and socialistic- '• organisation throughout-the world .a .unanimo > u5.,,y,0t0, in, favour of abolishing war 1 "we'rei sent/to'each' ■ respective Government throughout the land. Why is itJhofcsd-fV'V' {Willi the .Churches in<■ this Domiruon-<begih\to;mbve'?.'. -It-'.'isJtheir- . duty, equally ■.-a's'i':niuch':'as -it :-is: that of -i ' labour,—l im .etc.. • '. ;!.••■■■;■ ■.-.'■ ■ J,VJAMISON, v ''July '][.-■■■■ ;.. ; :->.-; ; ■■...: