"OUR CLEAR DUTY TO COD."
Sir, —Tho above is the headline of a cabled report of a speech by Lord Headley. Permit ine to protest against the way ill which the name of the Almighty is brought into the war controversy. AVar is the result alike of the rationalistic sin of German "professors" (endorsed also by many British) as of the race suicide, white slave traffic, Atheism, etc., of Britain and Prance, together with the idolatry of the whole of the nations involved. _ All fighting is barbarous in the sight of God, whether it be with brick-bats, which we punish with the utmost rigour of the law, or bullets and bayonets, which We sanction, or poisonous gas, with which we disagree. "Our clear duty to God" is to love Him and keep His Commandments, Exodus 20, ,the transgression of which is sin. If our hands are stained with blood WO cannot even approach God; Jer. 7: 9, 16; Isaiah 1: 15. AA r e must first repent, i.e., turn away from sin end ask forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Think not that lam antimilitary. On the contrary, I- believe that all who want war have their fill before we aro through with this. In fact I shall be considerably surprised if America is not brought in, for she is equally sinful as the other nations, and not ail her desire for peace, nor the desire for England's millions will suffice to keep her out. I would thank you for giving this space in your valuable paper.—l am, etc., ___ 1 1 OBSERVER. A PLEA FOR THE TROOP HORSES. Sir,—As a lover of our dumb frjend, the horse, I have scanned the papers daily for news of the horses and # their life on board the transports, and in the country to which they have been 6ent. So far, these, faithful friends of man appear to have been overlooked in the : news columns.- From the time they board the transports and leave our shores, nothing more is heard of them. The hearts of all horse-lovers must ache at the thought of the sufferings of these noble animals. For them there is none of thfe glory of battle, knowing that the fight is for a just cause. None of the joy and enthusiasm of a- volunteer fighting for his King and country. They are pressed into the service, and to their faithful endurance many a man owes his life, and many victories have been won. AA r e read of tho splendid work of the Blue Cross in Europe, but is everything being done to alleviate the sufferings of the troop horses on hoard our transports? Every month or two lar"0 numbers of horses leave our shores. They have a long and tedious journey before them, and their sufferings iii the cramped quarters on board ship must be acute. In Australia a band of workers supply the transports with linseed, oatmeal, chloroform, banda"es, and other comforts. The bandacres used are 4 inches wide ai\d Guards lo'iig, with a piece of tape 24 inches long, sewn to ono end. lam sure there are many animal lovers who would gladly do all they could to lessen the sufferings of the troop horses if the matter were only made public. I hopo some abler pen than mine will take the matter un.-I am, etc. y p AI ,MER.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2486, 12 June 1915, Page 3
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560"OUR CLEAR DUTY TO COD." Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2486, 12 June 1915, Page 3
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