THE DUTY TO MAKE WAR.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 253, 4 December 1914, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE DUTY TO MAKE WAR.

It is interesting at the present time to recall what Martin Luther had to 6av on the subject of war. H c realised it:-, honors. But taw more in it than mere butchery. H< re are his words:—- " It is very* true that men write ami sav often wha.; a curse war is. Hut they oujj;ht to consider how much greater is that curse which is averted by war. Ihieflly, in the business of war m"n inii.4 not regard -the' massacres the !»iirtiintrs. the battles, and the marches, e'e- thai is what (he l>ett'y and Minph do who only look with the ey,s of rhildr:n at the surgeon, bow be cuts off tbc hand or saws off the lc<r. but do not see or not ire that bo docs it in order to snv e the whole body. Thus we must look at the busing of wan- or the sword with the eys of men. nsjvinsr. \\h y these murders and horrors.? It will be shown that it is a business, divine i" itsoir. and a* needful and nere.ssiuy to the world as eating <>■' drinking, or an? othor work."