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THE KING’S BUSINESS startling illustration has occurred in an utterance of Prof. Wilhelm Ostwald, a prominent German theologian and a Nobel-prize man. This utterance is found in an article by Prof. Ostwald in the Stockholm Dagen, in which he says: “ In our country (Germany) God the Father is reserved for the personal use of the Emperor. In one instance He was mentioned in a report of the General Staff, but it is to be noted that He has not appeared there a second time.” Some might consider this utterance as being ironical, but it is said in all seriousness. The Chicago Post has called attention to the fact that the Kaiser is forever calling upon God and never appeals to Jesus Christ. It says: “ The larger conception of the God of mercy and love, of Jesus Christ, with his kindness and fairness and gentleness—these conceptions have no place in the kind of thing that the Prussian junker has labeled his theory of life.” The Kaiser and other leaders of German thought have for years now been seeking to gain the favor of the Mohammedans, and judging by their conduct, the God of whom they talk so much in their favorite utterance, “ Gott mit uns,” is not the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but the Allah of Mohammed. The Chicago Tribune calls attention to the fact that “ early in the war a German pastor declared that Germany ought to reject the New Testa ment and cling mightily to the Old Testament. Away with the gentle Naza- rene! Give us instead the God of Battles!” It is a well known fact that lead ing German philosophers have spoken contemptuously of the God of Chris tianity, and said that Germany needed a war-God—the God of the ancient Norseman, Thor— instead of the God who was revealed in the Bible, and above all in the person of His Son Jesus Christ. A prominent German literary man, Philippi, wrote: “We think only of war. We execute God Almighty’s will, and the edicts of his justice we will fulfil in vengeance upon the ungodly. God calls us to murderous battles, even rf worlds should thereby fall to ruin. Like gardens of roses, our wounds blossom at the gates of heaven.” O f course, this is Mohammedanism pure and simple. Pastor Vorwerk’s “ Battle Prayer” is well known: “ Thou who dwellest in thy Heaven above, cherubim, seraphim, and Zeppelins; thou who art enthroned as a God of thun der in the midst of lightning from the clouds and lightning from sword and cannon, send thunder, lightning, hail, and tempest hurtling upon our enemy and hurl him down to dark burial-pits.” ' RESURRECTION R e s u r r e c t i o n ! Paean golden Of the harbingers of spring, Key-note of the anthem olden,- Nature’s tribute to her King. Love and life shall reign eternal, Death shall die, and tears be brief. Peace for battle, joy for weeping, Calvary’s cross', then Easter dawn ;
Tearful sowing, joyous reaping, Death—then Resurrection morn! H a r r ie t J u l ia E v a n s .
Resurrection! signet vernal, Graved on bud, on bloom, on leaf;
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