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Will the Church
Say—Fight?

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opposition. The position is surely a simple
one. War and Christianity cannot be
reconciled.

“T am trying more earnestly than ever
to take my stand on the side of Jesus when
he said ‘Love your enemies.’ In this frame
of mind lies the only hope of the world.

The Great War brought us only pain and
sorrow. It solved no problems but rather
increased them. War is a senseless, brutal
practice and I am against it.

“Now is the time to talk and work for
Peace. Once war has been declared the
peoples of the nations concerned are placed
in difficult positions. In the last few months
we have seen the issue being clouded again
by war propaganda and people have begun
to waver. as the result of a war atmos-
phere—merely a repetition of what took
place following the commencement of the
Great War.

“There is only one thing to do, namely,
to take our stand against this barbaric
practice and to maintain that stand what-
ever it costs.”

"Moral Inertia Allows War to Remain"

“ALL CHURCHES condemn war in the
abstract,” says Rev. Andrew Osborn,
minister at First Presbyterian Church,
Edmonton, and well-known writer.

“The real moral decision comes with a
concrete situation, such as that faced by
the Roman Catholic Church recently in
Italy. It did not say—Fight! But the
State did—and the Church acquiesced.

“There are five possible attitudes for

churches to take in the event of another
war:

ul. Approval and support.

“2. Acquiescence without clear ae
judgment.

“3. Acquiescence despite Sidenention,

“4. Condemnation, but, as an act of
mercy, providing spiritual help.

“5, Outlawry to the extent of refusing
the rites of the various churches to the
participants.

“A war of aggression would always be
unequivocally condemned by Canadian
churches. Probably, however, they would
take the fourth attitude rather than the
fifth. A war of defense of country or one
in clear support of right presents a choice
of evils and final judgment must necessar-

ily be made in the face of an actual situa-

tion.

“There is such a thing as radical evil
which must be fought. The weapons of
our Lord and His disciples were spiritual,
and spiritual weapons are still the only
ones for the Church. A State, however.
‘bears the sword’ to maintain order within
itself and the sword may be the only wea-
pon it can use to combat attack from with-
out or to maintain the right.

“War is evil; but there are other evils
which are greater, such as anarchy, or
the unrestrained domination of cruel
greed.

“The immediate task of the churches is
to enlighten the public conscience especi-
ally in regard to the principle of justice.
Much of the present chaos in Europe is due
to the perpetuation of injustice. Moral
inertia allows wrong to remain and so
prepares the way for conflict of all descrip-
tions, which, in the case of nations, inevi-
tably means war.”

(Next month such distinguished church
leaders as Rev. Capt. N. M. Plummer, of
Calgary, Rev. W. Gordon MacLean, of
Winnipeg, Rev. W. F. Kelloway, of Cal-
gary, Rev. Beverley Ketchen, of Hamilton,
and others will give their ideas on this
challenging question.)