ntieth century against the pagan
German doctrine of war as the supreme arbiter between the tribes of
mankind. They that took the sword must perish by the sword. But in the
hour of victory we must uphold the end for which we have fought and
suffered,--the advance of the world towards a peaceful life founded on
reason and justice and fair-play for every man.

So there are two heads to this sermon. First, the indelible remembrance
of a righteous acceptance of war. Second, the reasonable hope of a
righteous foundation of peace.

I. First of all, then, it must never be forgotten that the Allies and
America were forced to enter this war as a work of righteousness in
order to make the world safe for peace.

Peace means something more than the mere absence of hostilities. It
means justice, honour, fair-play, order, security, and the
well-protected right of every man and nation to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. It was the German contempt for these Christian
ideals, it was the German idolatry of the pagan Odin, naked, cruel,
bloody, god of war, it was the German will to power and dream of
world-dominion, that made the world unsafe for real peace in 1914.

Never could that safety be secured until that enemy of mankind was
overcome. Not only for democracy, but also for human peace, it was
necessary, as President Wilson said, that "the German power, a thing
without honour, conscience, or capacity for covenanted faith, must be
crushed."

I saw, from my post of observation in Holland, the hosts of heathen
Germany massing for their attack on the world's peace in the spring of
1914. Long before the pretext of war was provided by the murder of the
Austrian Crown-Prince in Serajevo, I saw the troops, the artillery, the
mountains of ammunition, assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle and Trier, ready
for the invasion of neutral Belgium and Luxembourg, and the foul stroke
at France.

Every civilized nation in Europe desired peace and pleaded for it.
Little Servia offered to go before the Court of Arbitration at The Hague
and be tried for the offense of which she was accused. Russia, Italy,
France and England entreated Germany not to make war, but to submit the
dispute to judicial settlement, to a righteous decision by a conference
of powers. But Germany said no. She had prepared for war, she wanted
war, she got war. And now she must abide by the result of her choice.

I have seen also with my own eyes the horrors wrought by Germa