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Show ; LEAGUE Of NATIONS PRAISED 0! PASTOR Failure to Adopt Would Be World Calamity, Says Rev. Zeidero. President Wilson Is Called Moses of Twentieth Century. ''If fwnn'ss fails I o ;i(lo't an affirmative af-firmative attitude towards I ho, league of nat inns, it means a oine- backwards for I lie L nit ed .St a I oh and for t lie rwtrld. The interests of the brotherhood of man dem;i ml I he accept a nee of the leapue of n a lions and its ral if ication by the American senate with t lie treaty o f peace. The Her. Tlavry T. Xeidory, minister of the Liberty I'ark Methodist, Episcopal Epis-copal church, last nihl look d his for his thesis in a sermon in which he uphold up-hold the president's policies ana called for the support of all peoples for the eo vena n t of I lm lea true o f nations. "President Wilson," lie said, 'lis mure Ihan a mere political figurehead; lie is biiTK'''' than all partieseombincd. He is' Dud's i nst lument il I i ly , .t hx-"Moses hx-"Moses of the twentieth eenlury. As .Moses nt hered all I lie con repra 1 ions of the children of Israel together and said unto them ' these are I he words which the Lord has commanded, Hint c should dn them,' so President Wilson Wil-son has become the spokesman Cor the world. Treaty Guarantees Peace. ''in counsel with the leading statesmen states-men of the world he has helped evolve the treaty of peace and the league of nations which are the modern voice of authority that, would end the devilish dev-ilish rule of selfishness, greed, murder, and guarantee peace lo civilization." M.r. Xeiders spoke at sonic length of ' President. Wilson's journeys to Lurope, and of the necessities which made it not only adis:ible but imperative impera-tive for him !o sit in person in the councils of the nations which fixed the treaty and the accompanying pact which "would bind the nations together to preserve the peace of the world and provide just ice to nations oppressed. "The day of autocratic brutality has ,B vanished, ' ' lie said, 1 ' and the prinoi-des prinoi-des underlying Christian brot hcrhood must advance. The way is open for this advancement by the adoption without, with-out, change. . wit hout hesitation, of the covenant uniting the civilized peoples of the world in one great brotherhood. brother-hood. ' ' ?d r. Zciders emphasised how America Ameri-ca 's answer to the call of humanity had brought this country into the war, and helped so greatly lo bring about the successful conclusion, and said that the consummation of America's participation parti-cipation came through President Wilson's Wil-son's contributions -to the peace conference, con-ference, and in the results it achieved through the counsel of the leading nations na-tions of the world. World Appealed lo U. S. 1 n speaking of President Wilson 's part as America's spokesman 'before the world t ribunal M r. eiders said: "The world has appealed to American idealism, and to the sense of the brotherhood broth-erhood of man. President Wilson, the world's greatest diplomat, has belittled ! himself sufficiently to lay aside the petty affairs of home economics to cross the ocean and to help lay a Christian platform upon which the world of tomorrow may build in sc-curi sc-curi t v. "Christ said: ' For it is your 'Father 's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. ' ' Does the world want this kingdom I "This is the most critical period in t he historv of 1 he congress of t he Vnited States. If America is going- to deny the principle of divine authority as con tai tied in t he covenant of the league of nations, she is doomed to de-st de-st ruction. "But remember, God is marching on. His ways are the ways of peace. ' ' . |