Show POPE PEACE AND presbyterians RIANS vast power reposes in the hands of the pope of rome so long as he confines himself within those lines of propriety which are recognized by the great religious organization over which he presides and power and responsibility are in separable he claims to be the depre senta tentative tive upon earth of the prince of peace and hence there rests upon him a responsibility which is proportioned to the influence he Is able to exert among mankind and which imperatively requires that he put forth every effort for the preservation of the peace of the world whenever it to is seriously threatened therefore not from his standpoint alone but from that of right thinking circumstances that will enable them to meet their pecuniary obligations and intelligent people among all nations pope too leo XIII took an eminently proper course when he recently made overtures towards the government of the united states state in the interest of peace though it be granted that our government could not see its way consistently to respond fully to the advances of the roman pontiff there to is no reason why any american citizen should feel resentful towards him for making them on the contrary he should receive credit for conduct in this matter which in its outward form at least corresponds with the religion he professes and the ecclesiastical position he holds I 1 the christian religion does not lightly esteem the blessings of peace it cannot contemplate with complacency the bursting forth of the horrors of war it shrinks with terror from the thought of men slaying each other ravishing pure women and reveling in the rapine and carnage that are the inevitable accompaniments of conflicting armies his holiness does wen well to put forth earnest efforts to promote and preserve peace in sharp contrast with the practical christianity displayed by the pope lie the action taken by a little knot of presbyterian preachers in ogden on saturday last in the passage of a resolution censuring him on account of his efforts in the interest of peace and characterizing them as impertinence V blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the children of god p but it if the peace maker happens to be a C catholic atho and the india individual bidual characterizing ter terl z sing him is a presbyterian preach preacher the descriptive term applied to the former will be far less complimentary than the one the savior used it to is not worth while to comment on the offensive local fling which was injected into the resolution |