Show kathleen N norris ori Is says where Is god in all this thise dell bell syndicate service 01 V 4 w god said the lovely mother ol of a hous houseful elul of sorts sons to me on an the church w last could stop all this overnight WHY HE r by KATHLEEN NORRIS OMEN by the hundred WOMEN wand write to me pathetic and bewildered letters about the fearful wars that eire are rocking the world today most of them are praying women and they have been praying a long time for peace some of them like myself have been for twenty years members of pence peace organizations their faith has been heavily tried during the last eighteen months they feel that their fervent and incessant prayers are unheard where is god in all this horror they ask why god help us god I 1 said the lovely mother of a houseful of sons to me on the church steps last sunday could stop all this overnight WHY HEV HE personally I 1 dont see how any thinking woman can ask this As well scratch a match apply it to curtains you have already soaked in gasoline and then wonder that tho the house burns down to rush about then screaming oh god hear put out this orel would be nothing short of blasphemy A rian plan never tried A long time ago wise men good men agreed that the world should have a new plan enemies should bo be forgiven won by love rather than hate evil should no longer be overcome by evil but evil should be overcome by good did they ever try this among the then scattered and weak tribes that were the beginnings of the nations of europe never never onca they always said just what good and wise and christ professing men are saying today well destroy this one enemy and trample him into the dust and THEN well all live tn in pence peace and harmony for lo reverl everill if 15 hundred years ago the law of love brotherhood and forgiveness had been observed what would have happened christian lands would have been invaded by infidels answer the histories promptly well it Is highly possible that bands of might have penetrated into central and southern europe and attempted to foist their types of civilization upon tho the hardier and more enlightened northern stocks F for or a generation or two they might indeed have influenced them then the higher law that recognizes love as its root and reason wo would uld have triumphed the invaders would have been absorbed would have been won to the new and miraculous ra creed europe ebern eternally ally warring but it the danger of barbarian invasion that began to destroy europe a thousand years ago and that has been eating at her vitals ever since it the outsider it was the christians themselves eternally warring it was religious legious wars territorial wars boundary wars family wars one war tor for PO 90 years one for years it was wars of christians against innocent it if unconverted alien races it was militaristic power and militaristic abuse generation after generation was there ever forgiveness resti tuition apology never among these brothers and all of the european nations are brothers and the same blood flows in all their veins was not the insolent reply of cain rather than the law of jesus christ made the international answer am I 1 my brothers keeper being schooled in linte hate we are being carefully schooled in hate tor for everything german today because of one mad german house painter who has been raised by war and fan famine itne pestilence and crime to power we forget that among the germans are home lov ing music loving law loving people we forget that all european civi civilize liza tion our own included has been following one line hundreds of LIVING HATE wars are so obviously wrong this one will atvill end with both sides retiring to lick their wounds bury their dead and begin to rebuild and kathleen norris wants to put an end to all this read her sane Arne american ricart plan lor for peace I 1 years our marital property business laws are arc similar in our home towns ore are the samo same books and rugs thi big chair for daddy the comfortable for table low rocker for mother the cribs and play pens tho the delicatessen en store at the corner the kinder bartens and libraries and concerts and the ringing of church bells these people who are killing each other have everything in common they even have in common the hallucination luci nation that a greater notion nation has tho the right to oppress a weaker one to enrich herself infinitely at that weaker ones expense or perhaps I 1 should say that some of them are only outgrowing that hallucination a little faster than the others discuss terms lor for peace fence it if I 1 had the power today I 1 would ask each warring nation throughout tho the world what are your terms for peace I 1 would have all the world know and discuss these terms adjust them modify thern them concede this island there that trade conces slon sion there I 1 would have the presidents opinion the popes opinion the opinions of rulers and kings I 1 would know at last just what all these men are arc fighting for just what trade advantages were threatened when these great nations went into war this should have been done 18 months ago 18 years ago before we ever heard the names of hitler or mussolini this should have been done when beaten and crippled germany was attempting to struggle to her feet as a republic when we were all laughing at her and buying million mark notes for five cents they were playfully called book marks do you remember they should have been called marks of starvation marks of ruin marks of revenge try gods way we know only ono one thing of this war it will have to end one side the side counting the most ruin and the most dead will take a certain amount of ruin and loss when it ends the other side will take slightly less both will retire to lick their wounds bury their dead and begin to rebuild dono dona this since the days of charlemagne continue to follow this pattern until there slowly seeps into hearts of the rulers and war makers not the people not the men and women who die in the wars and pay for the baral wars but the rulers and war makers that it might be as well to try gods way it might be as well to see how long these boasting dictators would last with god against them how long injustice and religious intolerance could flourish with all power ful god opposing them how quickly little centers of love and faith and brotherhood would spread until they touched borders and au all 11 j 1 world be inundated with the greenness and glory of peace and confidence and security until that day begins levs lets blamo blame men the insincere men who say love and live hate who say forgiveness gi veness and live revenge it if ever we really turn to god ile he will not fall us but until we do lets at least refrain from blaming him for what we do |