Show THE STAR OF THEN AND NOW visible in the heavens of europe now new as a we was the star of bethlehem kinteen hundred and sixteen years ago go is a ter star callei called mars which urb with it ita blood like i ay ava and influence upon this world of ours has led men to cast t t themselves thema hem selves evea into at pit of war tle d destruction t r u tion and starvation its t influence according accord ws to t sc bisti aist he haa changed the minds of men the spark or of human love has haa been changed into a flame of destructive fire ire it has haa taken from titan mans heart all love all mercy that god gave him amand and halt hag torn and devoured his seul until it has haa left nothing of him but a creature filled with a barbar mus loua spirit and ready to udd shed the ill al sed rod of his friend or neighbor and t i aid at any time the destruction of utilization the planet mars has haa in capacity the he sula soula of mankind and has ly by its influences hypnotized men so that they labor under his yoke yak ta tingly mars Ms b has for far a wah workshop p the battlefield tle field for his tools the sword gun and it bayonet for his abo material to lo work upon the lives live of millions of men and in his workshop he builds nothing but tears down an and d burns up the masterpieces of the world SL izes live lives and add esta casts the them into at the bubbling fire of destruction amid the crice and pleading ot of mothers between the screams and sobbing of wives sisters and fathers father al mars co con his unmerciful work his he bed too lous work of tearing down and set ting back the progress of civilization it la is such auch action and influence a as are attributed to mars mara which have made europe to day not at prosperous pr peu but ut in poverty not mat progressive but retrograding not beautiful but bathed bed tons and the shouldering ing fields bloody streams crumbling erum liling homes end and el cries from the weak and ts tan ing are incidents incidence due to the ruling ulli influence dence upon the hearts of men by he planet mars that U unjust jast god of war hw how different are the tha functions function of if maia 0 as compared with the star of I 1 bethlehem B ath ith stars are of our immediate universe yet ui laite I 1 ike in appear i ee ce and masion on one peaceful and holy the other war loving and evil tie leidie men to the birthplace 0 f chr at the other leading men me to he h a pit of destruction and death oh when all shall all this evil star ceab lo 10 exists when shall its evil powers he be taken from it at and when shall it cease to influence men in warlike deeds dedal peace loving people befth god to let it be soon when this evil star known as aa mars mara the war god shall be eliminated from the galaxy of planets above us so that its evil influences may not net have power over the hearts of mankind LEROY SMITH |