J. N. Q by J. N. Q.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 14, 1910

J. N. Q

By J. N. Q.

Inexplicable Inconsistency

A SHAM battle was recently held in this city, not between opposing forces of United States troops, but between boys connected with churches calling themselves followers of the Prince of Peace. The Boys’ Brigade of St. Mark’s Episcopal church and that of Christ Church captured two first prizes, having outmaneuvered and defeated the enemy, made up of companies from Waugh M. E. church and Epworth M. E. church. Colonel Randle, in presenting the prizes, said:—

In olden times, soldiers were for war. In modern times they are for peace. Our great thirteen-inch guns are the best peacemakers in the world. There is no doubt that we would all have been savages to-day but for the soldiers. First, there was military rule. Then, under the protection of the soldiers, people were advanced sufficiently to govern themselves.

What a parody on the religion of Jesus Christ! It is sufficiently sad to note the world training its youth in the art of war; angels must weep to witness the church instilling into the boys the spirit of the enemy of righteousness.