p. 8 | Christians and War

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 28, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 17.

Christians and War

“It should speedily become disreputable,” says a prominent religious weekly, speaking of the talked-about alliance between England and the United States, “to rail at the nation to which we are so closely related.” This statement is good as far as it goes. But it is no broader than the view of a mere politician. Divest the statement of its partisanship, and widen it into real Christianity, and it would then say, “It should always be disreputable to rail at any nation, or even at any individual of any nation.” Why, even “Michael the Archangel, when contending with the devil . . . durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.” Jude 9. The idea should be faithfully rebuked that “Christians” in one nation can go to war with “Christians” in other nations, and while brutally killing one another, still at the same time all be Christians in fact. The real Christian has no carnal sword or cannon among his weapons.