Macedonian Relief and the Wickedness of War
By Editor
The Macedonian Relief Committee, of which Hon. Seth Low is chairman of the New York branch, and Dr. O. W. Whittaker is chairman in Philadelphia, is still appealing to the public for donations to aid in the relief of sufferers in Macedonia and Bulgaria. Here is an object-lesson. It is said that there are 250,000 sufferers in Macedonia alone that must be aided by charity or perish. This is the result of rebellion against the misrule of Turkey. Some have managed to cross into Bulgaria, where they are not much better off. So charity is continually appealed to, to pay war expenses. This does not lessen the needs of war's victims, who, for the most part, are innocent victims; but it would seem that sometime such results would convince professed Christian people of the wickedness of encouraging war, and therefore of the wickedness of inculcating the war spirit in the youth and children, as is being done throughout the various grades of popular education. Genuine Christianity teaches us to "seek peace, and pursue it;" that "the kingdom of God is peace;" that a fruit of the Spirit is peace; yet the great so-called "Christian nations" are foremost in war. Note Japan, for instance; the nearer she approaches the recognized standard of "Christian civilization," the more warlike she becomes.