SHOULD A CHRISTIAN FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY?
[To the Editor of the SeEcrvron.]
Sra,—The problem of the moment is not what should the Christian do in the next war, but what can he do to-day to sow the se. eds of universal peace. Perhaps he may gain hope if he realizes that "God is the Creator and Preserver of all mankind." ; that He has created the nations ; that the nations are made up of families ; that the families are made up of individuals ; that in the long last the attitude of the individual towards those with whom he is brought into contact carries the germs of peace or war between nations.
Our chief business does not lie with the League of Nations, but with ourselves. If we as individuals treat all we touch with reverence and forbearance, and offer to them proper service then we must increase the number of human beings who strive for peace. This in time must create a public opinion that prefers peace to war. This seems to be a long way round. But it is the shortest way home for each indi- vidual becomes a peace-germ. It is harder to work for peace than for war. But "ideas generate facts," and it can be done if only we can get the individual to think rightly of all mankind. Mazzini who died in 1872 taught men all this.—I am, Sir, &e.,
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