o bring peace on earth, but a sword."

Bob walked to and fro in the room in his excitement. Did not Christ
have such a problem as now faced him in His mind when He uttered these
words?

Here was a great military caste which threatened, nay, destroyed, the
peace of the world. That caste was so poisoned by the virus of war,
that to reason with it was impossible. To appeal to it on moral
grounds was a waste of breath, simply because there was no common
ground of appeal.

What then? Must this great immoral force be allowed to menace the
world?

He thought of his long-cherished dream. _War against war_. Why, every
sword drawn in this war was drawn in the interests of peace? Overthrow
this great War God, and this might be the last European war.

He thought of all his old arguments. "I say unto you, love your
enemies, do good to them that hate you." The spirit of it all was,
Live by the law of Love.

He did not hate the Germans. Millions of them were quiet, industrious,
honest people. Left alone, they would pursue peaceful avocations,
kindly, and with good intent. But they were under the reign of the War
God, they were turned into killing-machines to satisfy the ambition of
a great military caste which ruled the Empire and enforced its will.

The practical effect of love was service. It would be the greatest
blessing that could befall this German people if this War God could be
destroyed, crushed to atoms. Then the people would be free to live
their own lives.

"I'll enlist!" he cried excitedly. "It is a great duty! It's service
for Christ!"

The thought staggered him. Where were all his old qualms and
objections? He hated war as much as ever. He still longed for peace
with a consuming passion; and it was because he longed for peace, and
because he was trying to be a Christian, that he felt the call of God!

This war caste in Germany was like a great cancer growing in the heart
of Europe. Its poisonous roots had found their way into the vitals of
the German Empire, and the thing threatened to destroy the best life of
the world. If the Kaiser and his hosts won in this war, it would keep
the spirit of war more alive than ever. It would mean the destruction
of liberty, it would mean the impossibility of peace; and more, it
would mean that in future every country would be forced to increase its
armaments, to the ruin of the best life of the people, in order to
protect themselves from this evil po