Article June 26, 1915 ISSUE

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with contributions from R. J. Campbell

[Rev. R. J. Campbell, M.A., in The Christian Commonwealth]

War is not Christian; let us ever remember that. The most that can be said for it is that it may be unavoidable for a Christian with the world as it is. Were the gospel victorious, it would mean the end of war, as of every other form of ill; if we tolerate war, it is only because our goal is a state of society in which there shall be no more room for it. We have to distinguish between what is ideally and what is practically right. The Christian ideal of marriage, for instance, is the union of one man and one woman for life, on a basis of pure mutual affection; but in practice we have to recognize that it is not always realizable with human nature as it is, and we legislate accordingly. The Christian ideal, again, is universal peace; but while tyranny, aggression, and cruelty remain, there must be war. But I utterly and entirely dissent from the view that there is something intrinsically uplifting in war as war.

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