I must confess my belief that, if invasion were threatened on the Atlantic Coast, some of the pacifists I have met would not buckle on the cartridge-belt, but would, on the contrary, gird up their loins, take the advice of Horace Greeley, and go West.
Let us again quote from the Scriptures:
"The Lord is a man of war" (Ex. XV: 3).
"The Lord of Hosts is his name" (Is. LI: 15).
"Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight" (Ps. CXLIV: 1).
It is evident that the modern Christian misunderstands Christ's true mission, for he said:
"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword" (Matt. X: 34).