The immediate duty of the United States is presumably to prepare, on the
basis of its present army and navy, to furnish an effective quota of the
international force, servant of an international tribunal, which will
make the ultimate issue of this most abominable of wars not a truce, but
a durable peace.
In the meantime the American peoples cry with one voice to the German
people, like Ezekiel to the House of Israel: "Turn ye, turn ye from your
evil ways; for why will ye die?"
CHARLES W. ELIOT.
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1914.
THE LORD OF HOSTS.
By JOSEPH B. GILDER.
"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh."
The warring hosts that gather
To ravage, burn, and slay,
Turn first to that dread Father
To whom the nations pray:
"O God, our hearts Thou knowest,
Our minds Thou readest clear;
Where we go, there Thou goest--
With Thee we have no fear.
"The folk that harm and hate us--
Thy enemies, O Lord--
Thou knowest how they bait us:
Make brittle their strong sword!
"Against the foe that goaded
We heed Thy call to fight:
Our guns are primed and loaded,
Our swords, how keen and bright!
"Make strong our hearts to serve Thee,
Uphold our lifted hands;
Let no petition swerve Thee
To succor alien bands.
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