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 face of  Nature,  her  penal  settlements? If the  decree of disarmament  were  to  be  enforced  to-morrow militarism would  there  have  to  stay  if  for  nothing else than  to  guard  those  colonies. Possibly, too,  the humanity of  Italy  has  worked  evil  for  America,  for many are  let  go  or  escape,  and  working  their  way across the  Atlantic  prove  to  us  the  truth  of  the  principle that  a  man's  first  deed  of  blood  is  rarely  his  last. Facts might  here  be  gathered  to  offset  the  opposition figures, but  we  refrain,  for  it  is  curious  but  true  that if you  are  a  good  arithmetician  you  can  prove  almost anything from  statistics. Some one  has  said  that  of the  three  kind  of  lies,  positive,  comparative,  and superlative, the  superlative  lies  are  statistics.

Brethren, you  and  I  well  know,  and  God  knows, that innocent  subjects  are  not  wanting  on  whom  we may  exercise  our  benevolent  desire  to  save  human lives. What a  blessing  the  tons  of  provisions  that enter the  barred  gate  in  the  great  high  wall  would prove to  the  worthy  poor! The money  spent  on many  a  modern  Uriah  Heep,  would  be  better  employed in  training  some  orphan  arab  in  the  ways  of good  citizenship. Above all  we  might  agitate,  if agitate  we  must,  the  question  of  religious  education and its  necessity  in  the  preservation  of  law  and  order. It is  another  and  a  better  way  to  the  threefold  result at which  we  all  are  aiming,  viz.,  Glory  to  God,  good will on  earth  amongst  men,  and  peace.