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their lives. While the Germans have on everybattle flag and upon their soldiers' belts, ‘Godwith us,' the British ministers are quoting Bibletexts to encourage enlistment of their young menand to throw a halo ofFM253glory upon their soldier dead." (Z.'16-267.) "Theclergy are finding themselves in a tight place.They are expected to be faithful to their country,right or wrong. They are expected to preach theWar as the will of God and the going to war as ameritorious matter that will have Divine rewardand blessing. They must encourage recruiting, inobedience to the commands of their earthly king,and in violation of the commands of theHeavenly King, who has directed them to bepeacemakers, and to follow peace with all menand do no murder, either under legal sanction orotherwise." (Z.'15-267.)"Recently in Canada the Editor was astoundedby the activity of the preachers there—especially those of the Church of England. Onewas out in khaki uniform marching through thestreets with the volunteers. Asked by a collegefriend, ‘Did I see you in the ranks?' he answered,‘Yes. I wanted to encourage the boys.' ‘And didyou think of going to the front, to the trenches?'‘Not a bit of it!' He was merely acting as a decoyto get others to the front; just as a bull whichthey have at one of the Chicago stockyards,meets the animals about to be slaughtered and,tossing his head in the air, becomes their leaderup the gangway leading to the slaughter. Therehe knows his little niche, into which he glidesand is sheltered; while the others drive and pressone another forward to the slaughter."— Z.'15-259.And out of the mouth of the false prophet.—The one cardinal error upon which all protestant(false prophet) sects agree is the doctrine ofhuman immortality, the original lie told in Eden(Gen. 2:17; 3:4). In speaking of it our Lord says,"When he speaketh the lie, he speaketh of hisown." (John 8:44, Diaglott.)