Should China and India become really aroused and advance during the next twenty-five years as rapidly as has Japan during a like period in the past, and should the great "Yellow Peril" rise in its might, and threaten the Christian World, is there a single soldier of the Cross now enlisted in the cause of Peace who would not then buckle on his cartridge-belt, shoulder his gun, and go and fight in the defense of his religion and his home? 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)._ "_I am come to send fire on the earth" (Luke XII: 49)._ "_And he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one ... for the things concerning me have an end" (Luke XXII: 36, 37)._ * * * * * St. Paul said: * * * * * "_For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain; for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil" (Rom. XIII: 4)._ * * * * * Dr. Lyman Abbott, who is one of the best of America's big men, and one of the biggest of America's best men, has the following to say about war: * * * * *