To the Editor of the "Nonmi-Cunna Dany News"
Sim—Goa created the heavens and the earth, one they, and the men and women on the earth are his, and they should show their wisdom by recognizing that fact, and by honouring him in their dally lives.
But the so-called Christian nations, even England and America, have'gone {er away from God, In Church and State.
Under such conditions, as I understand the teachings of the Bible, God punishes, just as in Bible history and even down to today, ho punished and punishing the Jews. When, in ¢he 'Bible history, God was punishing the Jews, and was desiring that they Should through their punishment, re~ cognize their wrong-doings and. re—pent, Isaiah the prophet wrote, "In that' day di@ the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and tobaldness, and to girding with sack-loth: and tchaid joy and gladness. Slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: Tet us, eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die, And it was revealed in_mine cars by the Lord of hosts. Surely this iniquity shall not be punged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts" isn, 22:12-13.)
Tam an American—of the Patricio Henry type when he said, "Give me Uberty or give me death" And T believe that our people should march side by side, and shoulder to shoulder, with our British brothers and sisters in this present great struggle for our freedom, What Tnow ey comes from that' sort of a heart, The papers are filled these days with the destruction by a cold, heartless marauder, of the homes and cities of England, and of countless lives of men, women, and children, in those homes and cities. We of Great Britain Know a little something of the terrible struggle of our own—brave, gallant, faithful soldiers on the plains of Thessaly, at Dunkirk, in Norway. And with this our own'suffering we know of that also of gallant Greece, of Yugoslavia, of Rumania, Bulgar Belgium, France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland! What a list of the wronged and oppressed Is not this a time, again, of which Jsalah might say, speaking for our God, "In that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping,.and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth Yet—in the almost Kindness I ask it;—what with our days of racing, and the attendant weeps, and betting, and gambling with our general spirit exhibited here, both og English and American, should it not be. concluded, "Behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing
wine?
Sheep, eating flesh, "and drinking Are we not failing to show on selves men and women of deep spirit tual sensibilities and. true manhood and worth, when with the deep-drawn moans of the wounded and dying, en, Women, and children, and brave soldiers, in our oars, as they give all for the defence of our homeland, we here can play—and play, too, in a way that is distinctly an offense and an affront to the God who created us. and whose we are? If we win this war—and God grant that we may, we will need more than the help of America. We will neod the help of the Lord of hosts. Shall we not live before him as becomes his humble, repentant, and faithful children uns, W. Rannmy, Shanghai, May 7.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.