"Finlandia" Music by Jean Sibelius (1899) / Words by Lloyd Stone (1934)
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Memorial Day/ Peace Memorial
Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts,
whether our baptism be that of water or of fears!
Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by
irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking
with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be
taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach
them of charity, mercy and patience.
We women of one country will be too tender of those of another
country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From
the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says "Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance
of justice."
Blood does not wipe our dishonor nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons
of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a
great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women,
to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the
means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each
bearing after their own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
but of God.
In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a
general congress of women without limit of nationality may be
appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at
the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the
alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement
of international questions, the great and general interests of
peace.
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
1870
whether our baptism be that of water or of fears!
Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by
irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking
with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be
taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach
them of charity, mercy and patience.
We women of one country will be too tender of those of another
country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From
the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says "Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance
of justice."
Blood does not wipe our dishonor nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons
of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a
great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women,
to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the
means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each
bearing after their own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
but of God.
In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a
general congress of women without limit of nationality may be
appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at
the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the
alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement
of international questions, the great and general interests of
peace.
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
1870
Monday, May 19, 2008
Event sponsored by Bill Freeman of The Journey church in Holland:
Picketing For Peace in downtown Holland every Wednesday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. beginning next Wednesday, May 21, 2008 We'll start at Skiles Pizza, on 8th and Columbia, and walk on the sidewalk down to the police station and back. (Bring your own sign.)
Let Bill Freeman <bill.freeman@thejourneyholland.org know if you can join along. (Bill says:"I feel like we should do something to remind people the war in Iraq is still killing our troops and other human beings.")
Bill Freeman
Pastor
The Journey
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 894-0020
www.thejourneyholland.org
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Mother's Day for Peace
The original intention for the concept of "Mother's Day" was introduced by Julia Ward Howe in 1870. She was inspired to write a proclamation; a call for peace and disarmament after our nation's Civil War.
July 23rd Salee Story
One mother's child in Iraq....playing in the yard with her siblings and friends....
Young Iraqi Girl Gets New Legs in the U.S.
Just one of the many, many, many children....more of Salee's story on this clip.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Mothers Day For Peace
Thursday May 8th 7:00 PM
Herrick Library auditorium
Enjoy a short film on the history of Mother's Day as a peace day and share thoughts about the meaning of Mother's Day today!
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