Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-04

allied devotion which does not count
the cost.
The Cost Of a Great Nation.
we are made by these tragic epic
things to know what it costs to make
a nation-the blood and sacrifice of
multitudes of unknown men, lifted to
greater statue in the view of all
generations by knowing no limit to
their manly willingness to serve.
In armies thus marshaled from the
ranks Of free me nyou will see as 1t
were, a nation embattled, the leaders
and the led, and may know, If you
viii. how little except in form it's
action differs in days of peace from
its actions in days Of war
May we break camp now and be
at ease? Are the forces that fight
for the nation dispersed disbanded.
gone TO their homes forgetful Of the
common cause? Are our forces dis
organized, without constituted lead
ers and the might Of men conscious
ly united because we contend not
with armies, bu with principaliies and
powers and wickedness in high places.
Are we content to lie still? Does
our union mean sympathy, our peace
Contentment, our maturity self com =
prehension and a clear confidence in
choosing what we shall do? War fit
ted US for action, and action never
ceases.
Refers to Another Host.
Il have been chosen the leader of
the nation. / can not justify the
choice by any qualities of my own,
but so it has come about, and here |
f-NY 4 i I he
ghostly hosts who fought upon these
battlefelds long ago and are gone
These gallant gentlemen, stricken in
years, whose fighting days are over,
their glory won? What are the or
ders for them, and who rallies them
II have in mind another host, whom
these set free of civil strife in order
that they might work out. in days of
peace and settled order, the life Of a
great nation. That host is the peo-
| pie themselves, the great and small
| without class or difference, or kind
| or race, or origin, and undivided In
| interests if we have but the vision To
guide and direct them and order their
| lives Alright in what we do.
our Constitutions are their arti-
Giles of enlistment, Their orders of
| to-day are the laws upon our statute
| books. What we strive for is their
freedom. their rights to lift them
| selves from day to day and behold
| the things they have hoped for, and
so make way for still better days
| for those whom they love who are to
come after them
THE recruits are the little chill
dren crowding in. The quartermas-
| ters' stores are in the mines and for
ests and fields, in the shops and fac
tories. Every day something must
| be done to push the campaign for
ward, and it must be done by plan
and with an eye TO some great des-
| tiny.
"5uilded by Gods Hands"
How shall we held such thought
! in our hearts and not be moved
would not have you live even to-
! day wholly in the past, but would
| wish TO stand with you in the light
that streams upon us now out OF
that great day gone by. Here is a
nation that God has builded by our
hands. What shall we do with 1t?
| Who stands ready to act again
and always in the spirit of this day
of reunion and hope and patriotic
| ferVor? The day of our country S
life has but broadened into morning
| Do not put uniforms by. Put the
| harness of the present on, Lift your
arms to the great tracks of life yet
| to be conquered in the interest OF
| righteous peace, of that prosperity
which lies in a peoples hearts and
outlasts all wars and errors of men
| Come, let us be comrades and sol
diers, yet to serve our fellOwmen II
| quiet counsel where the blare OF
| tTumpets is neither heard nor needed
and where the things are done which
make blessed the nations of the world
lin peace and Righteousness and love.