Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-23

on earth and good will to men, shall be overthrown and men like beasts are hurled one against the other.
 The halo of God is good' is dark ened and Hell let loose" No words more fully describe war than were told by General Sherman when he said War is he'll"
 We note a nation prepared and free ly equipped, ready with four millions of soldiers to go to the front and with other millions waiting to be call ed. We note their rapid march against little Belgium with only S0,000 men to meet this vast army. Results: Belgium overthrown, although doing all she can to stem the tide, is swept off the map, but she held Germany just long enough to enable France. the goal Germany aimed for, to partially prepare to meet the foe. Yet owing to the unprepared- ness of France, she would today be raising an indemnity to purchase her freedom only that that monarch of the seas, England, stepped in and helped her meet the onslaught of Germany's s trained hordes.
 Our UnpreParedness. Naturally, the thought flashes in our 1 minds, the unpreparedness of the United States for war.
 Suppose that Germany had directed her attention to us rather than to | those she did. It is not a pleasant I NO one VIII Q6nY LndI we | have ben and money enough to meet ] any emergency, and that our hearts l are in the right place, but could we | repel such an invasion? We have pre- pared in business and wealth until we | lead the world.
 | Our navy would certainly try to pre- vent such a thing, but as we are talk | ing Germany as an illustration, Ger | many has a navy larger than ouI l own. Their battleships would convey l their soldiers and naturally would l brush away any attempt to stop them 1 We have men enough to defend oul l country, but we might as well expect | a strong farmer boy to whip a trained | athlete as to expect an untrained com pany of men to fight successfully with | a drilled regiment.
 l If Germany had seen fit to attack uS rather than Belgium and France. judg- 1 ing from an earthly standpoint, wt would now be paying tribute to tha' country.
 We note in the present war that Bel. gium unprepared could not hold Ger. many and was crushed. while Switzer- land prepared with 100000 men ready
 to defend her neutrality, is not mo. | tested.
 The middle and western states ma, l think themselves too far away to bt disturbed. but place the eastern state 1 with it's wealth of manufactures, citie! | and banks in the hands of the enemy 1 there would be no alternative but tt
 settle.
 Preparedness Another Term fo
 Success.
 Preparedness is but another tern for success. No measure, be it smal or great, can expect success unless
 that one prepares first. No garment i
 made without first preparing the item that enter into its makeup. No buSi
 ness can be successfully carried ol
 without first preparing means and To
 cation. No nation can prosper with
 out keeping prepared for any and al
 emergencies.
 Some put their trust in God, tha , He will keep all evil from them an, ) will care for them. I am a firm be
 liever in God. and that He will do fo us the things we cannot do. l alS ; believe that He does not do for us tn l things we can do for ourselves. An to expect Him to keep evil men fror trampling upon us when by prepared ness on our part such a thing woul not happen. is not right for us to ex pect. To those who think this I woul
 ask why prepare anything, why pre- pare the ground for crops, why d 3 anything to prepare us to meet colC ? heat or hunger, depending that a
 overseeing hand will take care of u s Why fence our farms or lock our door l or put our valuables in strong safet
 vaultS2
 l We have to meet conditions as the l are. As long as wickedness is on th , attacks, at the same time eXercisin s all our best efforts to hasten the mi t lenium, when all the earth will breath
 peace.