Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-30

enterprise. A great nation surfeited
with worldly success and boastful of
material achievement. Proud Of city, |
prairie, mountain, river, coast and in t
land sea, cathedral and school. A COM |
placent materialism had seized us. |
Our lives dedicated to acquisition and |
pleasure, rather than to simple !
things of goodness and usefulness
IF out of war, we are learning les
sons Of frugality, unselfishness, sym
pathy, altruism.-these are among the
better things. | believe God will al
| low us to remain in the war until he
| finds the great Christian nations
ready for the new birth into His king
4 dom.
| THE president re-words for US
another great principle in this time Of
| stress and blackness: Opportunity to
serve mankind One has said: Ser
vice is a big word In a mans lexicon
When the world is bruised and bleed
| ing, the strong must serve. A mans
worth Is determined by the service he
renders to mankind. The heroes whom
we worship are not the men who en-
rich themselves at the expense Of
others. When the great war is over
/ there will be no Westminster big
enough to bury the ashes OF our new
heroes or to inscTibe their memorials
The defenders of Belgium. The smen
who held the Germans at Leige. The
men who turned the tide at the Marnei
The French surgeon in America when
the war broke out, who at once re-
I turned to Francei Mortified at the
mortality Of infected wounds, set him
self to the production of a great anti
septic-and with the help of DR.. Dakin
the Carrel-Dakin solution was per-
fected which will yet save more lives
than the war has destroyed.
in August, 1914, Herbert Hoover
was mining engineer, with large in
terests, and with great International
companies dependent on him, when the
call came. To obey meant to jeOpar-
die all. TIE refuse meant starvation
to Belgium. He is servant of human
ity. This war is going to blast selfish
ness and exalt human kindness"
The speaker concluded with enum-
ing thanks: mo American soldiers
life lost enroute to France. For mar
velously wise and efficient work Of the
army Y. NJ. c. A. What our govern
ments are doing to keep our great ar
mics healthy For the British navy.
The only arm Of. preparedness at the
, beginning among all the allies. With
out it, England would have been at
the mercy Of Prussia. Without 1t the
i armies of freedom could have neither
food nor munitions. Without it, the
: Prussian guns would have pounded
= New York, Boston and Washington
and German transports would have
landed enough men to have swept from
/ New York TO Chicago before We could
| have created an army or a coast de-
, Tense. For what both labor and cap
ital are doing for the sake of the
, country, waving claims and privileges
/ and responding to government de-
mands. For 700 distilleries closed in
5 September For the better understand
: ing with Japan, removing troublesome
suspicious; implying the open door In
) China; and the possible ultimate en-
!, listment Of Japans military resources
r in the war"
] In the course OF the sermon Rev
VanPelt read DR.. Cadman's answer te
g the question:
What is the United States doing te
push the war to speedy conclusion? @
!, mot all she can do or will do, but
: more than the most sanguine expected
e her to do six months ago. President
r Wilson and his helpers have planned
I q vast scheme, which will eventually
s mobilize the extirpate seditior
? and place every man and woman ex
actly where they belong. The entire
= navy is manned and commissioned
n Seven hundred vessels have beer
d added to it, from scout boats to super
e dreadn0ughts The marines are at Thu
e front and in full strength as a corps
0 The mercantile navy is being in
: creased by 10 millions OF tonnage. Thu
t enemy ships which have been seizet
It amount to 100000 tons more-six ant
Il a half times the amount of money ex
pended for the Civil war has beef
{. voted. Two huge loans have been alb
n sorbed, dozen more will be, if fount
r necessary. The railroads and water
e ways and the shipping of the grea
e lakes have been Communicated. F'ooi
e supplies and dispensings are unde
y government control. At least mil
lion and a half OF men are with tn
: colors. Five hundred thousand are il
n the camps and environments. A splen
IS did force is already at the front Fac
s tory and farm are being linked up il
n the general system. A new efficienc,
" extends from the kitchen to the con