Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-11-08

he will not fail unless fail him.
He has "gone the limit" he is the
cutting edge and he never fails
so long as his nation never fails
him. When nations are at war,
the soldier is not beaten until the
lnation is beaten.
An unbcaten nation, a nation
which means not TO be beaten,
keeps its soldiers fit, morally and
mentally and physically. If it
doesn't do that it is beaten. or is
going to be beaten-and let no
one for moment forget that
while tho Red Cross succors and
rcstorcs he injured soldier. the
most important working mcchan
ism yet devised and put into
practical operation for keeping
the soldier in sound and whole
some moral and mental and phv
steal condition is he Young Mems
Christian Association, as organ
lied for war work
Now, the government is putting
The soldiers i'm The field. cduipped
with gums and gunpowder, ready
to fight: and the government is
taking the money from us to nav
the soldier and to pay for his wea-
pons and anSpollaiion. The
government has taken our money
for these things. NE say, but it has
aclrd only as oar agent The ma
ton agent i'm thus spend ng
the nation 5 money as The nat ON
had to have that money spent i'm
the cause of the nation 5 ideal OF
| liberty. without which the na
tom life is NOT worth liNing. lsuL
he government has left it to OH
or agencies To do other thin ;;
Vet two of these things are as
necessary to victory which de-
ponds on the soul and the body of
The soldier as are the soldiers
weapons and his trans portal on
To he field of battle: and these
Two things are the work covered
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formed by the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association behind the lines.
The work dome by the y. NJ. C.. a.
I'M prison camps j. a work OF hil
maniIarianism. but THAT dome be
mind the lines is ono of the great
ingredients OF Victory.
We dare not neglect il or Slight
il. We dare not refuse To give to
il because we have given to so
many things. The government
Idoes not act as our agent here;
nor. in this. do we compel our
selves. i'm he form of taxes. to
|recOenize that we are all at war
land all in he war. None tae less.
our support of fine war y. NJ. G.. A.
us compulsory, because it is com
PEELED by three things: common
sense, necessity. and conscience.
Common sense tells us that
whatever makes a mauts soul and
body healthier, resting him and
revitaliZing him after the UNI
speakable drudgcry of the trencl-
es, keeping his mind to wholesome
alterations and cheering clcanIi
ness during his off-hours-c com
mon sense tells us that whatever
docs this makes him a better sol
dicr. And information tells us
that this is precisely the work of
the war y. NJ. G.. A. Our conIribu-
ton is compelled by necessity be
cause we know thar whatever
makes a soldier a hetter soldier is
an ingredient of Victory. and Vie
tory is a necessity If we lIahi
only a draw we are hack where NE
We're before the war began. We
went To war 10 compel a nation.
which would moi be compelled.
save by force To respect our lib
rrty. II that nation is not COM
PEELED. our liberty is not pre-
sriWrd, and wlaIrvrr is vital 10
he tofcn-nf-arms With which we
are compelling, is vital TO our lib-
crty. which is itself Vital to us.
The condition of Our soldiers is
he vital thing i'm our force-of-
arms. and therefore lle work of
Inc war y. NJ. G. \ in Improving
hat condition is II neepss itv. Our
contribution is compelled by
conscience because Well evan
me your OWN i'm case Nou don't
contribute! No: probably YOU Will
not need to examine your con-
science. in that case u Would do
the examining and probably the
examination would lalle place, at
uncomfortable intervals Tor the
rest OF Your life PAVING in CON
science is more expensive than
paying in money