The Detroit times., 1917-11-13
RICE STIRS
~ WORKERS
WITH TALK
Tells Fund Campaign
ers Of Organizations
Wonderful Work

1 Gould all the Ren OF Dctroit have
been within enr9hng when the Rfv
| NJ 8 Rice addressed the workers
enlisted for The y NJ &. a. war
| fund drive az their first MONDAY
! meeting and luncheon Ia the Detroit
| Athletic club, Monday nfroi's
I t7000 GOO quota OF The s35 100000
asked from The nation would he
already oversubscrIbcd. in AN prob
ability
m words that came SO FAST that
nd reporter unycrsed I'm shorthand
could expect no catch them am. Or
Rice told how The "Y" hut is min.
istcrinc 20 the soldiers behind The
lines. IN concentration camps and in
our own cantonments and how IL
was htting thu fact Of religion 20
the mon who need IT," thereby
grasping mo greatest opportunity
Tor service that had ever come 20
Christianity
pu he made His strongest appeal
NOT as preacher not as "a man
who had represented tho lnterna
Ionai g. VI g.. A on the battle
from and I'm The concentration
camps In the uniform he was wear
ing az the moment. but as a father
Of boy who hss gone out TO fight
for his country as patriotic duty.
There were others fathers OF fight
iag mon in tha crowd and the words
of Or Rice found an echo in their
heart.
"He was too youne 10 be drafted.
so he volunteered. said tho preach
or. and the crowd applaudcd
think a good deal of that boy !
don't mind telling you ! carry his
picture in my breast pocket and
he is constantly in my thoughts and
in my prayers But ! did not Try
10 keep him back hope be will
come back if ho does not ! shall
AT least have The satisfaction uf
knowing that he gave his lifc In "a
noble service Death is q thousand
times swectcr than cOWardice IN q
DAY Ike this lluf II my boy comes
nack from the trenches subject
of the curse of drink or a subject
of tho curse az vice ! shall have
somcthing to say 90 my government
and J shall not mlnce words, either
/ have given my hoy willingly II
he o. killed ! Will bow my head and
submit 90 tho inevitable. but ! viii
not stand for tho other.
"The heart. the soul. the life OF
the world is in the TRENCHES and
The battle camps today Not i'm his
tory has The Christian religion bad
such an opportunity for service
There are lot az pinhcad preach
ors who think the church has rival
in the Y ~ G. a, and for that rca
son refuse 20 cooperate with o.
and there are "a lot ~ pinhcal y
II G. \. officials who are just as
narrow As a matter of fact. tho
church and hc y ~ g. a are one
and thoy should be- working to-
apthcr with an their mieht to grasp
This great new opportunity that now
presents itself fo 900 ihe fact of rc.
lieion 20 the men who need r.
"Do you know what they are ask
inr over there already They are
asking. what is The y roing to dn
after tho war" in the little Frouch
towns whore W huts are located
tba Villagers are SAYING Whom ihc
var Is over. leave that hero rhey
hArelsecn what an Influence f0r good
So has been and they DO nor want to
part win ~
cribs war is wonderful thing
in some ways life heretofore has
been little TOO easy for The cul
mination of tho great qualities of
mon over Wonder arc trenches
and camps fliod with youth. ihe
lower OF tho world. and over them